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Clara Blandick

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Clara Blandick

Born June 4, 1876 in Onboard American ship in Hong KongDied April 15, 1962106 films

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

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The Wizard of Oz posterFirst watchThe Wizard of Oz19397.6as Auntie EmYoung Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wizard and…View film

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A Star Is Born poster7.2A Star Is Born1937Heaven Can Wait poster6.9Heaven Can Wait1943Drums Along the Mohawk poster6.5Drums Along the Mohawk1939Gentleman Jim poster7.2Gentleman Jim1942Life with Father poster6.7Life with Father1947The Big Store poster6.3The Big Store1941Three on a Match poster6.3Three on a Match1932A Stolen Life poster6.4A Stolen Life1946

Filmography

106 films as actor
  1. 1950Key to the CityLiza, Silas' housekeeper
  2. 1949Mr. Soft TouchSusan Balmuss
  3. 1948The Bride Goes WildAunt Pewtie
  4. 1947Life with FatherMiss Wiggins
  5. 1947Philo Vance ReturnsStella Blendon
  6. 1946She-Wolf of LondonMrs. McBroom (uncredited)
  7. 1946So Goes My LoveMrs. Meade
  8. 1946A Stolen LifeMartha
  9. 1946Claudia and DavidMrs. Barry
  10. 1946People Are FunnyGrandma Wilson
  11. 1945Frontier GalAbigail
  12. 1945Pillow of DeathBelle Kincaid
  13. 1944Can't Help SingingAunt Cissy
  14. 1944Shadow of SuspicionMother Randall
  15. 1943Du Barry Was a LadyOld Lady on Subway (uncredited)
  16. 1943Heaven Can WaitGrandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
  17. 1942Gentleman JimWoman on Train (uncredited)
  18. 1942Lady in a JamTourist (uncredited)
  19. 1942Rings on Her Fingers
  20. 1941One Foot in HeavenSister Watkins (uncredited)
  21. 1941It Started with EveNurse
  22. 1941Private NurseMiss Phillips
  23. 1941The Big StoreCustomer Seeking Record (uncredited)
  24. 1941The Get-AwayMrs. Higgins
  25. 1941The Nurse's SecretAunt Juliet Mitchell
  26. 1941The Wagons Roll at NightMrs. Williams
  27. 1940Youth Will Be ServedMiss Bradshaw
  28. 1940North West Mounted PoliceMrs. Burns
  29. 1940Dreaming Out LoudJessica Spencer
  30. 1940TomboyAunt Martha
  31. 1940Alice in MovielandGrandmother
  32. 1939Swanee RiverMrs. Griffin
  33. 1939Drums Along the MohawkMrs. Borst
  34. 1939The Star MakerMiss Esther Jones
  35. 1939The Wizard of OzAuntie Em
  36. 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMiss Watson
  37. 1938Tom Sawyer, DetectiveAunt Polly
  38. 1938Swing, Sister, SwingMa Sisler
  39. 1938Professor BewareMrs. Green - Landlady
  40. 1938Crime RingPhoebe Sawyer
  41. 1938My Old Kentucky HomeJulia 'Granny' Blair
  42. 1937Small Town BoyMrs. Armstrong
  43. 1937You Can't Have EverythingTownswoman (uncredited)
  44. 1937The Road BackWilly's Mother
  45. 1937Wings Over HonoluluEvie Curtis
  46. 1937A Star Is BornAunt Mattie (uncredited)
  47. 1937Her Husband's SecretaryAgatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
  48. 1936Make Way for a LadyMrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
  49. 1936In His StepsMartha Adams
  50. 1936The Gorgeous HussyLouisa Abbott
  51. 1936Anthony AdverseMrs. Jorham
  52. 1936The Case of the Velvet ClawsMary F. O'Daugherty
  53. 1936Hearts DividedAunt Ellen
  54. 1936The Trail of the Lonesome PineGaptown Landlady
  55. 1935Party WireMathilda Sherman
  56. 1935Straight from the HeartMrs. Anderson
  57. 1935Transient LadyEva Branham
  58. 1935The Winning TicketAunt Maggie
  59. 1934Fugitive LadyAunt Margaret
  60. 1934Broadway BillMrs. Peterson
  61. 1934JealousyMrs. Douglas
  62. 1934The President VanishesMrs. Delling
  63. 1934The Girl from MissouriMiss Newberry
  64. 1934Sisters Under the SkinMiss Gower
  65. 1934Harold TeenMa Lovewell
  66. 1934The Show-OffMrs. 'Ma'
  67. 1934As the Earth TurnsCora
  68. 1934BelovedMiss Murfee
  69. 1933Going HollywoodMs. Perkins
  70. 1933Ever in My HeartAnna, the Cook
  71. 1933Charlie Chan's Greatest CaseMinerva Winterslip
  72. 1933Turn Back the ClockMrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
  73. 1933Three Cornered MoonRonald’s Landlady (uncredited)
  74. 1933The Mind ReaderAuntie (uncredited)
  75. 1933Child of ManhattanAunt Sophie
  76. 1932RockabyeBrida
  77. 1932Three on a MatchMrs. Keaton (uncredited)
  78. 1932Life BeginsMrs. West
  79. 1932The Strange Case of Clara DeaneMrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
  80. 1932The Wet ParadeMrs. Tarleton
  81. 1932ShopwornMrs. Helen Livingston
  82. 1931PossessedMrs. Martin
  83. 1931New Adventures of Get Rich Quick WallingfordMrs. Layton
  84. 1931Murder at MidnightAunt Julia Gray Kennedy
  85. 1931Bought!Mrs. Sprig
  86. 1931Huckleberry FinnAunt Polly
  87. 1931I Take This WomanRanch Wife
  88. 1931Laughing SinnersSalvation Army Woman
  89. 1931DaybreakFrau Hoffman
  90. 1931It's a Wise ChildMrs. Stanton
  91. 1931The Drums of JeopardyAunt Abbie
  92. 1931The Easiest WayAgnes Murdock
  93. 1931InspirationMadeleine's Mother (uncredited)
  94. 1931Once a SinnerMrs. Mason
  95. 1930Tom SawyerAunt Polly
  96. 1930The Last of the DuanesMrs. Duane
  97. 1930RomanceAbigail Armstrong
  98. 1930The Sins of the ChildrenMartha Wagenkampf
  99. 1930Men Are Like ThatMa Fisher
  100. 1930The Girl Said NoMrs. Ward
  101. 1930Burning UpMrs. Minnie Winkle
  102. 1930Poor AubreyMrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
  103. 1929Wise GirlsMrs. Bence
  104. 1917Peggy, the Will O' the WispMrs. Donnelly
  105. 1916The Stolen TriumphMrs. Rowley
  106. 1915The Cabaret SingerMrs. Denton