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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1886-10-16 (138 years old)

Place of Birth

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Spring Byington

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Known For

Acting

1997

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1967

The Flying Nun as Mother General

1966

Batman as J. Pauline Spaghetti

1965

1963

1960

1959

Laramie as Daisy Cooper

1957

The Lux Show as Self

1956

1955

1954

The Rocket Man as Justice Amelia Brown
December Bride as Lily Ruskin

1953

The Danny Thomas Show as Eloise Adams

1952

No Room for the Groom as Mama Kingshead
Because You're Mine as Mrs. Edna Montville

1951

Bannerline as Mrs. Loomis
According to Mrs. Hoyle as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
Angels in the Outfield as Sister Edwitha

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Devil's Doorway as Mrs. Masters
Walk Softly, Stranger as Mrs. Brentman
Please Believe Me as Mrs. Milwright
Louisa as Louisa Norton
What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

The Big Wheel as Mary Coy

1948

B.F.'s Daughter as Gladys Fulton

1947

Singapore as Mrs. Bellows
It Had to Be You as Mr. Martha Stafford
Living in a Big Way as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Cynthia as Carrie Bishop Jannings
My Brother Talks to Horses as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
Little Mister Jim as Mrs. Starwell

1946

Dragonwyck as Magda
A Letter for Evie as Mrs. McPherson
Meet Me on Broadway as Sylvia Kane Storm
Faithful in My Fashion as Miss Mary Swanson

1945

The Enchanted Cottage as Violet Price
Salty O'Rourke as Mrs. Brooks
Thrill of a Romance as Nona Glenn
Captain Eddie as Mrs. Frost

1944

I'll Be Seeing You as Mrs. Marshall
The Heavenly Body as Nancy Potter
Reward Unlimited as Peggy's mother

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Bertha Van Cleve

1942

Roxie Hart as Mary Sunshine
Rings on Her Fingers as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
The Affairs of Martha as Sophia Sommerfield
The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Cecilia Talbot

1941

Meet John Doe as Mme Mitchell
The Devil and Miss Jones as Elizabeth Ellis
When Ladies Meet as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
Arkansas Judge as Mary Shoemaker

1940

The Blue Bird as Mummy Tyl
Lucky Partners as Aunt Lucy
My Love Came Back as Clara Malette
Laddie as Mrs. Stanton
On Their Own as Mrs. John Jones
Young as You Feel as Mrs. John Jones

1939

A Child Is Born as Mrs. Mamie West
Land of Liberty as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Too Busy to Work as Mrs. John Jones
Quick Millions as Mrs. John Jones
Chicken Wagon Family as Josephine Fippany
Everybody's Baby as Mrs. John Jones

1938

Jezebel as Mrs. Kendrick
You Can't Take It with You as Penny Sycamore
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
Penrod and His Twin Brother as Mrs. Schofield
Love on a Budget as Louise Jones
A Trip to Paris as Mrs. John Jones
The Buccaneer as Dolly Madison
Safety in Numbers as Mrs. John Jones
Down on the Farm as Mrs. John Jones

1937

It's Love I'm After as Aunt Ella
A Family Affair as Emily Hardy
Penrod and Sam as Mrs. Schofield
Big Business as Mrs. John Jones
Clarence as Mrs. Wheeler
Hotel Haywire as Mrs. Parkhouse
Green Light as Mrs. Dexter
Hot Water as Mrs. John Jones
Borrowing Trouble as Mrs. John Jones
Off to the Races as Mrs. John Jones
The Road Back as Ernst's Mother

1936

Dodsworth as Matey Pearson
The Charge of the Light Brigade as Lady Octavia Warrenton
Stage Struck as Mrs. Randall
Palm Springs as Aunt Letty
Theodora Goes Wild as Rebecca Perry
Every Saturday Night as Mrs. Evers
Educating Father as Mrs. John Jones
Back to Nature as Louise Jones

1935

Werewolf of London as Ettie Coombes
Ah, Wilderness! as Essie Miller
Orchids to You as Alice Draper
Broadway Hostess as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Way Down East as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Love Me Forever as Clara Fields
The Great Impersonation as Duchess Caroline

1933

Little Women as Marmee