Acting

Clara Blandick

Born 1876-06-04 · Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Died 1962-04-15

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.

Credits

Newest first

Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
Key to the City
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
1950
Mr. Soft Touch
as Susan Balmuss
1949
The Bride Goes Wild
as Aunt Pewtie
1948
Life with Father
as Miss Wiggins
1947
Philo Vance Returns
as Stella Blendon
1947
She-Wolf of London
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
1946
So Goes My Love
as Mrs. Meade
1946
A Stolen Life
as Martha
1946
Claudia and David
as Mrs. Barry
1946
People Are Funny
as Grandma Wilson
1946
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
1945
Pillow of Death
as Belle Kincaid
1945
Can't Help Singing
as Aunt Cissy
1944
Shadow of Suspicion
as Mother Randall
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
1943
Heaven Can Wait
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
1943
Gentleman Jim
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
1942
Lady in a Jam
as Tourist (uncredited)
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
1941
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
1941
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
1941
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
1941
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
1941
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
1941
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
1940
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
1940
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
1940
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
1940
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
1940
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
1939
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
1939
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
1938
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
1938
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
1938
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
1938
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
1938
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
1937
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1937
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
1937
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
1937
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
1936
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
1936
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
1936
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
1936
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
1935
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
1935
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
1935
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
1935
Fugitive Lady
as Aunt Margaret
1934
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
1934
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
1934
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
1934
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
1934
Sisters Under the Skin
as Miss Gower
1934
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
1934
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
1934
As the Earth Turns
as Cora
1934
Beloved
as Miss Murfee
1934
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
1933
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
1933
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
1933
Three Cornered Moon
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
1933
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
1933
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
1933
Rockabye
as Brida
1932
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
1932
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
1932