Spring Byington

Actor Oct 16 (died age 84) Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 1933–1997 (64 year career)

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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

Film

You Can't Take It with You

Penny Sycamore

Film

Mutiny on the Bounty

Mrs. Byam

Film

Meet John Doe

Mme Mitchell

Film

Heaven Can Wait

Bertha Van Cleve

Film

Jezebel

Mrs. Kendrick

Film

Dodsworth

Matey Pearson

Film

Little Women

Marmee

Film

Dragonwyck

Magda

Filmography

Acting (117)

Movies (101)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

10.0

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

as Suzie Robinson

6.1

The Rocket Man

1954

as Justice Amelia Brown

6.2

No Room for the Groom

1952

as Mama Kingshead

5.5

Because You're Mine

1952

as Mrs. Edna Montville

6.7

Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Edwitha

Bannerline

as Mrs. Loomis

According to Mrs. Hoyle

1951

as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle

5.0

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

1950

as Agnes Thorndyke

4.7

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Mrs. Brentman

Devil's Doorway

as Mrs. Masters

Please Believe Me

as Mrs. Milwright

Louisa

as Louisa Norton

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

6.3

In the Good Old Summertime

as Nellie Burke

The Big Wheel

as Mary Coy

B.F.'s Daughter

as Gladys Fulton

My Brother Talks to Horses

1947

as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose

6.0

Cynthia

1947

as Carrie Bishop Jannings

Singapore

as Mrs. Bellows

It Had to Be You

as Martha Stafford

Little Mister Jim

as Mrs. Starwell

Living in a Big Way

as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan

5.0

Faithful in My Fashion

as Miss Mary Swanson

A Letter for Evie

as Mrs. McPherson

Dragonwyck

as Magda

Meet Me on Broadway

as Sylvia Kane Storm

The Enchanted Cottage

as Violet Price

Salty O'Rourke

as Mrs. Brooks

Captain Eddie

as Mrs. Frost

Thrill of a Romance

as Nona Glenn

Reward Unlimited

as Peggy's mother

The Heavenly Body

as Nancy Potter

I'll Be Seeing You

as Mrs. Marshall

Presenting Lily Mars

as Mrs. Mars

Heaven Can Wait

as Bertha Van Cleve

Roxie Hart

as Mary Sunshine

Rings on Her Fingers

as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington

6.5

The Vanishing Virginian

1942

as Rosa Yancey

6.0

The Affairs of Martha

1942

as Sophia Sommerfield

6.2

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Cecilia Talbot

Meet John Doe

as Mme Mitchell

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

as Elizabeth Ellis

7.7

When Ladies Meet

1941

as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake

6.7

Arkansas Judge

1941

as Mary Shoemaker

Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

1941

as Carlotta Emerson

5.8

Young as You Feel

1940

as Mrs. John Jones

Laddie

as Mrs. Stanton

The Blue Bird

as Mummy Tyl

My Love Came Back

as Clara Malette

Lucky Partners

as Aunt Lucy

On Their Own

as Mrs. John Jones

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

as Josephine Fippany

Land of Liberty

1939

as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939

as Mrs. Hubbard

6.2

Everybody's Baby

1939

as Mrs. John Jones

Quick Millions

as Mrs. John Jones

A Child is Born

as Mrs. Mamie West

The Jones Family in Hollywood

1939

as Mrs. John Jones

Too Busy to Work

1939

as Mrs. John Jones

Jezebel

1938

as Mrs. Kendrick

7.0

Love on a Budget

1938

as Louise Jones

You Can't Take It with You

1938

as Penny Sycamore

7.5

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938

as Widow Douglas (uncredited)

6.6

Down on the Farm

1938

as Mrs. John Jones

The Buccaneer

as Dolly Madison

A Trip to Paris

as Mrs. John Jones

Safety in Numbers

as Mrs. John Jones

Penrod and His Twin Brother

as Mrs. Schofield

Big Business

as Mrs. John Jones

A Family Affair

as Emily Hardy

Hot Water

as Mrs. John Jones

Clarence

as Mrs. Wheeler

It's Love I'm After

1937

as Aunt Ella

7.1

Hotel Haywire

1937

as Mrs. Parkhouse

The Road Back

as Ernst's Mother

Green Light

as Mrs. Dexter

Off to the Races

as Mrs. John Jones

Borrowing Trouble

as Mrs. John Jones

Penrod and Sam

as Mrs. Schofield

Dodsworth

as Matey Pearson

Stage Struck

as Mrs. Randall

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936

as Lady Octavia Warrenton

6.5

Back to Nature

1936

as Louise Jones

Theodora Goes Wild

1936

as Rebecca Perry

6.5

Educating Father

1936

as Mrs. John Jones

Palm Springs

1936

as Aunt Letty

The Voice of Bugle Ann

1936

as Ma Davis

5.0

The Girl on the Front Page

1936

as Mrs. Langford

Every Saturday Night

1936

as Mrs. Evers

The Great Impersonation

as Duchess Caroline

Mutiny on the Bounty

as Mrs. Byam

Werewolf of London

as Ettie Coombes

Ah, Wilderness!

as Essie Miller

Way Down East

as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett

Love Me Forever

as Clara Fields

Orchids to You

as Alice Draper

Broadway Hostess

as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe

5.3

Little Women

1933

as Marmee

6.8

Television (16)

The Flying Nun

1967

as Mother General

6.3

Batman

1966

as J. Pauline Spaghetti

7.3

I Dream of Jeannie

1965

as Mother

7.8

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

as Iris Fuchsia

5.7

The Greatest Show on Earth

as Louise

Laramie

as Daisy Cooper

Dennis the Menace

The Detectives

The Lux Show

as Self

The Ford Show

as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Alice Wagner

7.8

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mrs. Miller

December Bride

as Lily Ruskin

The Danny Thomas Show

1953

as Eloise Adams

6.0

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Aunt Cordelia

7.3

What's My Line?

1950

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9