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Clara Blandick | The Couch Critic

Clara Blandick

Born

June 4, 1876

Place of Birth

Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Known For

Acting

Clara Blandick

Biography

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.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

August 15, 1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

February 10, 1939

Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

Life with Father

Life with Father

as Miss Wiggins

September 13, 1947

Lady in a Jam

Lady in a Jam

as Tourist (uncredited)

The Big Store

The Big Store

as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Road to Morocco

as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)

November 10, 1942

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

November 10, 1939

The Road Back

The Road Back

as Willy's Mother

The Drums of Jeopardy

The Drums of Jeopardy

She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

A Stolen Life

A Stolen Life

The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy

as Louisa Abbott

August 28, 1936

It Started with Eve

It Started with Eve

September 26, 1941

Professor Beware

Professor Beware

as Mrs. Green - Landlady

Anthony Adverse

Anthony Adverse

August 26, 1936

People Are Funny

People Are Funny

as Grandma Wilson

January 11, 1946

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Gaptown Landlady

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

as Woman on Train (uncredited)

November 14, 1942

The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes

as Mrs. Delling

November 17, 1934

Riding High

Riding High

as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Romance

Romance

as Abigail Armstrong

August 20, 1930

Inspiration

Inspiration

as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

January 31, 1931

Du Barry Was a Lady

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

August 13, 1943

Broadway Bill

Broadway Bill

as Mrs. Peterson

November 30, 1934

Swanee River

Swanee River

as Mrs. Griffin

December 29, 1939

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

December 25, 1932

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

October 29, 1932

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

December 19, 1930

Laughing Sinners

Laughing Sinners

as Salvation Army Woman

The Wagons Roll at Night

The Wagons Roll at Night

as Mrs. Williams

North West Mounted Police

North West Mounted Police

October 22, 1940

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

as Sister Watkins (uncredited)

November 1, 1941

Wings Over Honolulu

Wings Over Honolulu

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

Possessed

Possessed

November 21, 1931

As the Earth Turns

As the Earth Turns

February 14, 1934

Going Hollywood

Going Hollywood

December 22, 1933

Transient Lady

Transient Lady

Frontier Gal

Frontier Gal

December 14, 1945

Party Wire

Party Wire

as Mathilda Sherman

Shadow of Suspicion

Shadow of Suspicion

as Mother Randall

September 23, 1944

Key to the City

Key to the City

as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

February 2, 1950

Alice in Movieland

Alice in Movieland

Shopworn

Shopworn

as Mrs. Helen Livingston

The Easiest Way

The Easiest Way

as Agnes Murdock

February 7, 1931

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

October 3, 1931

Ever in My Heart

Ever in My Heart

as Anna, the Cook

October 28, 1933

The Get-Away

The Get-Away

as Mrs. Higgins

Fugitive Lady

Fugitive Lady

as Aunt Margaret

December 10, 1934

Philo Vance Returns

Philo Vance Returns

as Stella Blendon

The Star Maker

as Miss Esther Jones

August 25, 1939

Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers

Turn Back the Clock

Turn Back the Clock

as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

August 25, 1933

Rockabye

Rockabye

November 25, 1932

Harold Teen

Can't Help Singing

Can't Help Singing

December 25, 1944

The Girl from Missouri

The Girl from Missouri

as Miss Newberry

Claudia and David

Claudia and David

February 25, 1946

The Wet Parade

The Wet Parade

as Mrs. Tarleton

So Goes My Love

So Goes My Love

Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

as Mrs. Anderson

Mr. Soft Touch

Mr. Soft Touch

as Susan Balmuss

Pillow of Death

Pillow of Death

as Belle Kincaid

December 14, 1945

Life Begins

Life Begins

September 10, 1932

Dreaming Out Loud

Dreaming Out Loud

as Jessica Spencer

September 30, 1940

The Bride Goes Wild

The Bride Goes Wild

Crime Ring

Crime Ring

as Phoebe Sawyer

The Last of the Duanes

The Last of the Duanes

August 31, 1930

Small Town Boy

as Mrs. Armstrong

September 24, 1937

Private Nurse

as Miss Phillips

August 22, 1941

Daybreak

Daybreak

as Frau Hoffman

Beloved

Beloved

January 22, 1934

The Case of the Velvet Claws

The Case of the Velvet Claws

as Mary F. O'Daugherty

My Old Kentucky Home

My Old Kentucky Home

as Julia 'Granny' Blair

February 9, 1938

You Can't Have Everything

You Can't Have Everything

as Townswoman (uncredited)

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

as Minerva Winterslip

September 14, 1933

The Girl Said No

The Girl Said No

The Dark Side of Oz

The Dark Side of Oz

as Auntie Em (archive footage)

August 15, 1995

Men Are Like That

Men Are Like That

Tomboy

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket

February 8, 1935

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective

December 24, 1938

The Show-Off

The Show-Off

The Nurse's Secret

The Nurse's Secret

as Aunt Juliet Mitchell

Wise Girls

Wise Girls

September 21, 1929

Murder at Midnight

Murder at Midnight

as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

September 1, 1931

Youth Will Be Served

Youth Will Be Served

as Miss Bradshaw

November 22, 1940

Once a Sinner

Once a Sinner

January 25, 1931

Her Husband's Secretary

Her Husband's Secretary

as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

February 26, 1937

Child of Manhattan

Child of Manhattan

February 11, 1933

Hearts Divided

Hearts Divided

In His Steps

as Martha Adams

September 22, 1936

Bought!

Bought!

August 22, 1931

Jealousy

Jealousy

as Mrs. Douglas

November 23, 1934

Three-Cornered Moon

Three-Cornered Moon

Make Way for a Lady

Make Way for a Lady

as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

November 13, 1936

The Mind Reader

The Mind Reader

as Auntie (uncredited)

Burning Up

Burning Up

as Mrs. Minnie Winkle

February 1, 1930

I Take This Woman

I Take This Woman

The Sins of the Children

The Sins of the Children

as Martha Wagenkampf

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

Swing, Sister, Swing

Swing, Sister, Swing

December 16, 1938

It's a Wise Child

It's a Wise Child

as Mrs. Stanton

The Stolen Triumph

The Stolen Triumph

December 11, 1916

Poor Aubrey

as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

January 30, 1930

The Cabaret Singer

The Cabaret Singer

January 20, 1915