Clara Blandick
Acting
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Acting Credits
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.
Known For
Filmography
Riding High
1950
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Key to the City
1950
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Susan Balmuss
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Aunt Pewtie
Philo Vance Returns
1947
as Stella Blendon
Life with Father
1947
as Miss Wiggins
So Goes My Love
1946
as Mrs. Meade
People Are Funny
1946
as Grandma Wilson
She-Wolf of London
1946
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
1946
as Martha
Claudia and David
1946
as Mrs. Barry
Frontier Gal
1945
as Abigail
Pillow of Death
1945
as Belle Kincaid
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion
1944
as Mother Randall
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Tourist (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
1941
as Nurse
Private Nurse
1941
as Miss Phillips
The Big Store
1941
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
The Get-Away
1941
as Mrs. Higgins
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Mrs. Williams
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
Youth Will Be Served
1940
as Miss Bradshaw
Tomboy
1940
as Aunt Martha
Alice in Movieland
1940
as Grandmother
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Mrs. Burns
Dreaming Out Loud
1940
as Jessica Spencer
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Auntie Em
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Miss Watson
The Star Maker
1939
as Miss Esther Jones
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Mrs. Borst
Swanee River
1939
as Mrs. Griffin
Crime Ring
1938
as Phoebe Sawyer
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Aunt Polly
Professor Beware
1938
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
My Old Kentucky Home
1938
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
as Ma Sisler
Small Town Boy
1937
as Mrs. Armstrong
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Evie Curtis
A Star Is Born
1937
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
The Road Back
1937
as Willy's Mother
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Gaptown Landlady
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Louisa Abbott
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
Hearts Divided
1936
as Aunt Ellen
In His Steps
1936
as Martha Adams
Make Way for a Lady
1936
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Mrs. Jorham
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Mrs. Anderson
The Winning Ticket
1935
as Aunt Maggie
Party Wire
1935
as Mathilda Sherman
Transient Lady
1935
as Eva Branham
Broadway Bill
1934
as Mrs. Peterson
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Cora
The Girl from Missouri
1934
as Miss Newberry
The Show-Off
1934
as Mrs. 'Ma'
The President Vanishes
1934
as Mrs. Delling
Fugitive Lady
1934
as Aunt Margaret
Harold Teen
1934
as Ma Lovewell
Jealousy
1934
as Mrs. Douglas
Beloved
1934
as Miss Murfee
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
as Miss Gower
Child of Manhattan
1933
as Aunt Sophie
Turn Back the Clock
1933
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Anna, the Cook
The Mind Reader
1933
as Auntie (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
1933
as Ms. Perkins
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Minerva Winterslip
Life Begins
1932
as Mrs. West
Rockabye
1932
as Brida
Shopworn
1932
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
The Wet Parade
1932
as Mrs. Tarleton
Three on a Match
1932
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
Possessed
1931
as Mrs. Martin
Bought!
1931
as Mrs. Sprig
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
as Mrs. Layton
The Drums of Jeopardy
1931
as Aunt Abbie
Laughing Sinners
1931
as Salvation Army Woman
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Aunt Polly
Once a Sinner
1931
as Mrs. Mason
The Easiest Way
1931
as Agnes Murdock
Murder at Midnight
1931
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Daybreak
1931
as Frau Hoffman
I Take This Woman
1931
as Ranch Wife
Inspiration
1931
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
It's a Wise Child
1931
as Mrs. Stanton
Romance
1930
as Abigail Armstrong
Men Are Like That
1930
as Ma Fisher
The Sins of the Children
1930
as Martha Wagenkampf
The Girl Said No
1930
as Mrs. Ward
Burning Up
1930
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Mrs. Duane
Poor Aubrey
1930
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Aunt Polly
Wise Girls
1929
as Mrs. Bence
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
1917
as Mrs. Donnelly
The Stolen Triumph
1916
as Mrs. Rowley
The Cabaret Singer
1915
as Mrs. Denton