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Clara Blandick

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

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.

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Credits · 106

1950 · Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Key to the City

1950 · Liza, Silas' housekeeper

1949 · Susan Balmuss

The Bride Goes Wild

1948 · Aunt Pewtie

Life with Father

1947 · Miss Wiggins

Philo Vance Returns

1947 · Stella Blendon

She-Wolf of London

1946 · Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

So Goes My Love

1946 · Mrs. Meade

Claudia and David

1946 · Mrs. Barry

People Are Funny

1946 · Grandma Wilson

1945 · Abigail

Pillow of Death

1945 · Belle Kincaid

Can't Help Singing

1944 · Aunt Cissy

Shadow of Suspicion

1944 · Mother Randall

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943 · Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

1943 · Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

1942 · Woman on Train (uncredited)

1942 · Tourist (uncredited)

Rings on Her Fingers

One Foot in Heaven

1941 · Sister Watkins (uncredited)

It Started with Eve

1941 · Miss Phillips

1941 · Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

1941 · Mrs. Higgins

The Nurse's Secret

1941 · Aunt Juliet Mitchell

The Wagons Roll at Night

1941 · Mrs. Williams

Youth Will Be Served

1940 · Miss Bradshaw

North West Mounted Police

1940 · Mrs. Burns

Dreaming Out Loud

1940 · Jessica Spencer

Alice in Movieland

1940 · Grandmother

1939 · Mrs. Griffin

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939 · Mrs. Borst

1939 · Miss Esther Jones

The Wizard of Oz

1939 · Auntie Em

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

1939 · Miss Watson

Tom Sawyer, Detective

1938 · Aunt Polly

Swing, Sister, Swing

1938 · Ma Sisler

Professor Beware

1938 · Mrs. Green - Landlady

1938 · Phoebe Sawyer

My Old Kentucky Home

1938 · Julia 'Granny' Blair

1937 · Mrs. Armstrong

You Can't Have Everything

1937 · Townswoman (uncredited)

1937 · Willy's Mother

Wings Over Honolulu

1937 · Evie Curtis

1937 · Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

Her Husband's Secretary

1937 · Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

Make Way for a Lady

1936 · Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

1936 · Martha Adams

The Gorgeous Hussy

1936 · Louisa Abbott

Anthony Adverse

1936 · Mrs. Jorham

The Case of the Velvet Claws

1936 · Mary F. O'Daugherty

1936 · Aunt Ellen

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936 · Gaptown Landlady

1935 · Mathilda Sherman

Straight from the Heart

1935 · Mrs. Anderson

1935 · Eva Branham

The Winning Ticket

1935 · Aunt Maggie

1934 · Aunt Margaret

1934 · Mrs. Peterson

1934 · Mrs. Douglas

The President Vanishes

1934 · Mrs. Delling

The Girl from Missouri

1934 · Miss Newberry

Sisters Under the Skin

1934 · Miss Gower

1934 · Ma Lovewell

1934 · Mrs. 'Ma'

As the Earth Turns

1934 · Miss Murfee

Going Hollywood

1933 · Ms. Perkins

Ever in My Heart

1933 · Anna, the Cook

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

1933 · Minerva Winterslip

Turn Back the Clock

1933 · Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

Three Cornered Moon

1933 · Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

The Mind Reader

1933 · Auntie (uncredited)

Child of Manhattan

1933 · Aunt Sophie

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

1932 · Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Three on a Match

1932 · Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

1932 · Mrs. West

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

1932 · Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

1932 · Mrs. Tarleton

1932 · Mrs. Helen Livingston

1931 · Mrs. Martin

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

1931 · Mrs. Layton

Murder at Midnight

1931 · Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

1931 · Mrs. Sprig

Huckleberry Finn

1931 · Aunt Polly

I Take This Woman

1931 · Ranch Wife

Laughing Sinners

1931 · Salvation Army Woman

1931 · Frau Hoffman

It's a Wise Child

1931 · Mrs. Stanton

The Drums of Jeopardy

1931 · Aunt Abbie

The Easiest Way

1931 · Agnes Murdock

1931 · Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

1931 · Mrs. Mason

1930 · Aunt Polly

The Last of the Duanes

1930 · Mrs. Duane

1930 · Abigail Armstrong

The Sins of the Children

1930 · Martha Wagenkampf

Men Are Like That

1930 · Ma Fisher

The Girl Said No

1930 · Mrs. Ward

1930 · Mrs. Minnie Winkle

1930 · Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

1929 · Mrs. Bence

The Stolen Triumph

1916 · Mrs. Rowley

The Cabaret Singer

1915 · Mrs. Denton

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