Blandick, Clara
Born: Jun 04, 1881 AD
Died: 1962 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actresses
Died: 1962 AD, at 80 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Actresses
1880 - Born on the 4th of June in Hongkong.
- Clara moved from Boston to New York City to pursue her acting as a career.
1901 - She was cast as Jehanneton in the play If I Were King, at Garden Theatre.
1911 - She made her first movie, appearing in the short, silent film The Maid's Double.
1912 - Blandick finally broke onto Broadway, when she was cast as Dolores Pennington in Widow By Proxy which ran for 88 performances at George M. Cohan's Theatre on Broadway.
1914 - Played the role as Emily Mason in the film Mrs. Black is Back.
1924 - Earned rave reviews for her supporting role in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Hell-Bent Fer Heaven.
1929 - Blandick moved to Hollywood.
1930-1931 - She landed roles like Aunt Polly in the film Tom Sawyer (a role she reprised in the film Huckleberry Finn), she spent much of the decade as a character actor, often going uncredited.
1939 - Portrayed the role yet - Auntie Em in MGM's The Wizard of Oz.
1940 - She played the spiteful Mrs. Pringle in Anne of Windy Poplars.
1941 - Acted the role of a surprised customer in the Marx Brothers film The Big Store.
1944 - Played a fashionable socialite in the musical Can't Help Singing.
1947 - She acted as a cold-blooded murderer in the mystery Philo Vance Returns.
1950 - Acted the role as a housekeeper and a landlady in Key to the City and Love That Brute respectively.
1962 - On 15th of April she died of overdose of sleeping pills.
- Clara moved from Boston to New York City to pursue her acting as a career.
1901 - She was cast as Jehanneton in the play If I Were King, at Garden Theatre.
1911 - She made her first movie, appearing in the short, silent film The Maid's Double.
1912 - Blandick finally broke onto Broadway, when she was cast as Dolores Pennington in Widow By Proxy which ran for 88 performances at George M. Cohan's Theatre on Broadway.
1914 - Played the role as Emily Mason in the film Mrs. Black is Back.
1924 - Earned rave reviews for her supporting role in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Hell-Bent Fer Heaven.
1929 - Blandick moved to Hollywood.
1930-1931 - She landed roles like Aunt Polly in the film Tom Sawyer (a role she reprised in the film Huckleberry Finn), she spent much of the decade as a character actor, often going uncredited.
1939 - Portrayed the role yet - Auntie Em in MGM's The Wizard of Oz.
1940 - She played the spiteful Mrs. Pringle in Anne of Windy Poplars.
1941 - Acted the role of a surprised customer in the Marx Brothers film The Big Store.
1944 - Played a fashionable socialite in the musical Can't Help Singing.
1947 - She acted as a cold-blooded murderer in the mystery Philo Vance Returns.
1950 - Acted the role as a housekeeper and a landlady in Key to the City and Love That Brute respectively.
1962 - On 15th of April she died of overdose of sleeping pills.
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