Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1876-06-04
- Day of Death1962-04-15 (85 years)
- Place of BirthOnboard American ship in Hong Kong
- Also Known AsClara Blanchard DickeyClara Dickey
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.
Acting Career
- 1950
Key to the City
As: Liza, Silas' housekeeper
- 1949
Mr. Soft Touch
As: Susan Balmuss
- 1948
The Bride Goes Wild
As: Aunt Pewtie
- 1947
Life with Father
As: Miss Wiggins
- 1947
Philo Vance Returns
As: Stella Blendon
- 1946
She-Wolf of London
As: Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
- 1946
So Goes My Love
As: Mrs. Meade
- 1946
A Stolen Life
As: Martha
1946Claudia and David
As: Mrs. Barry
1946People Are Funny
As: Grandma Wilson
1945Frontier Gal
As: Abigail
1945Pillow of Death
As: Belle Kincaid
1944Can't Help Singing
As: Aunt Cissy
1944Shadow of Suspicion
As: Mother Randall
1943Du Barry Was a Lady
As: Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
- 1943
Heaven Can Wait
As: Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
1942Gentleman Jim
As: Woman on Train (uncredited)
1942Road to Morocco
As: Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
1942Lady in a Jam
As: Tourist (uncredited)
1941One Foot in Heaven
As: Sister Watkins (uncredited)
1941It Started with Eve
As: Nurse
1941Private Nurse
As: Miss Phillips
1941The Big Store
As: Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
1941The Get-Away
As: Mrs. Higgins
1941The Nurse's Secret
As: Aunt Juliet Mitchell
1941The Wagons Roll at Night
As: Mrs. Williams
1940Youth Will Be Served
As: Miss Bradshaw
1940North West Mounted Police
As: Mrs. Burns
1940Dreaming Out Loud
As: Jessica Spencer
1940Alice in Movieland
As: Grandmother
1939Swanee River
As: Mrs. Griffin
- 1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
As: Mrs. Borst
1939The Star Maker
As: Miss Esther Jones
- 1939
The Wizard of Oz
As: Auntie Em
1939The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As: Miss Watson
1938Tom Sawyer, Detective
As: Aunt Polly
1938Swing, Sister, Swing
As: Ma Sisler
1938Professor Beware
As: Mrs. Green - Landlady
1938Crime Ring
As: Phoebe Sawyer
1938My Old Kentucky Home
As: Julia 'Granny' Blair
1937You Can't Have Everything
As: Townswoman (uncredited)
1937The Road Back
As: Willy's Mother
1937Wings Over Honolulu
As: Evie Curtis
- 1937
A Star Is Born
As: Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
1937Her Husband's Secretary
As: Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
1936Make Way for a Lady
As: Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
1936The Gorgeous Hussy
As: Louisa Abbott
1936Anthony Adverse
As: Mrs. Jorham
1936The Case of the Velvet Claws
As: Mary F. O'Daugherty
1936Hearts Divided
As: Aunt Ellen
1936The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
As: Gaptown Landlady
1935Party Wire
As: Mathilda Sherman
1935Straight from the Heart
As: Mrs. Anderson
1935Transient Lady
As: Eva Branham
1935The Winning Ticket
As: Aunt Maggie
1934Fugitive Lady
As: Aunt Margaret
1934Broadway Bill
As: Mrs. Peterson
1934Jealousy
As: Mrs. Douglas
1934The President Vanishes
As: Mrs. Delling
1934The Girl from Missouri
As: Miss Newberry
1934Harold Teen
As: Ma Lovewell
1934The Show-Off
As: Mrs. 'Ma'
1934As the Earth Turns
As: Cora
1934Beloved
As: Miss Murfee
1933Going Hollywood
As: Ms. Perkins
1933Ever in My Heart
As: Anna, the Cook
1933Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
As: Minerva Winterslip
1933Turn Back the Clock
As: Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
1933Three Cornered Moon
As: Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
1933The Mind Reader
As: Auntie (uncredited)
1933Child of Manhattan
As: Aunt Sophie
- 1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
As: Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
1932Rockabye
As: Brida
1932Three on a Match
As: Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
1932Life Begins
As: Mrs. West
1932The Strange Case of Clara Deane
As: Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
1932The Wet Parade
As: Mrs. Tarleton
1932Shopworn
As: Mrs. Helen Livingston
1931Possessed
As: Mrs. Martin
1931New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
As: Mrs. Layton
1931Murder at Midnight
As: Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
1931Bought!
As: Mrs. Sprig
1931Huckleberry Finn
As: Aunt Polly
1931I Take This Woman
As: Ranch Wife
1931Laughing Sinners
As: Salvation Army Woman
1931Daybreak
As: Frau Hoffman
1931It's a Wise Child
As: Mrs. Stanton
1931The Drums of Jeopardy
As: Aunt Abbie
1931The Easiest Way
As: Agnes Murdock
1931Inspiration
As: Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
1931Once a Sinner
As: Mrs. Mason
1930Tom Sawyer
As: Aunt Polly
1930The Last of the Duanes
As: Mrs. Duane
1930Romance
As: Abigail Armstrong
1930The Sins of the Children
As: Martha Wagenkampf
1930Men Are Like That
As: Ma Fisher
1930The Girl Said No
As: Mrs. Ward
1930Burning Up
As: Mrs. Minnie Winkle
1930Poor Aubrey
As: Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
1929Wise Girls
As: Mrs. Bence
1916The Stolen Triumph
As: Mrs. Rowley
1915The Cabaret Singer
As: Mrs. Denton