Jane Darwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
14 Facts About Jane Darwell
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Jane Darwell's father objected to those career plans, so she compromised by becoming an actress, changing her name to Darwell to avoid sullying the family name.
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The Jane Darwell Birthplace was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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Jane Darwell studied voice culture and the piano, followed by dramatics.
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Jane Darwell began acting in theater productions in Chicago and made her first film appearance in 1913.
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Jane Darwell appeared in almost 20 films over the next two years, then returned to the stage.
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Jane Darwell appeared in five Shirley Temple films, usually as the housekeeper or grandmother.
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Jane Darwell had noted appearances on the stage as well; in 1944, she was popular in the stage comedy Suds in Your Eye, in which she played an Irishwoman who had inherited a junkyard.
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In 1954, Jane Darwell appeared with Andy Clyde in the episode "Santa's Old Suit" of the series The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse.
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Jane Darwell guest starred on John Bromfield's crime drama Sheriff of Cochise.
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On July 27,1961, Jane Darwell appeared as Grandmother McCoy in an episode of the sitcom The Real McCoys.
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On February 8,1960, Jane Darwell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the motion-picture industry; it is located at 6735 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Jane Darwell had recently moved into the Motion Picture Country Home because of her advanced age and feebleness.
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When Disney offered her the role of the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins, Jane Darwell declined the role.