Spring Byington was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1960s.
23 Facts About Spring Byington
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Spring Byington's father died in 1891, and her mother sent her younger daughter to live with her grandparents in Port Hope, Ontario, while Spring remained with relatives in Denver.
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Helene Maud Spring Byington moved to Boston and enrolled in the Boston University School of Medicine, where she graduated in 1896.
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Spring Byington then returned to Denver and opened a practice with her classmate, Dr Mary Ford.
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Spring Byington performed occasionally in amateur shows as a student, graduating from North High School in 1904.
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Spring Byington soon became a professional actress with the Elitch Garden Stock Company.
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Spring Byington stated in a 1949 interview that she briefly tried newspaper reporting.
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In 1903, Spring Byington joined a repertory company, Belasco De Mille Company of New York, that was touring Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Spring Byington's daughters were living with friends J Allen and Lois Babcock, in Leonardsville, New York, who were taking care of them while Byington worked in the city.
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Spring Byington began touring in 1919 with a production of The Bird of Paradise, which brought the Hawaiian culture to the mainland, and in 1921 began work with the Stuart Walker Company, for which she played roles in Mr Pim Passes By, The Ruined Lady, and Rollo's Wild Oat, among others.
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Spring Byington renewed the role in March and April 1925, and continued on Broadway with an additional 18 productions from 1925 to 1935.
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Spring Byington became a household name during The Jones Family series of films, and continued as a character actress in Hollywood for several years.
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Spring Byington was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for You Can't Take it with You, which was won by Fay Bainter for Jezebel.
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Spring Byington appeared with Tab Hunter in a 1960 episode of The Tab Hunter Show.
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Spring Byington guest-starred as herself in the CBS sitcom Dennis the Menace, starring Jay North, in the episode titled "Dennis' Birthday", with character actor Vaughn Taylor appearing in the segment.
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From 1961 to 1963, Spring Byington was cast as the wise, matronly housekeeper, Daisy Cooper, in the NBC Western series Laramie, starring John Smith and Robert Fuller.
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Spring Byington later appeared as Mrs Jolly on Dennis Weaver's NBC comedy drama Kentucky Jones, and as wealthy J Pauline Spaghetti in two episodes of Batman in 1966.
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Spring Byington spoke some Spanish, which she learned during the time spent with her husband in Buenos Aires; and she studied Brazilian Portuguese in her later years.
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Spring Byington was fascinated by metaphysics and science-fiction novels, including George Orwell's 1984.
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In 1909, Spring Byington married Roy Chandler, the manager of the theater troupe with which she worked in Buenos Aires.
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Spring Byington's second daughter, Lois Irene, was born in 1917.
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Actress Marjorie Main's biographer Michelle Vogel has noted that Main and Spring Byington were reported widely as having had a long-term relationship.
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On September 7,1971, Spring Byington died of cancer at her home in the Hollywood Hills.