Spring Byington
Biography
Movies 101
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. Byam
1935
You Can't Take It with You
as Penny Sycamore
1938
Jezebel
as Mrs. Kendrick
1938
Meet John Doe
as Mme Mitchell
1941
Dragonwyck
as Magda
1946
Heaven Can Wait
as Bertha Van Cleve
1943
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Edwitha
1951
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lady Octavia Warrenton
1936
Werewolf of London
as Ettie Coombes
1935
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Elizabeth Ellis
1941
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Suzie Robinson
1960
Dodsworth
as Matey Pearson
1936
Thrill of a Romance
as Nona Glenn
1945
It Had to Be You
as Martha Stafford
1947
I'll Be Seeing You
as Mrs. Marshall
1944
Little Women
as Marmee
1933
In the Good Old Summertime
as Nellie Burke
1949
It's Love I'm After
as Aunt Ella
1937
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
1938
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Cecilia Talbot
1942
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Hubbard
1939
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Agnes Thorndyke
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. Brentman
1950
Roxie Hart
as Mary Sunshine
1942
Down on the Farm
as Mrs. John Jones
1938
Rings on Her Fingers
as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
1942
The Enchanted Cottage
as Violet Price
1945
No Room for the Groom
as Mama Kingshead
1952
Singapore
as Mrs. Bellows
1947
A Child is Born
as Mrs. Mamie West
1939
Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca Perry
1936
B.F.'s Daughter
as Gladys Fulton
1948
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1950
Devil's Doorway
as Mrs. Masters
1950
Living in a Big Way
as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
1947
My Love Came Back
as Clara Malette
1940
Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Mars
1943
Bannerline
as Mrs. Loomis
1951
The Road Back
as Ernst's Mother
1937
The Affairs of Martha
as Sophia Sommerfield
1942
Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Mrs. Schofield
1938
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Ma Davis
1936
The Blue Bird
as Mummy Tyl
1940
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Randall
1936
Too Busy to Work
as Mrs. John Jones
1939
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Love on a Budget
as Louise Jones
1938
The Heavenly Body
as Nancy Potter
1944
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Mrs. John Jones
1939
The Buccaneer
as Dolly Madison
1938
Please Believe Me
as Mrs. Milwright
1950
Clarence
as Mrs. Wheeler
1937
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
1947
Cynthia
as Carrie Bishop Jannings
1947
A Family Affair
as Emily Hardy
1937
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Carlotta Emerson
1941
A Letter for Evie
as Mrs. McPherson
1946
Land of Liberty
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
1939
Because You're Mine
as Mrs. Edna Montville
1952
Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. Parkhouse
1937
The Big Wheel
as Mary Coy
1949
Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. Evers
1936
The Great Impersonation
as Duchess Caroline
1935
According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
1951
Louisa
as Louisa Norton
1950
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Young as You Feel
as Mrs. John Jones
1940
Way Down East
as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
1935
Little Mister Jim
as Mrs. Starwell
1947
On Their Own
as Mrs. John Jones
1940
Faithful in My Fashion
as Miss Mary Swanson
1946
Off to the Races
as Mrs. John Jones
1937
Orchids to You
as Alice Draper
1935
The Girl on the Front Page
as Mrs. Langford
1936
When Ladies Meet
as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
1941
Green Light
as Mrs. Dexter
1937
The Rocket Man
as Justice Amelia Brown
1954
Lucky Partners
as Aunt Lucy
1940
Love Me Forever
as Clara Fields
1935
Educating Father
as Mrs. John Jones
1936
Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones
1937
Meet Me on Broadway
as Sylvia Kane Storm
1946
Back to Nature
as Louise Jones
1936
Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John Jones
1937
Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. Schofield
1937
Reward Unlimited
as Peggy's mother
1944
Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Frost
1945
A Trip to Paris
as Mrs. John Jones
1938
Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
1935
Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. John Jones
1939
Big Business
as Mrs. John Jones
1937
Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
1935
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John Jones
1938
Salty O'Rourke
as Mrs. Brooks
1945
Chicken Wagon Family
as Josephine Fippany
1939
Arkansas Judge
as Mary Shoemaker
1941
Laddie
as Mrs. Stanton
1940
The Vanishing Virginian
as Rosa Yancey
1942
Palm Springs
as Aunt Letty
1936
Quick Millions
as Mrs. John Jones
1939TV Shows 16
What's My Line?
as Self
1950
Batman
as J. Pauline Spaghetti
1966
I Dream of Jeannie
as Mother
1965
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Iris Fuchsia
1963
Dennis the Menace
1959
Laramie
as Daisy Cooper
1959
The Danny Thomas Show
as Eloise Adams
1953
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Alice Wagner
1955
The Ford Television Theatre
as Aunt Cordelia
1952
The Detectives
1959
December Bride
as Lily Ruskin
1954
The Flying Nun
as Mother General
1967
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Miller
1955
The Greatest Show on Earth
as Louise
1963
The Lux Show
as Self
1957
The Ford Show
as Self
1956