Jane Darwell 11 pictures

Actress
Missouri-born Jane Darwell was the daughter of a railroad president and grew up on a ranch in Missouri. She nursed ambitions to be an opera singer, but put it off because of her father's disapproval (she eventually changed her name to Darwell from the family name of Woodward so as not to "sully" the family name). Making her stage debut at age 33, ...

Born: October 15, 1879
Star sign: Libra
Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)
Known for: The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Gone with the Wind (1939), Mary Poppins (1964), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
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