Clara Blandick

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.

Known For

Birth Location Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Born 1876-06-04
Died 1962-04-15

Movies

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