- Films
- 54
- Avg rating
- 6.97
- Peak run
- 1940’43
- Oscar wins
- 1 of 1
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Jane by the numbers
Average
6.97
26 rated films
Vote weighted
7.02
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.53
rating spread
Career
42y
1915 to 1956
Total votes
229K
across every film
Best
8.1
The Grapes of Wrath
Worst
6.8
The Bigamist
Newest first
Filmography
| 1956 | Girls in Prison | Matron Jamieson | · | 394 |
| 1956 | There's Always Tomorrow | Mrs. Rogers | 7.4 | 4,192 |
| 1955 | A Life at Stake | Landlady | 5.8 | 1,239 |
| 1953 | Affair with a Stranger | Ma Stanton | · | 616 |
| 1953 | The Bigamist | Mrs. Connelly | 6.8 | 5,513 |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday | Mrs. Eva Spatch | · | 389 |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | Mrs. Belden | · | 453 |
| 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Nellie Thursday | 7.0 | 2,538 |
| 1950 | Caged | Isolation Matron | 7.6 | 5,714 |
| 1950 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Mrs. Murphy | · | 655 |
| 1950 | Wagon Master | Sister Ledyard | 7.1 | 6,350 |
| 1949 | Red Canyon | Aunt Jane | · | 398 |
| 1948 |  3 Godfathers | Miss Florie | 7.0 | 11,804 |
| 1946 | Three Wise Fools | Sister Mary Brigid | · | 496 |
| 1945 | A Yank in London | Mrs. Patterson | · | 287 |
| 1944 | The Impatient Years | Minister's Wife | · | 604 |
| 1944 | Sunday Dinner for a Soldier | Mrs. Helen Dobson | · | 405 |
| 1943 | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Aunt Emma Forrester | · | 365 |
| 1943 |  The Ox-Bow Incident | Ma Grier | 8.0 | 27,617 |
| 1943 | Tender Comrade | Mrs. Henderson | 6.2 | 1,140 |
Better together?
Jane Darwell's regulars
- Henry KingDirector and actor · 2 films
- Ray EnrightDirector and actor · 2 films
- Gordon DouglasDirector and actor · 2 films
- David ButlerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.10 avg▲+0.34
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Jane Darwell
1 nominations, 1 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1941Jane Darwell
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