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Social Sea Lions (1940)
Character: Singer at Party
A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.
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All That I Have (1951)
Character: Mrs. Dalton
As a wealthy retired surgeon nears the end of his life, he begins to distribute his wealth to those in need, stating that "all that I have belongs to God." His nephews bring him to court to determine his mental competence in the hopes of stopping him from disposing of all his money.
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It Always Happens (1935)
Character: Mary Clyde
While on a business trip, Andy accidentially gets into a compromising position with the wife of a client.
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Caught on the Bounce (1952)
Character: Aunt Tildy
Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a wanted bank-robber, and tells Joe she needs $2500 herself and can not help him. Between them they capture the bank robber and split the $5,000 reward.
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Wedlock Deadlock (1947)
Character: Lydia - Betty's Mother
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran) and brother (Charles Williams) show up and give every indication of becoming permanent free-loading guests. Dick (William Newell) gives Eddie a plan that will cause his unwanted guests to vacate the premises, by having Dick and his wife, Ruby (Dorothy Granger), move in as Eddie's relatives, and even bigger pests, thereby causing Betty's relatives to move out. The plan works and Eddie and Betty are pleased until Dick announces that he and Ruby have intentions of staying on.
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Boobs in the Woods (1940)
Character: Mrs. Clyde
Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.
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Sappy Birthday (1942)
Character: N/A
Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway.
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Alex in Wonderland (1940)
Character: Blanche - Fred's Wife
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He decides to crash a swank party given by railroad tycoon J.D. Swinnerton and his wife. Alex has his own zany way of getting an introduction to the man. Mayhem ensues when several of the guests come as Robin Hood and one of them is a jewel thief.
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Tee for Two (1932)
Character: Louisa
A musical revue in which a golfer is knocked unconscious by a golf ball and dreams that the Country Club is loaded with beautiful girls.
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The Victim (1931)
Character: The Wife
Frank Orth is a husband who is hen-pecked both by his wife and by her mother. He comes home on his birthday and finds his wife has given him a birthday party, and that her gift to him is a cemetery plot, and his mother-in-law thinks it is past due, and should be used soon.
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Ship Ahoy (1931)
Character: The Mother
Two sailors get romantically involved with a mother and daughter.
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The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Character: Wife of Wienie King
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an eccentric Florida millionaire, J. D. Hackensacker III.
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Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
Character: Vi
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
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Dead End (1937)
Character: Neighbor with Coarse Voice (uncredited)
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.
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Grand Slam (1933)
Character: Mary
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
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Broadway Serenade (1939)
Character: Mrs. Fellows
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
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Champion (1949)
Character: Mrs. Kelly
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Character: Miz Zeffie
Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand. When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang.
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June Bride (1948)
Character: Mrs. Mitchell
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which goes slightly wrong.
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
Character: Florist
Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she attempts to clear the name of a friend accused of the killing, her wacky, scatterbrained ways constantly impede the investigation.
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The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
Character: Landlady
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
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The Great McGinty (1940)
Character: Madame Juliette La Jolla
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this brings rapid promotion from "the boss," who finally decides he'd be ideal as a new, nominally "reform" mayor; but this candidacy requires marriage. His in-name-only marriage to honest Catherine proves the beginning of the end for dishonest Dan...
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Hellfire (1949)
Character: Birdie
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
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San Francisco Docks (1940)
Character: Jean-Beauty Shop owner
Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront saloon, and he beats up Cassidy, a crooked politician who has been annoying her. Cassidy is murdered that night and Johnny is jailed for the crime. Kitty, her father Andy Tracy, and waterfront-priest Father Cameron believe Johnny is innocent but all evidence points to his guilt.
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The Velvet Touch (1948)
Character: Pansy Dupont
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
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A Letter for Evie (1946)
Character: Mrs. Edgewaters
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
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The Yellow Ticket (1931)
Character: Prisoner
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she reveals to him information regarding the social crimes rampant in her country.
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Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
Character: Miss Fredericks
In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous for their jitterbug act. Their fame doesn't last long, but they had fun anyway. Songs include: "Baltimore Bubble," "Gingham Gown," "Just a Bore," "Wasn't It You," "Kaneski Waltz" (Frank Skinner, Charles Henderson).
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No Man of Her Own (1950)
Character: Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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Partners in Crime (1937)
Character: Mrs. Wagon
Detective Hank Hyer investigates a blackmail case involving a candidate for mayor.
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Jackass Mail (1942)
Character: Dancehall Girl
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Wicked (1931)
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
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Straight from the Heart (1935)
Character: Tired Mother
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
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My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Character: Mrs. Topley
Larry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he meets an attractive, blonde British agent carrying a coded message hidden in a brooch—and is being pursued by Nazi agents.
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The Lady Gambles (1949)
Character: Gross Lady
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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M'Liss (1936)
Character: Rose
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
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The Virginian (1946)
Character: N/A
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said rustlers; and Molly hates the violent side of frontier life.
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A Fool's Advice (1932)
Character: Mrs. Prescott
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
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Below the Sea (1933)
Character: Lily
A wealthy woman funds an underwater expedition to explore for marine life, but what she doesn't know is that her "colleagues" have other intentions.
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Ready for Love (1934)
Character: Aunt Ida
In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her boarding school to stay with her retired aunt, a former actress, who try as she might, has never been welcomed into the snobbish community in which she resides. The young woman too, is shunned and ends up being victimized in witchcraft trial and ducked into a pool of water.
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The Crooked Way (1949)
Character: Hotel Proprietess (uncredited)
A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.
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Stand-In (1937)
Character: Mrs, Mack
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financially troubled Hollywood studio, receives some help from a former child star who now works as a stand-in for the studio.
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True to Life (1943)
Character: Woman (uncredited)
A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins to secretly write about their true life antics. The show becomes a big hit, but he begins to feel guilty about his charade when he falls in love with the family's pretty older daughter.
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The Big Noise (1944)
Character: Aunt Sophie
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor and his strategically important new bomb.
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Without Reservations (1946)
Character: Sarah (uncredited)
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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The Vice Squad (1931)
Character: Josie
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
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Ride, Cowboy, Ride (1939)
Character: Cactus Kate Ramsey
Dinny and his cowhand friends rescue Laura from a runaway stagecoach after it is robbed by outlaw Pancho Dominguez and his gang. Dinny is attracted to Laura, who isn't interested in him at all. The climax arises when Pancho's gang raids the town and robs the bank.
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Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Character: Jesse Florian
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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Life Begins (1932)
Character: Mrs. Tubby’s Friend (uncredited)
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
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Homicide (1949)
Character: Mrs. Brucker, Landlady
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
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Caged (1950)
Character: Grace (uncredited)
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
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Sweepings (1933)
Character: Violet's Madame (Uncredited)
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest department store in town. He wants to pass on the business to his three sons and daughter, but has to deal with their lack of interest or aptitude.
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Florida Special (1936)
Character: Flirtatious Dowager (uncredited)
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears while carrying $11-million in unset jewels.
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Idle Roomers (1944)
Character: Hazel's Roommate (uncredited)
The stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky.
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Winner Take All (1932)
Character: Ann, Joan's Friend
Overworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with Peggy and her sickly son. Once recovered, Jim leaves to return to the ring. Can their romance survive the distance?
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Marie Antoinette (1938)
Character: Streetwalker (uncredited)
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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Detour (1945)
Character: Hedy
The life of Al Roberts, a pianist in a New York nightclub, turns into a nightmare when he decides to hitchhike to Los Angeles to visit his girlfriend.
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Scandal Street (1938)
Character: Birdie Brown
Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the small town of Midberg, where she boards with the Smith family. Nora is befriended by her next-door neighbor Austin Brown, who, unknown to his wife, is engaged in a moneymaking scheme with James Wilson.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Character: Filthy Flora, Dripping Dagger Proprietor
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
Character: Sally (uncredited)
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married someone she can't remember.
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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
Character: Mrs. Everett J. Noble (uncredited)
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
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Rackety Rax (1932)
Character: 'Sister' Carrie
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game itself) takes place around and about the annual Rose Bowl football game, and decides this is one sweet proposition and could be even sweeter if one had his own college and football game and had a large say beforehand as to the outcome of any game this team had. So he ups and creates his own college---Carnasie after his own neighborhood. His gangster rival. Gilatti, thinks this give McGloin a definite inside advantage and, if there is one thing a gambler can't abide, it is that someone has an inside advantage and they are not that someone. Gilatti gets himself a college football team. Education marches on.
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Ladies of the Big House (1931)
Character: Clara Newman
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder they didn't commit.
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The Great Flamarion (1945)
Character: Cleo
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims.
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Born to Kill (1947)
Character: Mrs. Kraft
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
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I Married a Witch (1942)
Character: Extra (uncredited)
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter who burned her, but runs afoul of her father when she discovers that her mischief might have found her true love.
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The Iron Master (1933)
Character: Mrs. Stillman
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the foreman of his foundry.
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The Falcon's Alibi (1946)
Character: Gloria Peabody
A society sleuth sets out on the trail of a society matron's lost jewels.
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The Best Man Wins (1935)
Character: Mamie
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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Klondike Annie (1936)
Character: Fanny Radler
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
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Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)
Character: Mrs. Madigan
Judy Walker is a poor songwriter who, through mistaken identity, gets her songs played on the radio.
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Adventure (1945)
Character: Woman with Mudgin in bar
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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