Actor

Clara Blandick

Birthday: June 4, 1876

Born in: Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

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.

Movie Credits

Riding High (1950) as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Age: 73
Key to the City (1950) as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Age: 73
Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Susan Balmuss
Age: 73
The Bride Goes Wild (1948) as Aunt Pewtie
Age: 71
Life with Father (1947) as Miss Wiggins
Age: 71
Philo Vance Returns (1947) as Stella Blendon
Age: 70
She-Wolf of London (1946) as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
Age: 69
So Goes My Love (1946) as Mrs. Meade
Age: 69
A Stolen Life (1946) as Martha
Age: 69
Claudia and David (1946) as Mrs. Barry
Age: 69
People Are Funny (1946) as Grandma Wilson
Age: 69
Frontier Gal (1945) as Abigail
Age: 69
Pillow of Death (1945) as Belle Kincaid
Age: 69
Can't Help Singing (1944) as Aunt Cissy
Age: 68
Shadow of Suspicion (1944) as Mother Randall
Age: 68
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Age: 67
Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Age: 67
Gentleman Jim (1942) as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Age: 66
Road to Morocco (1942) as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
Age: 66
Lady in a Jam (1942) as Tourist (uncredited)
Age: 66
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Age: 65
One Foot in Heaven (1941) as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
Age: 65
It Started with Eve (1941) as Nurse
Age: 65
Private Nurse (1941) as Miss Phillips
Age: 65
The Big Store (1941) as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
Age: 65
The Get-Away (1941) as Mrs. Higgins
Age: 65
The Nurse's Secret (1941) as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
Age: 64
The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) as Mrs. Williams
Age: 64
Youth Will Be Served (1940) as Miss Bradshaw
Age: 64
North West Mounted Police (1940) as Mrs. Burns
Age: 64
Dreaming Out Loud (1940) as Jessica Spencer
Age: 64
Tomboy (1940) as Aunt Martha
Age: 63
Alice in Movieland (1940) as Grandmother
Age: 63
Swanee River (1939) as Mrs. Griffin
Age: 63
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) as Mrs. Borst
Age: 63
The Star Maker (1939) as Miss Esther Jones
Age: 63
The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Auntie Em
Age: 63
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939) as Miss Watson
Age: 62
Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938) as Aunt Polly
Age: 62
Swing, Sister, Swing (1938) as Ma Sisler
Age: 62
Professor Beware (1938) as Mrs. Green - Landlady
Age: 62
Crime Ring (1938) as Phoebe Sawyer
Age: 62
My Old Kentucky Home (1938) as Julia 'Granny' Blair
Age: 61
Small Town Boy (1937) as Mrs. Armstrong
Age: 61
You Can't Have Everything (1937) as Townswoman (uncredited)
Age: 61
The Road Back (1937) as Willy's Mother
Age: 60
Wings Over Honolulu (1937) as Evie Curtis
Age: 60
A Star Is Born (1937) as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Age: 60
Her Husband's Secretary (1937) as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
Age: 60
Make Way for a Lady (1936) as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Age: 60
In His Steps (1936) as Martha Adams
Age: 60
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) as Louisa Abbott
Age: 60
Anthony Adverse (1936) as Mrs. Jorham
Age: 60
The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936) as Mary F. O'Daugherty
Age: 60
Hearts Divided (1936) as Aunt Ellen
Age: 60
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) as Gaptown Landlady
Age: 59
Party Wire (1935) as Mathilda Sherman
Age: 58
Straight from the Heart (1935) as Mrs. Anderson
Age: 58
Transient Lady (1935) as Eva Branham
Age: 58
The Winning Ticket (1935) as Aunt Maggie
Age: 58
Fugitive Lady (1934) as Aunt Margaret
Age: 58
Broadway Bill (1934) as Mrs. Peterson
Age: 58
Jealousy (1934) as Mrs. Douglas
Age: 58
The President Vanishes (1934) as Mrs. Delling
Age: 58
The Girl from Missouri (1934) as Miss Newberry
Age: 58
Sisters Under the Skin (1934) as Miss Gower
Age: 57
Harold Teen (1934) as Ma Lovewell
Age: 57
The Show-Off (1934) as Mrs. 'Ma'
Age: 57
As the Earth Turns (1934) as Cora
Age: 57
Beloved (1934) as Miss Murfee
Age: 57
Going Hollywood (1933) as Ms. Perkins
Age: 57
Ever in My Heart (1933) as Anna, the Cook
Age: 57
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) as Minerva Winterslip
Age: 57
Turn Back the Clock (1933) as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Age: 57
Three Cornered Moon (1933) as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
Age: 57
The Mind Reader (1933) as Auntie (uncredited)
Age: 56
Child of Manhattan (1933) as Aunt Sophie
Age: 56
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932) as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Age: 56
Rockabye (1932) as Brida
Age: 56
Three on a Match (1932) as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
Age: 56
Life Begins (1932) as Mrs. West
Age: 56
The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932) as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
Age: 55
The Wet Parade (1932) as Mrs. Tarleton
Age: 55
Shopworn (1932) as Mrs. Helen Livingston
Age: 55
Possessed (1931) as Mrs. Martin
Age: 55
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) as Mrs. Layton
Age: 55
Murder at Midnight (1931) as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Age: 55
Bought! (1931) as Mrs. Sprig
Age: 55
Huckleberry Finn (1931) as Aunt Polly
Age: 55
I Take This Woman (1931) as Ranch Wife
Age: 55
Laughing Sinners (1931) as Salvation Army Woman
Age: 54
Daybreak (1931) as Frau Hoffman
Age: 54
It's a Wise Child (1931) as Mrs. Stanton
Age: 54
The Drums of Jeopardy (1931) as Aunt Abbie
Age: 54
The Easiest Way (1931) as Agnes Murdock
Age: 54
Inspiration (1931) as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Age: 54
Once a Sinner (1931) as Mrs. Mason
Age: 54
Tom Sawyer (1930) as Aunt Polly
Age: 54
The Last of the Duanes (1930) as Mrs. Duane
Age: 54
Romance (1930) as Abigail Armstrong
Age: 54
The Sins of the Children (1930) as Martha Wagenkampf
Age: 54
Men Are Like That (1930) as Ma Fisher
Age: 53
The Girl Said No (1930) as Mrs. Ward
Age: 53
Burning Up (1930) as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Age: 53
Poor Aubrey (1930) as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Age: 53
Wise Girls (1929) as Mrs. Bence
Age: 53
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917) as Mrs. Donnelly
Age: 41
The Stolen Triumph (1916) as Mrs. Rowley
Age: 40
The Cabaret Singer (1915) as Mrs. Denton
Age: 38