Birthday

1876-06-04

Died

1962-04-15

Birthplace

Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Gender

Female

Known For

Acting

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.

Acting Credits

The Wizard of Oz

Auntie Em

Youth Will Be Served

Miss Bradshaw

So Goes My Love

Mrs. Meade

People Are Funny

Grandma Wilson

It Started with Eve

Nurse

She-Wolf of London

Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Gaptown Landlady

A Stolen Life

Martha

Straight from the Heart

Mrs. Anderson

Mr. Soft Touch

Susan Balmuss

Can't Help Singing

Aunt Cissy

Possessed

Mrs. Martin

The Winning Ticket

Aunt Maggie

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Miss Watson

Broadway Bill

Mrs. Peterson

Romance

Abigail Armstrong

Child of Manhattan

Aunt Sophie

Turn Back the Clock

Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

Riding High

Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Gorgeous Hussy

Louisa Abbott

Philo Vance Returns

Stella Blendon

Crime Ring

Phoebe Sawyer

Life Begins

Mrs. West

Ever in My Heart

Anna, the Cook

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Mary F. O'Daugherty

Bought!

Mrs. Sprig

Frontier Gal

Abigail

The Cabaret Singer

Mrs. Denton

Men Are Like That

Ma Fisher

The Sins of the Children

Martha Wagenkampf

Hearts Divided

Aunt Ellen

Tomboy

Aunt Martha

The Girl Said No

Mrs. Ward

Claudia and David

Mrs. Barry

Small Town Boy

Mrs. Armstrong

The Star Maker

Miss Esther Jones

The Mind Reader

Auntie (uncredited)

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Aunt Polly

Key to the City

Liza, Silas' housekeeper

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

Mrs. Layton

The Drums of Jeopardy

Aunt Abbie

Burning Up

Mrs. Minnie Winkle

Laughing Sinners

Salvation Army Woman

As the Earth Turns

Cora

Wise Girls

Mrs. Bence

Party Wire

Mathilda Sherman

Alice in Movieland

Grandmother

The Girl from Missouri

Miss Newberry

Huckleberry Finn

Aunt Polly

Private Nurse

Miss Phillips

The Last of the Duanes

Mrs. Duane

Rockabye

Brida

Shadow of Suspicion

Mother Randall

The Show-Off

Mrs. 'Ma'

Once a Sinner

Mrs. Mason

You Can't Have Everything

Townswoman (uncredited)

The President Vanishes

Mrs. Delling

Going Hollywood

Ms. Perkins

Transient Lady

Eva Branham

The Big Store

Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

The Easiest Way

Agnes Murdock

The Nurse's Secret

Aunt Juliet Mitchell

Her Husband's Secretary

Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

Life with Father

Miss Wiggins

Professor Beware

Mrs. Green - Landlady

Drums Along the Mohawk

Mrs. Borst

Swanee River

Mrs. Griffin

Murder at Midnight

Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

Wings Over Honolulu

Evie Curtis

Daybreak

Frau Hoffman

My Old Kentucky Home

Julia 'Granny' Blair

Shopworn

Mrs. Helen Livingston

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

In His Steps

Martha Adams

Fugitive Lady

Aunt Margaret

North West Mounted Police

Mrs. Burns

Pillow of Death

Belle Kincaid

Three Cornered Moon

Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

Harold Teen

Ma Lovewell

Gentleman Jim

Woman on Train (uncredited)

The Bride Goes Wild

Aunt Pewtie

Dreaming Out Loud

Jessica Spencer

Du Barry Was a Lady

Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

The Get-Away

Mrs. Higgins

The Wet Parade

Mrs. Tarleton

Swing, Sister, Swing

Ma Sisler

Make Way for a Lady

Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

I Take This Woman

Ranch Wife

Poor Aubrey

Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

Inspiration

Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

It's a Wise Child

Mrs. Stanton

Tom Sawyer

Aunt Polly

Anthony Adverse

Mrs. Jorham

Three on a Match

Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Minerva Winterslip

Jealousy

Mrs. Douglas

Rings on Her Fingers

Road to Morocco

Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

The Wagons Roll at Night

Mrs. Williams

Beloved

Miss Murfee

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

One Foot in Heaven

Sister Watkins (uncredited)

The Road Back

Willy's Mother

The Stolen Triumph

Mrs. Rowley

Lady in a Jam

Tourist (uncredited)