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Clara Blandick
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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
The roles that explain the career.
The Wizard of Oz
Auntie Em · 1939
Heaven Can Wait
Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited) · 1943
A Star Is Born
Aunt Mattie (uncredited) · 1937
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Borst · 1939
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited) · 1932
The Big Store
Customer Seeking Record (uncredited) · 1941
Three on a Match
Mrs. Keaton (uncredited) · 1932
Life with Father
Miss Wiggins · 1947
Filmography
77 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Wizard of Oz at Sphere | Auntie Em (archive footage) | Film |
| 1950 | Key to the City | Liza, Silas' housekeeper | Film |
| 1950 | Riding High | Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Susan Balmuss | Film |
| 1948 | The Bride Goes Wild | Aunt Pewtie | Film |
| 1947 | Life with Father | Miss Wiggins | Film |
| 1947 | Philo Vance Returns | Stella Blendon | Film |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Martha | Film |
| 1946 | She-Wolf of London | Mrs. McBroom (uncredited) | Film |
| 1946 | People Are Funny | Grandma Wilson | Film |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love | Mrs. Meade | Film |
| 1945 | Pillow of Death | Belle Kincaid | Film |
| 1945 | Frontier Gal | Abigail | Film |
| 1944 | Shadow of Suspicion | Mother Randall | Film |
| 1944 | Can't Help Singing | Aunt Cissy | Film |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Old Lady on Subway (uncredited) | Film |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Tourist (uncredited) | Film |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | Film | |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Woman on Train (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | Private Nurse | Miss Phillips | Film |
| 1941 | The Big Store | Customer Seeking Record (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | The Get-Away | Mrs. Higgins | Film |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Nurse | Film |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Sister Watkins (uncredited) | Film |
| 1941 | The Wagons Roll at Night | Mrs. Williams | Film |
| 1941 | The Nurse's Secret | Aunt Juliet Mitchell | Film |
| 1940 | Dreaming Out Loud | Jessica Spencer | Film |
| 1940 | Tomboy | Aunt Martha | Film |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Mrs. Griffin | Film |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk | Mrs. Borst | Film |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Miss Watson | Film |
| 1939 | The Wizard of Oz | Auntie Em | Film |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Phoebe Sawyer | Film |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | Mrs. Green - Landlady | Film |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Evie Curtis | Film |
| 1937 | The Road Back | Willy's Mother | Film |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Aunt Mattie (uncredited) | Film |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Mary F. O'Daugherty | Film |
| 1936 | Hearts Divided | Aunt Ellen | Film |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady | Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid | Film |
| 1936 | The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | Gaptown Landlady | Film |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Mrs. Jorham | Film |
| 1936 | The Gorgeous Hussy | Louisa Abbott | Film |
| 1935 | Party Wire | Mathilda Sherman | Film |
| 1935 | The Winning Ticket | Aunt Maggie | Film |
| 1934 | Harold Teen | Ma Lovewell | Film |
| 1934 | The Girl from Missouri | Miss Newberry | Film |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill | Mrs. Peterson | Film |
| 1934 | As the Earth Turns | Cora | Film |
| 1933 | Three Cornered Moon | Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | Going Hollywood | Ms. Perkins | Film |
| 1933 | Child of Manhattan | Aunt Sophie | Film |
| 1933 | Turn Back the Clock | Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother | Film |
| 1933 | Charlie Chan's Greatest Case | Minerva Winterslip | Film |
| 1933 | The Mind Reader | Auntie (uncredited) | Film |
| 1933 | Ever in My Heart | Anna, the Cook | Film |
| 1932 | Shopworn | Mrs. Helen Livingston | Film |
| 1932 | Three on a Match | Mrs. Keaton (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Mrs. Tarleton | Film |
| 1932 | The Bitter Tea of General Yen | Mrs. Jackson (uncredited) | Film |
| 1932 | Life Begins | Mrs. West | Film |
| 1932 | The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted) | Film |
| 1932 | Rockabye | Brida | Film |
| 1931 | Inspiration | Madeleine's Mother (uncredited) | Film |
| 1931 | Possessed | Mrs. Martin | Film |
| 1931 | Murder at Midnight | Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy | Film |
| 1931 | The Drums of Jeopardy | Aunt Abbie | Film |
| 1931 | The Easiest Way | Agnes Murdock | Film |
| 1931 | Bought! | Mrs. Sprig | Film |
| 1931 | Laughing Sinners | Salvation Army Woman | Film |
| 1931 | Daybreak | Frau Hoffman | Film |
| 1930 | Romance | Abigail Armstrong | Film |
| 1930 | Men Are Like That | Ma Fisher | Film |
| 1930 | Tom Sawyer | Aunt Polly | Film |
| 1930 | The Sins of the Children | Martha Wagenkampf | Film |
| 1930 | The Girl Said No | Mrs. Ward | Film |
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