From Wikipedia Sarah Padden (October 16, 1881 – December 4, 1967) was a character actress in theater and vaudeville from Chicago, Illinois. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War. Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc.. She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II. Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Emile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907. Another of her theatrical parts was in Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Hatcher Hughes. It was performed at the Wilkes Orange Grove Theater (Majestic Theater), 845 South Broadway (Los Angeles), in November 1925. She was also an active screen actress from 1926 to 1958, appearing in 178 films and TV shows. In 1938, she played "Ma" Thayer in MGM's Rich Man Poor Girl, directed by Reinhold Schunzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, and Lana Turner. Bill Harrison (Robert Young) a wealthy young businessman moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's (Ruth Hussey) eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work. In 1941, she played wealthy spinster Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham in Murder by Invitation, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh. In this "closed room" murder comedy, after they unsuccessfully attempt to have her declared legally insane to gain control of her fortune, her nephews and nieces are invited to a week's visit at her mansion where they are murdered one by one.
Movie | Girl with an Itch | Cookie | 1958-11-12 |
Movie | Screaming Mimi | Landlady | 1958-06-25 |
Movie | The Kettles in the Ozarks | Mrs. Tinware | 1956-04-01 |
Movie | Prince of Players | Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited) | 1955-01-11 |
Movie | Big Jim McLain | Mrs. Lexiter | 1952-08-30 |
Movie | Utah Wagon Train | Sarah Wendover | 1951-10-14 |
Movie | The Missourians | Mother Kovacs | 1950-11-25 |
Movie | Again Pioneers | Ma Ashby | 1950-11-01 |
Movie | A Life of Her Own | Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
Movie | Gunslingers | Rawhide Rosie Rawlins | 1950-04-09 |
Movie | House by the River | Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook | 1950-03-25 |
Movie | Range Justice | Ma Curtis | 1949-07-16 |
Movie | Homicide | Mrs. Webb | 1949-04-02 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Mom Palooka | 1948-02-07 |
Movie | The Return of the Whistler | Mrs. Hulskamp | 1948-03-18 |
Movie | The Dude Goes West | Mrs. Hallihan | 1948-05-30 |
Movie | Frontier Revenge | Widow Owens | 1948-12-26 |
Movie | Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Mom Palooka | 1947-09-20 |
Movie | Ramrod | Mrs. Parks | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | Love and Learn | Mrs. Grant (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
Movie | That Brennan Girl | Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady | 1946-12-23 |
Movie | Wild West | Carrie Bannister | 1946-12-01 |
Movie | My Dog Shep | Carrie Hodgkins | 1946-11-01 |
Movie | Gentleman Joe Palooka | Mom Palooka | 1946-10-05 |
Movie | Angel on My Shoulder | Agatha (uncredited) | 1946-09-20 |
Movie | Joe Palooka, Champ | Mom Palooka | 1946-05-26 |
Movie | So Goes My Love | Bridget | 1946-05-01 |
Movie | The Unseen | Alberta | 1945-05-12 |
Movie | Identity Unknown | Mrs. Anderson | 1945-04-02 |
Movie | The Master Key | Aggie | 1945-04-24 |
Movie | Song of Old Wyoming | Ma Conway | 1945-10-11 |
Movie | Wildfire | Aunt Agatha | 1945-07-18 |
Movie | Apology for Murder | Maggie | 1945-09-27 |
Movie | Marshal of Laredo | Mrs. Randall | 1945-10-06 |
Movie | Dakota | Mrs. Plummer | 1945-12-15 |
Movie | Ghost Guns | Aunt Sally | 1944-11-17 |
Movie | Girl Rush | Mrs. Emma Mason | 1944-10-21 |
Movie | San Diego I Love You | Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
Movie | Casanova Brown | Mrs. Smith | 1944-08-23 |
Movie | Trail to Gunsight | Grandma Wagner | 1944-08-18 |
Movie | Summer Storm | Beggar Woman (uncredited) | 1944-07-14 |
Movie | Range Law | Boots Annie | 1944-06-24 |
Movie | The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
Movie | Assignment in Brittany | Albertine | 1943-03-11 |
Movie | Family Troubles | Mrs. Jones | 1943-04-03 |
Movie | Hangmen Also Die! | Mrs. Georgia Dvorak | 1943-04-15 |
Movie | Riders of the West | Ma Turner | 1942-08-21 |
Movie | Law and Order | Mary Todd | 1942-08-21 |
Movie | The Pride of the Yankees | Mrs. Roberts (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
Movie | The Mad Monster | Grandmother | 1942-05-15 |
Movie | This Gun for Hire | Mrs. Mason (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
Movie | Heart of the Rio Grande | 'Skipper' Forbes | 1942-03-11 |
Movie | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Mrs. Kimball | 1942-01-31 |
Movie | Private Snuffy Smith | Lowizie Smith | 1942-01-16 |
Movie | The Power of God | Esther Worne | 1942-01-15 |
Movie | In Old Colorado | Ma Harriet Woods | 1941-03-14 |
Movie | The Man Who Lost Himself | Maid | 1941-03-21 |
Movie | City of Missing Girls | Mrs. Randolph | 1941-03-27 |
Movie | A Woman's Face | Police Matron | 1941-05-09 |
Movie | Reg'lar Fellers | Hetty Carter | 1941-09-05 |
Movie | The Corsican Brothers | Nurse | 1941-11-28 |
Movie | Murder by Invitation | Cassandra Hildegard Denham | 1941-06-30 |
Movie | Chad Hanna | Mrs. Todd | 1940-12-25 |
Movie | Lone Star Raiders | Lydia 'Granny' Phelps | 1940-12-23 |
Movie | Son of the Navy | Mrs. Baker - Landlady | 1940-03-30 |
Movie | Forgotten Girls | Miss Donaldson | 1940-03-15 |
Movie | I Stole a Million | Lady in Post Office (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
Movie | Should a Girl Marry? | Mrs. Wilson | 1939-06-07 |
Movie | The Zero Hour | Sister Theodosia | 1939-05-26 |
Movie | Let Freedom Ring | 'Ma' Logan | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
Movie | Off the Record | Mrs. Fallon (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
Movie | Romance of the Limberlost | Sarah | 1938-06-16 |
Movie | Women in Prison | Martha Wilson | 1938-03-02 |
Movie | Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Nora Moriarty | 1938-12-02 |
Movie | Woman Against Woman | Dora | 1938-06-24 |
Movie | Rich Man, Poor Girl | Ma | 1938-08-12 |
Movie | Little Tough Guys in Society | Victim | 1938-11-01 |
Movie | Exiled to Shanghai | Aunt Jane | 1937-12-20 |
Movie | Youth on Parole | Mrs. Blair | 1937-10-04 |
Movie | Anna Karenina | Governess | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Mad Love | Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
Movie | Stranded | Workman's Wife (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
Movie | The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Sarah | 1935-05-14 |
Movie | A Dog of Flanders | Frau Keller | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | Man of Two Worlds | Olago | 1934-01-13 |
Movie | As the Earth Turns | Mrs. Janowski | 1934-02-14 |
Movie | David Harum | Widow Cullon | 1934-03-02 |
Movie | Little Man, What Now? | Widow Scharrenhofer | 1934-06-04 |
Movie | He Was Her Man | Mrs. Gardella | 1934-06-16 |
Movie | The Defense Rests | Mrs. Evans | 1934-07-15 |
Movie | The Sin of Nora Moran | Mrs. Watts | 1933-12-13 |
Movie | The Power and the Glory | Henry's Wife | 1933-10-06 |
Movie | Ann Vickers | Lil | 1933-09-26 |
Movie | Doctor Bull | Mary the Canning Cook | 1933-09-22 |
Movie | The Important Witness | Deaf Woman | 1933-07-15 |
Movie | Face in the Sky | Ma Brown | 1933-01-15 |
Movie | Cross-Examination | Mary Stevens | 1932-02-13 |
Movie | Young America | Mrs. Mary Taylor | 1932-04-17 |
Movie | The Midnight Lady | Nita St. George | 1932-05-15 |
Movie | Grand Hotel | Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited) | 1932-05-25 |
Movie | Red-Headed Woman | Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
Movie | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mrs Cobb | 1932-07-03 |
Movie | Blondie of the Follies | Ma McClune | 1932-09-01 |
Movie | Kongo | Nun (uncredited) | 1932-10-01 |
Movie | Wild Girl | Lize | 1932-11-09 |
Movie | Women Won't Tell | Aggie Specks | 1932-11-16 |
Movie | Tess of the Storm Country | Old Martha | 1932-11-20 |
Movie | Rasputin and the Empress | Duna the Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
Movie | Mata Hari | Sister Teresa (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
Movie | The Yellow Ticket | Mother Kalish | 1931-10-30 |
Movie | Bad Girl | Mrs. Gardner | 1931-08-13 |
Movie | The Great Meadow | Mistress Molly Hall | 1931-01-24 |
Movie | Today | Emma Warner | 1930-11-01 |
Movie | Billy the Kid | Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited) | 1930-10-16 |
Movie | Trifles | Mrs. Wright | 1930-01-30 |
Movie | The Sophomore | Mrs. Collins | 1929-08-24 |
Movie | Wonder of Women | Anna | 1929-07-13 |
Movie | The Woman Who Did Not Care | Mrs. Carroll | 1927-07-05 |