Birthday:
Oct 16, 1886
Place of Birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Place of Birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Spring Byington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jezebel | Mrs. Kendrick | 1938 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Mrs. Marshall | 1944 |
| Dodsworth | Matey Pearson | 1936 |
| The Heavenly Body | Nancy Potter | 1944 |
| Dragonwyck | Magda | 1946 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Nellie Burke | 1949 |
| Meet John Doe | Mme Mitchell | 1941 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Mrs. Byam | 1935 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Penny Sycamore | 1938 |
| The Reformer and the Redhead | Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | 1950 |
| Werewolf of London | Ettie Coombes | 1935 |
| Devil's Doorway | Mrs. Masters | 1950 |
| The Blue Bird | Mummy Tyl | 1940 |
| The Enchanted Cottage | Violet Price | 1945 |
| Presenting Lily Mars | Mrs. Mars | 1943 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Elizabeth Ellis | 1941 |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lady Octavia Warrenton | 1936 |
| Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' | Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Little Women | Marmee | 1933 |
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mrs. Hubbard | 1939 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Bertha Van Cleve | 1943 |
| Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Carlotta Emerson | 1941 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Suzie Robinson | 1960 |
| Singapore | Mrs. Bellows | 1947 |
| When Ladies Meet | Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake | 1941 |
| B.F.'s Daughter | Gladys Fulton | 1948 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Widow Douglas (uncredited) | 1938 |
| It Had to Be You | Mr. Martha Stafford | 1947 |
| Roxie Hart | Mary Sunshine | 1942 |
| The Big Wheel | Mary Coy | 1949 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Mrs. Brentman | 1950 |
| Rings on Her Fingers | Mrs. Maybelle Worthington | 1942 |
| Ah, Wilderness! | Essie Miller | 1935 |
| It's Love I'm After | Aunt Ella | 1937 |
| Salty O'Rourke | Mrs. Brooks | 1945 |
| The Jones Family in Hollywood | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| A Family Affair | Emily Hardy | 1937 |
| The Rocket Man | Justice Amelia Brown | 1954 |
| No Room for the Groom | Mama Kingshead | 1952 |
| Lucky Partners | Aunt Lucy | 1940 |
| Living in a Big Way | Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan | 1947 |
| Orchids to You | Alice Draper | 1935 |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | Ma Davis | 1936 |
| Penrod and Sam | Mrs. Schofield | 1937 |
| Cynthia | Carrie Bishop Jannings | 1947 |
| My Brother Talks to Horses | Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose | 1947 |
| Big Business | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| Broadway Hostess | Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe | 1935 |
| Little Mister Jim | Mrs. Starwell | 1947 |
| Stage Struck | Mrs. Randall | 1936 |
| My Love Came Back | Clara Malette | 1940 |
| Penrod and His Twin Brother | Mrs. Laura Schofield | 1938 |
| Bannerline | Mrs. Loomis | 1951 |
| A Letter for Evie | Mrs. McPherson | 1946 |
| The Affairs of Martha | Sophia Sommerfield | 1942 |
| Way Down East | Mrs. Louisa Bartlett | 1935 |
| Love on a Budget | Louise Jones | 1938 |
| Thrill of a Romance | Nona Glenn | 1945 |
| Palm Springs | Aunt Letty | 1936 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| A Child Is Born | Mrs. Mamie West | 1939 |
| A Trip to Paris | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| The Vanishing Virginian | Rosa Yancey | 1942 |
| Please Believe Me | Mrs. Milwright | 1950 |
| Land of Liberty | Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') | 1939 |
| Laddie | Mrs. Stanton | 1940 |
| Meet Me on Broadway | Sylvia Kane Storm | 1946 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Rebecca Perry | 1936 |
| Too Busy to Work | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| Faithful in My Fashion | Miss Mary Swanson | 1946 |
| Arkansas Judge | Mary Shoemaker | 1941 |
| Quick Millions | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| According to Mrs. Hoyle | Mrs. Harriet Hoyle | 1951 |
| Chicken Wagon Family | Josephine Fippany | 1939 |
| Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Agnes Thorndyke | 1950 |
| On Their Own | Mrs. John Jones | 1940 |
| Clarence | Mrs. Wheeler | 1937 |
| Hotel Haywire | Mrs. Parkhouse | 1937 |
| Every Saturday Night | Mrs. Evers | 1936 |
| Educating Father | Mrs. John Jones | 1936 |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Cecilia Talbot | 1942 |
| Everybody's Baby | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| Love Me Forever | Clara Fields | 1935 |
| Captain Eddie | Mrs. Frost | 1945 |
| Louisa | Louisa Norton | 1950 |
| Angels in the Outfield | Sister Edwitha | 1951 |
| The Girl on the Front Page | Mrs. Langford | 1936 |
| Young as You Feel | Mrs. John Jones | 1940 |
| Green Light | Mrs. Dexter | 1937 |
| The Buccaneer | Dolly Madison | 1938 |
| Reward Unlimited | Peggy's mother | 1944 |
| The Great Impersonation | Duchess Caroline | 1935 |
| Back to Nature | Louise Jones | 1936 |
| Hot Water | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| Borrowing Trouble | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| Safety in Numbers | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| Down on the Farm | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| Off to the Races | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| Because You're Mine | Mrs. Edna Montville | 1952 |
| The Road Back | Ernst's Mother | 1937 | Series | Cast | Year |
| December Bride | Lily Ruskin | 1954 |
| Batman | J. Pauline Spaghetti | 1966 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Alice Wagner | 1955 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Louise | 1963 |
| Dennis the Menace | 1959 | |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | 1963 | |
| Laramie | Daisy Cooper | 1959 |
| The Detectives | 1959 | |
| The 20th Century Fox Hour | Mrs. Miller | 1955 |
| The Lux Show | Self | 1957 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Eloise Adams | 1953 |
| The Ford Show | Self | 1956 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Aunt Cordelia | 1952 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Mother | 1965 |
| What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
