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Sarah Padden
Born · October 15, 1881
Died · December 4, 1967 (86 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Sunderland, England, UK
Bio
Sarah Padden 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.
Girl with an Itch
Cookie
5.2
1958
Screaming Mimi
Landlady
5.0
1958
The Kettles in the Ozarks
Mrs. Tinware
6.4
1956
Prince of Players
Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
4.7
1955
Public Defender
Eula Mae Carter · (1 episode)
6.0
1954
Letter to Loretta
Frau Lang · (1 episode)
6.2
1953
The Life Of Riley
Martha Riley · (2 episodes)
6.0
1953
The Life Of Riley
Ma Riley · (1 episode)
6.0
1953
The Abbott and Costello Show
Old Lady on Street · (1 episode)
7.1
1952
Adventures of Superman
Mrs. Carmody · (1 episode)
6.7
1952
Big Jim McLain
Mrs. Lexiter
4.9
1952
Dragnet
(1 episode)
6.4
1951
Utah Wagon Train
Sarah Wendover
5.0
1951
The Missourians
Mother Kovacs
6.0
1950
Again Pioneers
Ma Ashby
3.5
1950
The Cisco Kid
Mrs. Smiley · (1 episode)
5.9
1950
The Cisco Kid
Sara · (1 episode)
5.9
1950
A Life of Her Own
Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited)
5.3
1950
Gunslingers
Rawhide Rosie Rawlins
4.0
1950
House by the River
Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook
6.7
1950
The Lone Ranger
Grandma Williams · (1 episode)
6.7
1949
Range Justice
Ma Curtis
0.0
1949
Homicide
Mrs. Webb
5.3
1949
Frontier Revenge
Widow Owens
5.0
1948
The Dude Goes West
Mrs. Hallihan
5.8
1948
The Return of the Whistler
Mrs. Hulskamp
5.9
1948
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
Mom Palooka
6.0
1948
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Mom Palooka
6.0
1947
Love and Learn
Mrs. Grant (uncredited)
5.5
1947
Ramrod
Mrs. Parks
6.5
1947
That Brennan Girl
Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady
5.3
1946
Wild West
Carrie Bannister
0.0
1946
My Dog Shep
Carrie Hodgkins
6.0
1946
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Mom Palooka
0.0
1946
Angel on My Shoulder
Agatha (uncredited)
6.4
1946
Joe Palooka, Champ
Mom Palooka
0.0
1946
So Goes My Love
Bridget
7.0
1946
Idea Girl
Old Lady
0.0
1946
Dakota
Mrs. Plummer
5.1
1945
Riders of the Dawn
Melinda Pringle
0.0
1945
Song of Old Wyoming
Ma Conway
5.2
1945
Marshal of Laredo
Mrs. Randall
0.0
1945
Apology for Murder
Maggie
4.8
1945
Wildfire
Aunt Agatha
0.0
1945
The Master Key
Aggie
0.0
1945
Identity Unknown
Mrs. Anderson
5.8
1945
Ghost Guns
Aunt Sally
5.8
1944
Girl Rush
Mrs. Emma Mason
5.0
1944
San Diego I Love You
Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited)
6.3
1944
Casanova Brown
Mrs. Smith
6.3
1944
Trail to Gunsight
Grandma Wagner
0.0
1944
Summer Storm
Beggar Woman (uncredited)
5.1
1944
Range Law
Boots Annie
0.0
1944
The Navy Way
Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited)
5.7
1944
The Navy Way
Mrs. Margaret Gimble
5.7
1944
So This Is Washington
Aunt Charity Speers
4.8
1943
Hangmen Also Die!
Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
6.9
1943
Family Troubles
Mrs. Jones
5.5
1943
Assignment in Brittany
Albertine
6.6
1943
Riders of the West
Ma Turner
4.0
1942
Law and Order
Mary Todd
6.0
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
7.4
1942
Lady in a Jam
Miner’s Wife (uncredited)
5.5
1942
The Mad Monster
Grandmother
3.2
1942
This Gun for Hire
Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
6.9
1942
Heart of the Rio Grande
'Skipper' Forbes
8.0
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Mrs. Kimball
4.7
1942
Private Snuffy Smith
Lowizie Smith
3.8
1942
The Power of God
Esther Worne
0.0
1942
The Corsican Brothers
Nurse
6.6
1941
Reg'lar Fellers
Hetty Carter
4.3
1941
Murder by Invitation
Cassandra Hildegard Denham
5.6
1941
A Woman's Face
Police Matron
6.9
1941
City of Missing Girls
Mrs. Randolph
4.1
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
Maid
4.0
1941
In Old Colorado
Ma Harriet Woods
6.7
1941
Chad Hanna
Mrs. Todd
6.0
1940
Lone Star Raiders
Lydia 'Granny' Phelps
0.0
1940
Son of the Navy
Mrs. Baker - Landlady
5.5
1940
Forgotten Girls
Miss Donaldson
5.0
1940
I Stole a Million
Lady in Post Office (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Should a Girl Marry?
Mrs. Wilson
3.5
1939
The Zero Hour
Sister Theodosia
4.5
1939
Let Freedom Ring
'Ma' Logan
6.0
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Off the Record
Mrs. Fallon (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Little Orphan Annie
Mrs. Nora Moriarty
0.0
1938
Little Tough Guys in Society
Victim
6.0
1938
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Ma
5.9
1938
Woman Against Woman
Dora
6.5
1938
Romance of the Limberlost
Sarah
0.0
1938
Women in Prison
Martha Wilson
6.0
1938
Exiled to Shanghai
Aunt Jane
4.9
1937
Youth on Parole
Mrs. Blair
3.2
1937
Anna Karenina
Governess
6.6
1935
Mad Love
Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
6.9
1935
Stranded
Workman's Wife (uncredited)
5.8
1935
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Sarah
4.2
1935
A Dog of Flanders
Frau Keller
7.0
1935
The Defense Rests
Mrs. Evans
7.0
1934
He Was Her Man
Mrs. Gardella
6.7
1934
David Harum
Widow
7.0
1934
As the Earth Turns
Mrs. Janowski
5.3
1934
Man of Two Worlds
Olago
6.0
1934
The Sin of Nora Moran
Mrs. Watts
5.8
1933
The Power and the Glory
Henry's Wife
5.9
1933
Ann Vickers
Lil
5.9
1933
Doctor Bull
Mary the Canning Cook
6.5
1933
The Important Witness
Deaf Woman
5.0
1933
Pilgrimage
6.7
1933
Face in the Sky
Ma Brown
4.5
1933
Rasputin and the Empress
Duna the Landlady (uncredited)
5.3
1932
Tess of the Storm Country
Old Martha
6.0
1932
Women Won't Tell
Aggie Specks
0.0
1932
Wild Girl
Lize
6.0
1932
Kongo
Nun (uncredited)
6.4
1932
Blondie of the Follies
Ma McClune
6.0
1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Mrs Cobb
0.0
1932
Red-Headed Woman
Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited)
6.7
1932
Grand Hotel
Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited)
6.9
1932
The Midnight Lady
Nita St. George
5.3
1932
Young America
Mrs. Mary Taylor
5.0
1932
Cross-Examination
Mary Stevens
5.1
1932
Mata Hari
Sister Teresa (uncredited)
6.2
1931
The Yellow Ticket
Mother Kalish
5.0
1931
Sob Sister
Ma Stevens
0.0
1931
Bad Girl
Mrs. Gardner
5.9
1931
The Great Meadow
Mistress Molly Hall
5.0
1931
Today
Emma Warner
1.0
1930
Billy the Kid
Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
4.2
1930
Hide-Out
Mrs. Dorgan
0.0
1930
Trifles
Mrs. Wright
5.0
1930
The Sophomore
Mrs. Collins
4.5
1929
Wonder of Women
Anna
3.0
1929
Companionate Marriage
Mrs. Williams
1.0
1928
The Bugle Call
Luke's Wife
0.0
1927
The Woman Who Did Not Care
Mrs. Carroll
0.0
1927
Obey the Law
The Mother
0.0
1926