Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/16/1886
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also Known As
Spring Byington
Biography
Known For
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
Cynthia
as Carrie Bishop Jannings
Singapore
as Mrs. Bellows
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Randall
The Buccaneer
as Dolly Madison
A Child Is Born
as Mrs. Mamie West
In the Good Old Summertime
as Nellie Burke
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Hubbard
Louisa
as Louisa Norton
Green Light
as Mrs. Dexter
Dragonwyck
as Magda
Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones
Palm Springs
as Aunt Letty
Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca Perry
Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John Jones
You Can't Take It with You
as Penny Sycamore
Little Women
as Marmee
No Room for the Groom
as Mama Kingshead
Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
Career Timeline
1997
1952
1951
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. Brentman
Devil's Doorway
as Mrs. Masters
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Agnes Thorndyke
Louisa
as Louisa Norton
Please Believe Me
as Mrs. Milwright
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1947
1946
1945
1944
1942
1941
1940
1939
A Child Is Born
as Mrs. Mamie West
Too Busy to Work
as Mrs. John Jones
Quick Millions
as Mrs. John Jones
Chicken Wagon Family
as Josephine Fippany
Land of Liberty
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Mrs. John Jones
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Hubbard
Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. John Jones
1938
Down on the Farm
as Mrs. John Jones
You Can't Take It with You
as Penny Sycamore
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John Jones
A Trip to Paris
as Mrs. John Jones
Jezebel
as Mrs. Kendrick
Love on a Budget
as Louise Jones
Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Mrs. Schofield
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
as Dolly Madison
1937
Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John Jones
It's Love I'm After
as Aunt Ella
Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones
Big Business
as Mrs. John Jones
Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. Parkhouse
The Road Back
as Ernst's Mother
A Family Affair
as Emily Hardy
Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. Schofield
Green Light
as Mrs. Dexter
Clarence
as Mrs. Wheeler
Off to the Races
as Mrs. John Jones
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca Perry
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lady Octavia Warrenton
The Girl on the Front Page
as Mrs. Langford
Dodsworth
as Matey Pearson
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Randall
Back to Nature
as Louise Jones
Palm Springs
as Aunt Letty
Educating Father
as Mrs. John Jones
Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. Evers
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Ma Davis
1935
Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
The Great Impersonation
as Duchess Caroline
Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. Byam
Way Down East
as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Orchids to You
as Alice Draper
Love Me Forever
as Clara Fields
Werewolf of London
as Ettie Coombes