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Sarah Padden
Actor
Born October 15, 1881Died December 4, 1967 (86 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 1958 | Girl with an Itch · as Cookie |
| 1958 | Screaming Mimi · as Landlady |
| 1958 | No Time for Sergeants · as Sgt. King's Mother |
| 1957 | The Gray Ghost (TV Series) · as Abigail |
| 1956 | The Kettles in the Ozarks · as Mrs. Tinware |
| 1955 | Crossroads (1955) (TV Series) · as Grandmother |
| 1955 | Prince of Players · as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Whistler (TV Series) · as Amanda |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Eula Mae Carter |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Frau Lang |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Martha Riley |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show (TV Series) · as Old Lady On Street |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North (TV Series) · as Mrs. Sherwood |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman (TV Series) · as Mrs. Carmody |
| 1952 | Big Jim McLain · as Mrs. Lexiter |
| 1952 | She's Working Her Way Through College · as Wardrobe Woman At Burlesque Theatre |
| 1952 | The Black Lash · as Mrs. Owens |
| 1951 | The Roy Rogers Show (TV Series) · as Grandma Abigail Conley |
| 1951 | Dragnet (1951) (TV Series) |
| 1951 | The Range Rider (TV Series) · as Maw Manning |
| 1951 | Oh! Susanna · as Mrs. Ledbetter |
| 1951 | Front Page Detective (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1950 | A Life of Her Own · as Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Gunslingers · as Rawhide Rosie Rawlins |
| 1950 | House by the River · as Mrs. Beach - Stephen's Elderly Cook |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Mrs. Smiley |
| 1949 | The Doctor and the Girl · as Miss Newton |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger (TV Series) · as Grandma Williams |
| 1949 | Range Justice · as Ma Curtis |
| 1949 | Homicide · as Mrs. Webb |
| 1948 | Frontier Revenge · as Widow Owens |
| 1948 | The Dude Goes West · as Mrs. Hallihan |
| 1948 | The Return of the Whistler · as Mrs. Hulskamp |
| 1947 | Love and Learn · as Mrs. Grant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Mrs. Norris - Caretaker's Wife |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case · as Emma Millerson |
| 1947 | Ramrod · as Mrs. Parks |
| 1947 | Trail Street · as Mrs. Ferguson |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl · as Mrs. Graves, The Nice Landlady |
| 1946 | My Dog Shep · as Carrie Hodgkins |
| 1946 | Wild West · as Carrie Bannister |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder · as Agatha (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Joe Palooka, Champ · as Mom Palooka |
| 1946 | So Goes My Love · as Bridget |
| 1946 | Breakfast in Hollywood · as Mrs. Marie Edgedaw |
| 1945 | Dakota · as Mrs. Plummer |
| 1945 | Song of Old Wyoming · as Ma Conway |
| 1945 | Marshal of Laredo · as Mrs. Randall |
| 1945 | Apology for Murder · as Maggie |
| 1945 | Wildfire · as Aunt Agatha |
| 1945 | The Unseen · as Alberta |
| 1945 | The Master Key · as Aggie |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! · as Woman In Elevator |
| 1945 | Identity Unknown · as Mrs. Anderson |
| 1944 | Three Is a Family · as Middle-Aged Woman |
| 1944 | Ghost Guns · as Aunt Sally |
| 1944 | Girl Rush · as Mrs. Emma Mason |
| 1944 | The Navy Way · as Mrs. Margaret Gimble |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You · as Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown · as Mrs. Smith |
| 1944 | Summer Storm · as Beggar Woman (uncredited) |
| 1944 | This Is the Life · as Sarah |
| 1943 | Jack London · as Cannery Woman |
| 1943 | Hostages · as Old Woman |
| 1943 | The North Star · as Old Lady |
| 1943 | So This Is Washington · as Aunt Charity Speers |
| 1943 | Hangmen Also Die! · as Mrs. Georgia Dvorak |
| 1943 | Assignment in Brittany · as Albertine |
| 1942 | Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant · as Neighbor |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Mrs. Roberts (uncredited) |
| 1942 | This Gun for Hire · as Mrs. Mason (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Riders of the West · as Ma Turner |
| 1942 | Law and Order · as Mary Todd |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam · as Miner’s Wife (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mad Monster · as Grandmother |
| 1942 | Heart of the Rio Grande · as 'skipper' Forbes |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides · as Mrs. Kimball |
| 1942 | Private Snuffy Smith · as Lowizie Smith |
| 1941 | The Corsican Brothers · as Nurse |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve · as Jenny - Coat Check |
| 1941 | Reg'lar Fellers · as Hetty Carter |
| 1941 | Murder by Invitation · as Cassandra Hildegard Denham |
| 1941 | A Woman's Face · as Police Matron |
| 1941 | City of Missing Girls · as Mrs. Randolph |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself · as Maid |
| 1941 | In Old Colorado · as Ma Harriet Woods |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna · as Mrs. Todd |
| 1940 | Son of the Navy · as Mrs. Baker - Landlady |
| 1940 | Forgotten Girls · as Miss Donaldson |
| 1939 | Angels Wash Their Faces · as Mrs. Smith |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million · as Lady In Post Office (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Zero Hour · as Sister Theodosia |
| 1939 | Man of Conquest · as Houston's Mother |
| 1939 | Let Freedom Ring · as 'ma' Logan |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · as Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Off the Record · as Mrs. Fallon (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Little Orphan Annie · as Mrs. Nora Moriarty |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guys in Society · as Victim |
| 1938 | Rich Man, Poor Girl · as Ma |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman · as Dora |
| 1938 | Romance of the Limberlost · as Sarah |
| 1938 | Three Comrades · as Frau Schultz |
| 1937 | Exiled to Shanghai · as Aunt Jane |
| 1937 | Youth on Parole · as Mrs. Blair |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Governess |
| 1935 | Mad Love · as Crippled Girl's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded · as Workman's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1935 | The Hoosier Schoolmaster · as Sarah |
| 1935 | A Dog of Flanders · as Frau Keller |
| 1935 | Tomorrow's Children · as Mrs. Mason |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests · as Mrs. Evans |
| 1934 | He Was Her Man · as Mrs. Gardella |
| 1934 | Little Man, What Now? · as Widow Scharrenhofer |
| 1934 | All Men Are Enemies · as Proprietress |
| 1934 | Men in White · as Mrs Rose Smith |
| 1934 | David Harum · as Widow |
| 1934 | As the Earth Turns · as Mrs. Janowski |
| 1934 | Man of Two Worlds · as Olago |
| 1933 | The Sin of Nora Moran · as Mrs. Watts |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Lil |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory · as Henry's Wife |
| 1933 | The Wolf Dog · as Mrs. Stevens [ch. 1] |
| 1933 | Doctor Bull · as Mary The Canning Cook |
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| 1933 | The White Sister · as Nun In Charge Of Novitiates |
| 1933 | Face in the Sky · as Ma Brown |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as Duna The Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Tess of the Storm Country · as Old Martha |
| 1932 | Women Won't Tell · as Aggie Specks |
| 1932 | Wild Girl · as Lize |
| 1932 | Kongo · as Nun (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Two Against the World · as Mrs. Polansky |
| 1932 | Blondie of the Follies · as Ma Mcclune |
| 1932 | The Washington Masquerade · as Pardoned Boy's Mother |
| 1932 | Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm · as Mrs Cobb |
| 1932 | Red-Headed Woman · as Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Grand Hotel · as Chambermaid In Room 174 (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Midnight Lady · as Nita St. George |
| 1932 | Young America · as Mrs. Mary Taylor |
| 1932 | Cross-Examination · as Mary Stevens |
| 1931 | Mata Hari · as Sister Teresa (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Yellow Ticket · as Mother Kalish |
| 1931 | Bad Girl · as Mrs. Gardner |
| 1931 | The Great Meadow · as Mistress Molly Hall |
| 1930 | Billy the Kid · as Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides · as Mrs. Hinkle - The Landlady |
| 1929 | The Sophomore · as Mrs. Collins |
| 1929 | Wonder of Women · as Anna |