Clara Blandick
Acting • AGE 85
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.
Acting
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
Auntie Em (archive footage)
2025
Riding High
Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950
Key to the City
Liza, Silas' housekeeper
1950
Mr. Soft Touch
Susan Balmuss
1949
The Bride Goes Wild
Aunt Pewtie
1948
Life with Father
Miss Wiggins
1947
Philo Vance Returns
Stella Blendon
1947
She-Wolf of London
Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
1946
So Goes My Love
Mrs. Meade
1946
A Stolen Life
Martha
1946
Claudia and David
Mrs. Barry
1946
People Are Funny
Grandma Wilson
1946
Frontier Gal
Abigail
1945
Pillow of Death
Belle Kincaid
1945
Can't Help Singing
Aunt Cissy
1944
Shadow of Suspicion
Mother Randall
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
1943
Heaven Can Wait
Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
1943
Gentleman Jim
Woman on Train (uncredited)
1942
Lady in a Jam
Tourist (uncredited)
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
One Foot in Heaven
Sister Watkins (uncredited)
1941
It Started with Eve
Nurse
1941
Private Nurse
Miss Phillips
1941
The Big Store
Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
1941
The Get-Away
Mrs. Higgins
1941
The Nurse's Secret
Aunt Juliet Mitchell
1941
The Wagons Roll at Night
Mrs. Williams
1941
Youth Will Be Served
Miss Bradshaw
1940
North West Mounted Police
Mrs. Burns
1940
Dreaming Out Loud
Jessica Spencer
1940
Tomboy
Aunt Martha
1940
Alice in Movieland
Grandmother
1940
Swanee River
Mrs. Griffin
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Borst
1939
The Star Maker
Miss Esther Jones
1939
The Wizard of Oz
Auntie Em
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Polly
1938
Swing, Sister, Swing
Ma Sisler
1938
Professor Beware
Mrs. Green - Landlady
1938
Crime Ring
Phoebe Sawyer
1938
My Old Kentucky Home
Julia 'Granny' Blair
1938
Small Town Boy
Mrs. Armstrong
1937
You Can't Have Everything
Townswoman (uncredited)
1937
The Road Back
Willy's Mother
1937
Wings Over Honolulu
Evie Curtis
1937
A Star Is Born
Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
1937
Her Husband's Secretary
Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
1937
Make Way for a Lady
Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
1936
The Gorgeous Hussy
Louisa Abbott
1936
Anthony Adverse
Mrs. Jorham
1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws
Mary F. O'Daugherty
1936
Hearts Divided
Aunt Ellen
1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Gaptown Landlady
1936
Party Wire
Mathilda Sherman
1935
Straight from the Heart
Mrs. Anderson
1935
Transient Lady
Eva Branham
1935
The Winning Ticket
Aunt Maggie
1935
Fugitive Lady
Aunt Margaret
1934
Broadway Bill
Mrs. Peterson
1934
Jealousy
Mrs. Douglas
1934
The President Vanishes
Mrs. Delling
1934
The Girl from Missouri
Miss Newberry
1934
Sisters Under the Skin
Miss Gower
1934
Harold Teen
Ma Lovewell
1934
The Show-Off
Mrs. 'Ma'
1934
As the Earth Turns
Cora
1934
Beloved
Miss Murfee
1934
Going Hollywood
Ms. Perkins
1933
Ever in My Heart
Anna, the Cook
1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Minerva Winterslip
1933
Turn Back the Clock
Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
1933
Three Cornered Moon
Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
1933
The Mind Reader
Auntie (uncredited)
1933
Child of Manhattan
Aunt Sophie
1933
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
1932
Rockabye
Brida
1932
Three on a Match
Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
1932
Life Begins
Mrs. West
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
1932
The Wet Parade
Mrs. Tarleton
1932
Shopworn
Mrs. Helen Livingston
1932
Possessed
Mrs. Martin
1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Mrs. Layton
1931
Murder at Midnight
Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
1931
Bought!
Mrs. Sprig
1931
Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly
1931
I Take This Woman
Ranch Wife
1931
Laughing Sinners
Salvation Army Woman
1931
Daybreak
Frau Hoffman
1931
It's a Wise Child
Mrs. Stanton
1931
The Drums of Jeopardy
Aunt Abbie
1931
The Easiest Way
Agnes Murdock
1931
Inspiration
Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
1931
Once a Sinner
Mrs. Mason
1931
Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly
1930
The Last of the Duanes
Mrs. Duane
1930
Romance
Abigail Armstrong
1930
The Sins of the Children
Martha Wagenkampf
1930
Men Are Like That
Ma Fisher
1930
The Girl Said No
Mrs. Ward
1930
Burning Up
Mrs. Minnie Winkle
1930
Poor Aubrey
Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
1930
Wise Girls
Mrs. Bence
1929
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
Mrs. Donnelly
1917
The Stolen Triumph
Mrs. Rowley
1916
The Cabaret Singer
Mrs. Denton
1915