Biography
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.
Clara Blandick
Acting
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Born · Died
Movies
Key to the City· 1950
Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Riding High· 1950
Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch· 1949
Susan Balmuss
Philo Vance Returns· 1947
Stella Blendon
A Stolen Life· 1946
Martha
Claudia and David· 1946
Mrs. Barry
People Are Funny· 1946
Grandma Wilson
She-Wolf of London· 1946
Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
So Goes My Love· 1946
Mrs. Meade
Frontier Gal· 1945
Abigail
Can't Help Singing· 1944
Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion· 1944
Mother Randall
It Started with Eve· 1941
Nurse
Private Nurse· 1941
Miss Phillips
The Big Store· 1941
Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
Alice in Movieland· 1940
Grandmother
Tomboy· 1940
Aunt Martha
Youth Will Be Served· 1940
Miss Bradshaw
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn· 1939
Miss Watson
The Star Maker· 1939
Miss Esther Jones
The Wizard of Oz· 1939
Auntie Em
Crime Ring· 1938
Phoebe Sawyer
Tom Sawyer, Detective· 1938
Aunt Polly
Small Town Boy· 1937
Mrs. Armstrong
You Can't Have Everything· 1937
Townswoman (uncredited)
Hearts Divided· 1936
Aunt Ellen
The Case of the Velvet Claws· 1936
Mary F. O'Daugherty
The Gorgeous Hussy· 1936
Louisa Abbott
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine· 1936
Gaptown Landlady
Party Wire· 1935
Mathilda Sherman
Straight from the Heart· 1935
Mrs. Anderson
The Winning Ticket· 1935
Aunt Maggie
Transient Lady· 1935
Eva Branham
As the Earth Turns· 1934
Cora
Broadway Bill· 1934
Mrs. Peterson
The Girl from Missouri· 1934
Miss Newberry
The President Vanishes· 1934
Mrs. Delling
The Show-Off· 1934
Mrs. 'Ma'
Child of Manhattan· 1933
Aunt Sophie
Ever in My Heart· 1933
Anna, the Cook
Going Hollywood· 1933
Ms. Perkins
The Mind Reader· 1933
Auntie (uncredited)
Turn Back the Clock· 1933
Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Life Begins· 1932
Mrs. West
Rockabye· 1932
Brida
Bought!· 1931
Mrs. Sprig
Huckleberry Finn· 1931
Aunt Polly
Laughing Sinners· 1931
Salvation Army Woman