Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1876-06-04

Deathday

1962-04-15 (85 years old)

Place of Birth

Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Also Known As

Clara Blanchard Dickey
Clara Dickey

Clara Blandick

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.

Known For

7.6%

The Wizard of Oz

Aug 15, 1939

6.9%

Heaven Can Wait

Aug 5, 1943

7.1%

A Star Is Born

Apr 27, 1937

6.5%

Drums Along the Mohawk

Nov 10, 1939

6.2%

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dec 25, 1932

6.9%

Road to Morocco

Nov 10, 1942

5.6%

She-Wolf of London

May 17, 1946

6.2%

The Big Store

Jun 20, 1941

6.2%

Three on a Match

Oct 29, 1932

6.5%

Life with Father

Sep 13, 1947

7.2%

Gentleman Jim

Nov 14, 1942

6.4%

A Stolen Life

May 1, 1946

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Acting

1995

The Dark Side of Oz as Auntie Em (archive footage)

1950		Riding High as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950		Key to the City as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

1949

Mr. Soft Touch as Susan Balmuss

1948

The Bride Goes Wild as Aunt Pewtie

1947		Life with Father as Miss Wiggins
1947		Philo Vance Returns as Stella Blendon

1946		She-Wolf of London as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
1946		A Stolen Life as Martha
1946		So Goes My Love as Mrs. Meade
1946		Claudia and David as Mrs. Barry
1946		People Are Funny as Grandma Wilson

1945		Pillow of Death as Belle Kincaid
1945		Frontier Gal as Abigail

1944		Can't Help Singing as Aunt Cissy
1944		Shadow of Suspicion as Mother Randall

1943		Du Barry Was a Lady as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
1943		Heaven Can Wait as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

1942		Gentleman Jim as Woman on Train (uncredited)
1942		Road to Morocco as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
1942		Lady in a Jam as Tourist (uncredited)
1942		Rings on Her Fingers

1941		One Foot in Heaven as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
1941		It Started with Eve as Nurse
1941		Private Nurse as Miss Phillips
1941		The Big Store as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
1941		The Get-Away as Mrs. Higgins
1941		The Nurse's Secret as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
1941		The Wagons Roll at Night as Mrs. Williams

1940		Youth Will Be Served as Miss Bradshaw
1940		North West Mounted Police as Mrs. Burns
1940		Dreaming Out Loud as Jessica Spencer
1940		Tomboy as Aunt Martha
1940		Alice in Movieland as Grandmother

1939		Swanee River as Mrs. Griffin
1939		Drums Along the Mohawk as Mrs. Borst
1939		The Star Maker as Miss Esther Jones
1939		The Wizard of Oz as Auntie Em
1939		The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson

1938		Tom Sawyer, Detective as Aunt Polly
1938		Swing, Sister, Swing as Ma Sisler
1938		Professor Beware as Mrs. Green - Landlady
1938		Crime Ring as Phoebe Sawyer
1938		My Old Kentucky Home as Julia 'Granny' Blair

1937		Small Town Boy as Mrs. Armstrong
1937		You Can't Have Everything as Townswoman (uncredited)
1937		The Road Back as Willy's Mother
1937		Wings Over Honolulu as Evie Curtis
1937		A Star Is Born as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
1937		Her Husband's Secretary as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

1936		Make Way for a Lady as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
1936		In His Steps as Martha Adams
1936		The Gorgeous Hussy as Louisa Abbott
1936		Anthony Adverse as Mrs. Jorham
1936		The Case of the Velvet Claws as Mary F. O'Daugherty
1936		Hearts Divided as Aunt Ellen
1936		The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Gaptown Landlady

1935		Party Wire as Mathilda Sherman
1935		Straight from the Heart as Mrs. Anderson
1935		Transient Lady as Eva Branham
1935		The Winning Ticket as Aunt Maggie

1934		Fugitive Lady as Aunt Margaret
1934		Broadway Bill as Mrs. Peterson
1934		Jealousy as Mrs. Douglas
1934		The President Vanishes as Mrs. Delling
1934		The Girl from Missouri as Miss Newberry
1934		Harold Teen as Ma Lovewell
1934		The Show-Off as Mrs. 'Ma'
1934		As the Earth Turns as Cora
1934		Beloved as Miss Murfee

1933		Going Hollywood as Ms. Perkins
1933		Ever in My Heart as Anna, the Cook
1933		Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Minerva Winterslip
1933		Turn Back the Clock as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
1933		Three-Cornered Moon as Landlady
1933		The Mind Reader as Auntie (uncredited)
1933		Child of Manhattan as Aunt Sophie

1932		The Bitter Tea of General Yen as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
1932		Rockabye as Brida
1932		Three on a Match as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
1932		Life Begins as Mrs. West
1932		The Strange Case of Clara Deane as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
1932		The Wet Parade as Mrs. Tarleton
1932		Shopworn as Mrs. Helen Livingston

1931		Possessed as Mrs. Martin
1931		New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford as Mrs. Layton
1931		Murder at Midnight as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
1931		Bought! as Mrs. Sprig
1931		Huckleberry Finn as Aunt Polly
1931		I Take This Woman as Ranch Wife
1931		Laughing Sinners as Salvation Army Woman
1931		Daybreak as Frau Hoffman
1931		It's a Wise Child as Mrs. Stanton
1931		The Drums of Jeopardy as Aunt Abbie
1931		The Easiest Way as Agnes Murdock
1931		Inspiration as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
1931		Once a Sinner as Mrs. Mason

1930		Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
1930		The Last of the Duanes as Mrs. Duane
1930		Romance as Abigail Armstrong
1930		The Sins of the Children as Martha Wagenkampf
1930		Men Are Like That as Ma Fisher
1930		The Girl Said No as Mrs. Ward
1930		Burning Up as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
1930		Poor Aubrey as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

1929

Wise Girls as Mrs. Bence

1916

The Stolen Triumph as Mrs. Rowley

1915

The Cabaret Singer as Mrs. Denton