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Spring Byington

Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress | * 10/17/1886 († 84, 09/07/1971) | Colorado Springs, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Spring Dell Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Byington received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Penelope Sycamore in You Can't Take It with You (1938). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

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Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, ...

Little Women

Certification unknown

1933 | 3.4/5 | 1h 55min
Drama, Kids & Family
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Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the K ...

You Can't Take It with You

NR

1938 | 3.8/5 | 2h 6min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troub ...

Dragonwyck

NR

1946 | 3.3/5 | 1h 43min
Drama, Romance / Love, Thriller
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Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets He ...

Heaven Can Wait

Certification unknown

1943 | 3.5/5 | 1h 52min
Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Spring Byington

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
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Movies with Spring Byington as Actress(99)

as Self (archive footage)1997 Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as (archive footage)1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s
as Suzie Robinson1960 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Justice Amelia Brown1954 The Rocket Man
as Mama Kingshead1952 No Room for the Groom
as Mrs. Edna Montville1952 Because You're Mine
as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle1951 According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Sister Edwitha1951 Angels in the Outfield
as Mrs. Loomis1951 Bannerline
as Louisa Norton1950 Louisa
as Mrs. Brentman1950 Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. Milwright1950 Please Believe Me
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)1950 The Reformer and the Redhead
as Mrs. Masters1950 Devil's Doorway
as Agnes Thorndyke1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Nellie Burke1949 In the Good Old Summertime
as Mary Coy1949 The Big Wheel
as Gladys Fulton1948 B.F.'s Daughter
as Martha Stafford1947 It Had to Be You
as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mrs. Starwell1947 Little Mister Jim
as Mrs. Bellows1947 Singapore
as Carrie Bishop Jannings1947 Cynthia
as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan1947 Living in a Big Way
as Miss Mary Swanson1946 Faithful in My Fashion
as Mrs. McPherson1946 A Letter for Evie
as Magda1946 Dragonwyck
as Sylvia Kane Storm1946 Meet Me on Broadway
as Nona Glenn1945 Thrill of a Romance
as Mrs. Brooks1945 Salty O'Rourke
as Violet Price1945 The Enchanted Cottage
as Mrs. Frost1945 Captain Eddie
as Peggy's mother1944 Reward Unlimited
as Mrs. Marshall1944 I'll Be Seeing You
as Nancy Potter1944 The Heavenly Body
as Mrs. Mars1943 Presenting Lily Mars
as Bertha Van Cleve1943 Heaven Can Wait
as Sophia Sommerfield1942 The Affairs of Martha
as Cecilia Talbot1942 The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Mary Sunshine1942 Roxie Hart
as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington1942 Rings on Her Fingers
as Rosa Yancey1942 The Vanishing Virginian
as Elizabeth Ellis1941 The Devil and Miss Jones
as Mary Shoemaker1941 Arkansas Judge
as Carlotta Emerson1941 Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake1941 When Ladies Meet
as Mme Mitchell1941 Meet John Doe
as Mrs. John Jones1940 Young as You Feel
as Mrs. Stanton1940 Laddie
as Aunt Lucy1940 Lucky Partners
as Clara Malette1940 My Love Came Back
as Mrs. John Jones1940 On Their Own
as Mummy Tyl1940 The Blue Bird
as Mrs. Mamie West1939 A Child Is Born
as Mrs. John Jones1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Josephine Fippany1939 Chicken Wagon Family
as Mrs. John Jones1939 Quick Millions
as Mrs. John Jones1939 Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. Hubbard1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')1939 Land of Liberty
as Mrs. John Jones1939 Too Busy to Work
as Dolly Madison1938 The Buccaneer
as Mrs. John Jones1938 Down on the Farm
as Mrs. Laura Schofield1938 Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Penny Sycamore1938 You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Kendrick1938 Jezebel
as Mrs. John Jones1938 Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John Jones1938 A Trip to Paris
as Louise Jones1938 Love on a Budget
as Mrs. Parkhouse1937 Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. John Jones1937 Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. Wheeler1937 Clarence
as Mrs. Schofield1937 Penrod and Sam
as Ernst's Mother1937 The Road Back
as Emily Hardy1937 A Family Affair
as Aunt Ella1937 It's Love I'm After
as Mrs. John Jones1937 Off to the Races
as Mrs. John Jones1937 Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones1937 Big Business
as Mrs. Dexter1937 Green Light
as Ma Davis1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Louise Jones1936 Back to Nature
as Mrs. Evers1936 Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. John Jones1936 Educating Father
as Rebecca Perry1936 Theodora Goes Wild
as Lady Octavia Warrenton1936 The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Mrs. Randall1936 Stage Struck
as Matey Pearson1936 Dodsworth
as Aunt Letty1936 Palm Springs
as Mrs. Langford1936 The Girl on the Front Page
as Ettie Coombes1935 Werewolf of London
as Alice Draper1935 Orchids to You
as Essie Miller1935 Ah, Wilderness!
as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett1935 Way Down East
as Mrs. Byam1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe1935 Broadway Hostess
as Clara Fields1935 Love Me Forever
as Duchess Caroline1935 The Great Impersonation
as Marmee1933 Little Women

TV Shows/Series with Spring Byington as Actress(14)

as J. Pauline Spaghetti1966 Batman
as Mother1965 I Dream of Jeannie
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Louise1963 The Greatest Show on Earth
1959 The Detectives
as Daisy Cooper1959 Laramie
1959 Dennis the Menace
as herself1957 The Lux Show
1955 The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Alice Wagner1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Lily Ruskin1954 December Bride
as Aunt Cordelia1952 The Ford Television Theatre
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as Self (archive footage)1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Full Name: Spring Byington
Born: Sunday, 10/17 1886 (October) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 09/07 1971 (September) in Hollywood (aged: 84)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Father: Edwin Lee Byington
Spring Byington frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (18x, Crew)
Kenneth Howell (17x, Actor)
Florence Roberts (17x, Actress)
George Ernest (17x, Actor)
Billy Mahan (17x, Cast)
June Carlson (17x, Actress)
Jed Prouty (16x, Actor)
Bess Flowers (13x, Actress)
Edwin B. Willis (13x, Crew)
Percy Helton (12x, Actor)
Ray Teal (12x, Actor)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
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