Sarah Padden

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.

Casted

Grand Hotel

Played Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.0

325 votes

Release Date

May 25, 1932

95 years ago
This Gun for Hire

Played Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.9

182 votes

Release Date

Apr 24, 1942

85 years ago
Hangmen Also Die!

Played Mrs. Georgia Dvorak

Average Rating

6.9

136 votes

Release Date

Apr 15, 1943

84 years ago
The Pride of the Yankees

Played Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)

Average Rating

7.4

130 votes

Release Date

Jul 14, 1942

84 years ago
Mad Love

Played Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)

Average Rating

7.0

121 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1935

92 years ago
House by the River

Played Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook

Average Rating

6.7

97 votes

Release Date

Mar 25, 1950

77 years ago
Anna Karenina

Played Governess

Average Rating

6.5

91 votes

Release Date

Aug 30, 1935

91 years ago
Possessed

Played Mrs. Norris, the Caretaker’s Wife (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.9

85 votes

Release Date

May 29, 1947

80 years ago
A Woman's Face

Played Police Matron

Average Rating

6.8

70 votes

Release Date

May 09, 1941

86 years ago
Mata Hari

Played Sister Teresa (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.2

57 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1931

95 years ago
Red-Headed Woman

Played Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.5

51 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 1932

95 years ago
Ramrod

Played Mrs. Parks

Average Rating

6.5

50 votes

Release Date

May 02, 1947

80 years ago
Angel on My Shoulder

Played Agatha (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.4

39 votes

Release Date

Sep 20, 1946

80 years ago
The Mad Monster

Played Grandmother

Average Rating

3.3

38 votes

Release Date

May 15, 1942

85 years ago
Bad Girl

Played Mrs. Gardner

Average Rating

5.9

35 votes

Release Date

Aug 13, 1931

96 years ago
Dakota

Played Mrs. Plummer

Average Rating

5.1

33 votes

Release Date

Dec 15, 1945

81 years ago
Big Jim McLain

Played Mrs. Lexiter

Average Rating

4.9

28 votes

Release Date

Aug 30, 1952

74 years ago
Screaming Mimi

Played Landlady

Average Rating

4.9

25 votes

Release Date

Jun 25, 1958

68 years ago
The Sin of Nora Moran

Played Mrs. Watts

Average Rating

5.4

24 votes

Release Date

Dec 13, 1933

93 years ago
Kongo

Played Nun (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.4

23 votes

Release Date

Oct 01, 1932

94 years ago
Casanova Brown

Played Mrs. Smith

Average Rating

6.4

22 votes

Release Date

Aug 23, 1944

82 years ago
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Played Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.6

20 votes

Release Date

Feb 10, 1939

88 years ago
A Life of Her Own

Played Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.1

19 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1950

76 years ago
Pilgrimage

Average Rating

6.9

17 votes

Release Date

Jul 12, 1933

94 years ago
The Return of the Whistler

Played Mrs. Hulskamp

Average Rating

5.9

16 votes

Release Date

Mar 18, 1948

79 years ago
The Power and the Glory

Played Henry's Wife

Average Rating

5.7

16 votes

Release Date

Oct 06, 1933

93 years ago
Apology for Murder

Played Maggie

Average Rating

4.6

15 votes

Release Date

Sep 27, 1945

81 years ago
The Yellow Ticket

Played Mother Kalish

Average Rating

4.7

15 votes

Release Date

Oct 30, 1931

95 years ago
Rasputin and the Empress

Played Duna the Landlady (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.1

14 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1932

94 years ago
Billy the Kid

Played Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited)

Average Rating

4.3

12 votes

Release Date

Oct 16, 1930

96 years ago
Trail Street

Played Mrs. Ferguson (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.4

12 votes

Release Date

Feb 19, 1947

80 years ago
Ann Vickers

Played Lil

Average Rating

5.5

11 votes

Release Date

Sep 26, 1933

93 years ago
That Brennan Girl

Played Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady

Average Rating

5.1

11 votes

Release Date

Dec 23, 1946

80 years ago
Summer Storm

Played Beggar Woman (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.3

11 votes

Release Date

Jul 14, 1944

82 years ago
Doctor Bull

Played Mary the Canning Cook

Average Rating

6.5

11 votes

Release Date

Sep 22, 1933

93 years ago
Lady in a Jam

Played Miner’s Wife (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.3

11 votes

Release Date

Jun 19, 1942

85 years ago
Blondie of the Follies

Played Ma McClune

Average Rating

6.0

10 votes

Release Date

Sep 01, 1932

94 years ago
Wild Girl

Played Lize

Average Rating

6.0

10 votes

Release Date

Nov 09, 1932

94 years ago
City of Missing Girls

Played Mrs. Randolph

Average Rating

4.0

10 votes

Release Date

Mar 27, 1941

86 years ago
Murder by Invitation

Played Cassandra Hildegard Denham

Average Rating

5.7

10 votes

Release Date

Jun 30, 1941

86 years ago
Private Snuffy Smith

Played Lowizie Smith

Average Rating

3.8

9 votes

Release Date

Jan 16, 1942

85 years ago
The Defense Rests

Played Mrs. Evans

Average Rating

7.0

9 votes

Release Date

Jul 15, 1934

93 years ago
The Corsican Brothers

Played Nurse

Average Rating

6.9

9 votes

Release Date

Nov 28, 1941

85 years ago
Homicide

Played Mrs. Webb

Average Rating

5.3

9 votes

Release Date

Apr 02, 1949

78 years ago
Cross-Examination

Played Mary Stevens

Average Rating

4.6

8 votes

Release Date

Feb 13, 1932

95 years ago
He Was Her Man

Played Mrs. Gardella

Average Rating

6.2

8 votes

Release Date

Jun 16, 1934

93 years ago
Rich Man, Poor Girl

Played Ma

Average Rating

5.9

8 votes

Release Date

Aug 12, 1938

88 years ago
Reg'lar Fellers

Played Hetty Carter

Average Rating

3.9

8 votes

Release Date

Sep 05, 1941

85 years ago
Girl with an Itch

Played Cookie

Average Rating

4.6

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 12, 1958

68 years ago
As the Earth Turns

Played Mrs. Janowski

Average Rating

5.3

7 votes

Release Date

Feb 14, 1934

93 years ago
My Dog Shep

Played Carrie Hodgkins

Average Rating

6.0

7 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1946

80 years ago
Tomorrow's Children

Average Rating

4.6

7 votes

Release Date

Jul 02, 1934

93 years ago
The Navy Way

Played Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.7

6 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 1944

83 years ago
Youth on Parole

Played Mrs. Blair

Average Rating

2.8

6 votes

Release Date

Oct 04, 1937

89 years ago
So This Is Washington

Played Aunt Charity Speers

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Aug 01, 1943

83 years ago
The Navy Way

Played Mrs. Margaret Gimble

Average Rating

5.7

6 votes

Release Date

Feb 26, 1944

83 years ago
Identity Unknown

Played Mrs. Anderson

Average Rating

5.0

6 votes

Release Date

Apr 02, 1945

82 years ago
So Goes My Love

Played Bridget

Average Rating

7.0

5 votes

Release Date

May 01, 1946

81 years ago
The Hoosier Schoolmaster

Played Sarah

Average Rating

3.6

5 votes

Release Date

May 14, 1935

92 years ago
Young America

Played Mrs. Mary Taylor

Average Rating

5.0

5 votes

Release Date

Apr 17, 1932

95 years ago
The Dude Goes West

Played Mrs. Hallihan

Average Rating

5.2

5 votes

Release Date

May 30, 1948

78 years ago
Song of Old Wyoming

Played Ma Conway

Average Rating

5.2

5 votes

Release Date

Oct 11, 1945

81 years ago
Stranded

Played Workman's Wife (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.8

5 votes

Release Date

Jun 29, 1935

92 years ago
Assignment in Brittany

Played Albertine

Average Rating

6.6

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 1943

84 years ago
Exiled to Shanghai

Played Aunt Jane

Average Rating

4.9

4 votes

Release Date

Dec 20, 1937

89 years ago
In Old Colorado

Played Ma Harriet Woods

Average Rating

5.8

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 14, 1941

86 years ago
Son of the Navy

Played Mrs. Baker - Landlady

Average Rating

5.5

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 30, 1940

87 years ago
San Diego I Love You

Played Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.2

4 votes

Release Date

Sep 29, 1944

82 years ago
Trifles

Played Mrs. Wright

Average Rating

5.0

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 30, 1930

97 years ago
Off the Record

Played Mrs. Fallon (uncredited)

Average Rating

6.0

4 votes

Release Date

Jan 21, 1939

88 years ago
Wonder of Women

Played Anna

Average Rating

3.0

4 votes

Release Date

Jul 20, 1929

98 years ago
The Kettles in the Ozarks

Played Mrs. Tinware

Average Rating

6.4

4 votes

Release Date

Apr 01, 1956

71 years ago
Forgotten Girls

Played Miss Donaldson

Average Rating

4.5

4 votes

Release Date

Mar 15, 1940

87 years ago
The Midnight Lady

Played Nita St. George

Average Rating

5.3

3 votes

Release Date

May 15, 1932

95 years ago
Face in the Sky

Played Ma Brown

Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 15, 1933

94 years ago
Let Freedom Ring

Played 'Ma' Logan

Average Rating

6.0

3 votes

Release Date

Feb 24, 1939

88 years ago
Ghost Guns

Played Aunt Sally

Average Rating

5.8

3 votes

Release Date

Nov 17, 1944

82 years ago
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Played Mrs. Kimball

Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 31, 1942

85 years ago
Prince of Players

Played Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)

Average Rating

4.7

3 votes

Release Date

Jan 11, 1955

72 years ago
The Man Who Lost Himself

Played Maid

Average Rating

4.3

3 votes

Release Date

Mar 21, 1941

86 years ago
Family Troubles

Played Mrs. Jones

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

Apr 03, 1943

84 years ago
Chad Hanna

Played Mrs. Todd

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 25, 1940

86 years ago
Today

Played Emma Warner

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1930

96 years ago
The Zero Hour

Played Sister Theodosia

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

May 26, 1939

88 years ago
The Sophomore

Played Mrs. Collins

Average Rating

4.5

2 votes

Release Date

Aug 24, 1929

98 years ago
Woman Against Woman

Played Dora

Average Rating

6.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 24, 1938

89 years ago
Frontier Revenge

Played Widow Owens

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Dec 26, 1948

78 years ago
Should a Girl Marry?

Played Mrs. Wilson

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

Jun 07, 1939

88 years ago
Little Tough Guys in Society

Played Victim

Average Rating

6.0

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1938

88 years ago
Utah Wagon Train

Played Sarah Wendover

Average Rating

5.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 14, 1951

75 years ago
Love and Learn

Played Mrs. Grant (uncredited)

Average Rating

5.5

2 votes

Release Date

May 02, 1947

80 years ago
Again Pioneers

Played Ma Ashby

Average Rating

3.5

2 votes

Release Date

Nov 01, 1950

76 years ago
Companionate Marriage

Played Mrs. Williams

Average Rating

1.0

2 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1928

98 years ago
Women in Prison

Played Martha Wilson

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 1938

89 years ago
Heart of the Rio Grande

Played 'Skipper' Forbes

Average Rating

8.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 11, 1942

85 years ago
Girl Rush

Played Mrs. Emma Mason

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Oct 21, 1944

82 years ago
The Great Meadow

Played Mistress Molly Hall

Average Rating

5.0

1 votes

Release Date

Jan 24, 1931

96 years ago
David Harum

Played Widow

Average Rating

7.0

1 votes

Release Date

Mar 02, 1934

93 years ago
Women Won't Tell

Played Aggie Specks

Average Rating

4.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 16, 1932

94 years ago
Tess of the Storm Country

Played Old Martha

Average Rating

6.0

1 votes

Release Date

Nov 20, 1932

94 years ago

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