who played auntie em in the wizard of oz
Clara Blandick
title: Clara Blandick text: Clara Blandick Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Aunty Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs. She was born Clara Blanchard Dickey, the daughter of Isaac B. and Hattie (née Mudgett) Dickey, aboard the "Willard Mudgett" – an American ship captained by her father (named after one of her maternal relatives), and docked in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. She was delivered by Captain William H. Blanchard, whose ship, "Wealthy title: Clara Blandick text: Glendale. Blandick's cremated remains lie just yards from those of her on-screen husband in "The Wizard of Oz", actor Charley Grapewin (whose remains are in Niche 14639). She is interred along with the ashes of her older sister, Marcia D. Young, and Marcia's husband George A. Young. Clara Blandick Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Aunty Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs. She was born Clara Blanchard Dickey, title: Clara Blandick text: is difficult to make an exact tally of the films in which Blandick appeared but a reasonable estimate would fall between 150 and 200. In 1939, Blandick landed her most memorable minor role yet – Auntie Em in MGM's classic "The Wizard of Oz". Though it was a small part (Blandick filmed all her scenes in a single week), the character was an important symbol of protagonist Dorothy's quest to return home to her beloved aunt and uncle – a snipe at people who revere glitz and tinsel over a happy homelife. (Auntie Em and Uncle Henry are the only title: Aunt Em text: it may refer to her maiden name. Aunt Em was played by Queen Latifah in the ABC made-for-television movie "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" where this character owned a diner. In the "VeggieTales" episode "The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's", Aunt Em and her husband Uncle Henry were substituted by a father (Dad Asparagus) to retell The Prodigal Son, a biblical parable from the Gospel of Luke. She was voiced by Lurene Tuttle in 1980's "Dorothy in the Land of Oz". Lucie Arnaz performed this character in "" (based on the 1939 MGM film) to benefit the Children's Defense Fund. She title: Hatcher Hughes text: Heaven" (1924) was performed 122 times at the Klaw Theater (which later became the Avon and then CBS Theater #2). The play starred multiple Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner George Abbott (author of "The Pajama Game", "Fiorello", and "Damn Yankees") and Clara Blandick (who played Auntie Em in "The Wizard of Oz"). It was made into a movie in 1926. Other noted authors of plays and friends at the Klaw stage during Hughes's time were George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. Hughes was a professor at Columbia University. A UNC graduate, he returned often to NC to speak and