<P> 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 Aunt Em in MGM 's The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) . As a character actress , she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs . </P>
<P> 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 Aunt Em in MGM 's The Wizard of Oz ( 1939 ) . As a character actress , she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs . </P>
who played auntie em in the wizard of oz
who played auntie em in the wizard of oz
Clara Blandick
Clara Blandick