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Sarah Padden

May 19, 2023

Sarah Ann Padden (16 October 1881 – 4 December 1967) was an English-born American theatre and film character actress. She performed on stage in the early 20th century.[1] Her best-known 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.[2][3]

Sarah Padden
Padden in 1918
Born
Sarah Ann Padden

(1881-10-16)16 October 1881
Sunderland, England, UK
Died4 December 1967(1967-12-04) (aged 86)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
OccupationActress
Years active1926–1958
Spouse
George Clarence Sackett
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(m. 1916)​

Early life

Born in England to an Irish immigrant father, Michael Padden, and an English mother, the family emigrated to the United States on the S/S Ohio from England passing through the Port of Philadelphia in 1889.[citation needed]

The future actress took part in recitations in the Catholic school she attended in Chicago, where her fellow students enjoyed her talent as a mimic. Her parents wanted her to enter a convent, but a liberal-minded priest, Father Dorney, encouraged her ambition to become an actress. He assisted her in obtaining her first stage role, a theatrical featuring Otis Skinner.[1]

For many years, Padden lived in the vicinity of the Broad River, Gaston, South Carolina. On one occasion she ventured onto a dam, reaching its center just as the noon whistle blew near the power station. Frightened, she lost her balance and fell over, but she managed to cling to a steel eye bolt. She was rescued by an African American manservant of the power company superintendent. Afterwards Padden's parents hired the man and took him to New York City, where he died at age 108.[4]

Theatrical career

Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit.[5] She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II.[6] Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Émile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907.[7]

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),[8] in November 1925.[4]

Film

 
Padden in The Mad Monster (1942)

Padden 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 Schünzel 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.

 
Sarah Padden, Eddie Dean, and Lash LaRue in Song of Old Wyoming (1945).

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.

Avid golfer

She was athletic, taking part in skating, tennis, and swimming.[5] She played 18 to 36 holes of golf daily. In 1919. she was considered one of the best female golfers in the United States.[9] In Los Angeles, she was fond of playing the municipal links at Griffith Park.[5]

Death

She died 4 December 1967 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 86. She was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Sarah Padden's Start, New York Times, December 17, 1916, pg. III4.
  2. ^ Fine Bill At Hillstreet, Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1926, pg. A11.
  3. ^ Sarah Padden at IBDb.com database
  4. ^ a b "Star Describes How Aged Negro Saved Her Life", Los Angeles Times, November 22, 1925, pg. C29.
  5. ^ a b c "Sarah Padden A Golf Enthusiast", Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1919, pg. I5.
  6. ^ "New Fitch Play In Boston", New York Times, September 15, 1905, pg. 5.
  7. ^ "Amusement Notes", New York Times, September 27, 1907, pg. 9.
  8. ^ Cinema Treasures, "Majestic Theatre"
  9. ^ "Sarah Padden In Entirely New Role", Los Angeles Times, February 2, 1919, pg. III9.

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Sarah Ann Padden 16 October 1881 4 December 1967 was an English born American theatre and film character actress She performed on stage in the early 20th century 1 Her best known 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 2 3 Sarah PaddenPadden in 1918BornSarah Ann Padden 1881 10 16 16 October 1881Sunderland England UKDied4 December 1967 1967 12 04 aged 86 Los Angeles California U S Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery Culver City CaliforniaOccupationActressYears active1926 1958SpouseGeorge Clarence Sackett m 1916 wbr Contents 1 Early life 2 Theatrical career 3 Film 4 Avid golfer 5 Death 6 Selected filmography 7 References 8 External linksEarly life EditBorn in England to an Irish immigrant father Michael Padden and an English mother the family emigrated to the United States on the S S Ohio from England passing through the Port of Philadelphia in 1889 citation needed The future actress took part in recitations in the Catholic school she attended in Chicago where her fellow students enjoyed her talent as a mimic Her parents wanted her to enter a convent but a liberal minded priest Father Dorney encouraged her ambition to become an actress He assisted her in obtaining her first stage role a theatrical featuring Otis Skinner 1 For many years Padden lived in the vicinity of the Broad River Gaston South Carolina On one occasion she ventured onto a dam reaching its center just as the noon whistle blew near the power station Frightened she lost her balance and fell over but she managed to cling to a steel eye bolt She was rescued by an African American manservant of the power company superintendent Afterwards Padden s parents hired the man and took him to New York City where he died at age 108 4 Theatrical career EditPadden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit 5 She had a role in His Grace de Grammont a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston in September 1905 The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II 6 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 7 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 8 in November 1925 4 Film EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Sarah Padden news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Padden in The Mad Monster 1942 Padden 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 Sarah Padden Eddie Dean and Lash LaRue in Song of Old Wyoming 1945 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 Avid golfer EditShe was athletic taking part in skating tennis and swimming 5 She played 18 to 36 holes of golf daily In 1919 she was considered one of the best female golfers in the United States 9 In Los Angeles she was fond of playing the municipal links at Griffith Park 5 Death EditShe died 4 December 1967 in Los Angeles California at the age of 86 She was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City citation needed Selected filmography EditObey the Law 1926 The Mother Heroes of the Night 1927 Mrs Riley Colleen 1927 Police Lieutenant s Wife The Woman Who Did Not Care 1927 Mrs Carroll The Bugle Call 1927 Luke s Wife Sarah Padden in The Eternal Barrier 1927 Vitaphone short Sarah Padden in Souvenirs 1928 Vitaphone short Companionate Marriage 1928 Mrs Williams Wonder of Women 1929 Anna The Sophomore 1929 Mrs Collins Trifles 1930 Short Mrs Wright Hide Out 1930 Mrs Dorgan Our Blushing Brides 1930 Mrs Hinkle the Landlady uncredited Billy the Kid 1930 Homesteader Mrs Foster uncredited Today 1930 Emma Warner The Great Meadow 1931 Mistress Molly Hall Bad Girl 1931 Mrs Gardner uncredited Sob Sister 1931 Ma Stevens The Yellow Ticket 1931 Mother Kalish uncredited Mata Hari 1931 Nursing Sister Teresa uncredited Cross Examination 1932 Mary Stevens Grand Hotel 1932 Chambermaid in Room 174 uncredited Young America 1932 Mrs Mary Taylor The Midnight Lady 1932 Nita St George Red Headed Woman 1932 Mary Legendre Maid uncredited Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1932 Mrs Cobb The Washington Masquerade 1932 Pardoned Boy s Mother uncredited Blondie of the Follies 1932 Ma McClune Two Against the World 1932 Mrs Polansky uncredited Kongo 1932 Nun in Convent School uncredited Wild Girl 1932 Lize Women Won t Tell 1932 Aggie Specks Tess of the Storm Country 1932 Old Martha Rasputin and the Empress 1932 Duna Landlady uncredited Face in the Sky 1933 Ma Brown Pilgrimage 1933 Mother of Soldier Missing in Action uncredited The Important Witness 1933 Deaf Woman The Power and the Glory 1933 Henry s Wife Doctor Bull 1933 Mary the Canning Cook uncredited Ann Vickers 1933 Lil Black Woman The Wolf Dog 1933 Mrs Stevens The Sin of Nora Moran 1933 Mrs Watts Man of Two Worlds 1934 Olago As the Earth Turns 1934 Mrs Janowski David Harum 1934 Widow Cullon Men in White 1934 Rose Smith uncredited All Men Are Enemies 1934 Proprietress uncredited He Was Her Man 1934 Mrs Gardella Marrying Widows 1934 Little Man What Now 1934 Widow Scharrenhofer The Defense Rests 1934 Mrs Evans Tomorrow s Children 1934 Mrs Mason When Strangers Meet 1934 Mrs Tarman A Dog of Flanders 1935 Frau Keller The Hoosier Schoolmaster 1935 Sarah Stranded 1935 Workman s Wife uncredited Mad Love 1935 Mother of Lame Girl uncredited Anna Karenina 1935 Governess The Unborn 1935 Youth on Parole 1937 Mrs Blair Exiled to Shanghai 1937 Aunt Jane Women in Prison 1938 Martha Wilson Three Comrades 1938 Frau Schultz uncredited Romance of the Limberlost 1938 Sarah Woman Against Woman 1938 Dora Rich Man Poor Girl 1938 Ma Little Tough Guys in Society 1938 Victim uncredited Little Orphan Annie 1938 Mrs Nora Moriarty Off the Record 1939 Mrs Fallon uncredited The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939 Woman Wanting Needle Threaded uncredited Let Freedom Ring 1939 Ma Logan Man of Conquest 1939 Houston s Mother uncredited The Zero Hour 1939 Sister Theodosia Should a Girl Marry 1939 Mrs Wilson I Stole a Million 1939 Lady in Post Office uncredited The Angels Wash Their Faces 1939 Mrs Smith scenes deleted Forgotten Girls 1940 Miss Donaldson Son of the Navy 1940 Mrs Baker Landlady Street of Memories 1940 Mother uncredited Lone Star Raiders 1940 Lydia Granny Phelps Chad Hanna 1940 Mrs Tridd In Old Colorado 1941 Ma Woods The Man Who Lost Himself 1941 Maid City of Missing Girls 1941 Mrs Randolph A Woman s Face 1941 Police Matron Tight Shoes 1941 Mrs Rupert Murder by Invitation 1941 Cassandra Cassie Denham Reg lar Fellers 1941 Hetty Carter Outlaws of Cherokee Trail 1941 The Nun uncredited It Started with Eve 1941 Jenny Coat Check uncredited The Corsican Brothers 1941 Nurse Private Snuffy Smith 1942 Lowizie Smith Wild Bill Hickok Rides 1942 Mrs Kimball uncredited The Power of God 1942 Esther Worne Heart of the Rio Grande 1942 Skipper Forbes The Mad Monster 1942 Grandmother This Gun for Hire 1942 Mrs Mason uncredited Lady in a Jam 1942 Miner s Wife uncredited The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Mrs Roberts uncredited Law and Order 1942 Aunt Mary Todd Riders of the West 1942 Ma Turner Dr Gillespie s New Assistant 1942 Neighbor uncredited Assignment in Brittany 1943 Albertine Hangmen Also Die 1943 Mrs Georgia Dvorak Hostages 1943 Old Woman uncredited So This Is Washington 1943 Aunt Charity Speers The North Star 1943 Old Lady uncredited Jack London 1943 Cannery Woman The Navy Way 1944 Mrs Margaret Gimble uncredited This Is the Life 1944 Sarah uncredited Range Law 1944 Boots Annie Summer Storm 1944 Beggar Woman uncredited Trail to Gunsight 1944 Grandma Wagner Casanova Brown 1944 Mrs Smith uncredited San Diego I Love You 1944 Mrs Gulliver uncredited Girl Rush 1944 Mrs Emma Mason Ghost Guns 1944 Aunt Sally Three Is a Family 1944 Middle Aged Woman uncredited Identity Unknown 1945 Mrs Anderson It s in the Bag 1945 Woman in Elevator uncredited The Master Key 1945 Serial Aggie Honeymoon Ahead 1945 Mrs Halett The Unseen 1945 Alberta uncredited Wildfire 1945 Aunt Agatha Riders of the Dawn 1945 Melinda Pringle Apology for Murder 1945 Maggie the Janitress Marshal of Laredo 1945 Mrs Randall Song of Old Wyoming 1945 Ma Conway Dakota 1945 Mrs Plummer Ideal Girl 1946 Old lady 1 Breakfast in Hollywood 1946 Mrs Marie Edgedaw uncredited So Goes My Love 1946 Bridget Joe Palooka Champ 1946 Mom Palooka Earl Carroll Sketchbook 1946 Mrs Murphy uncredited Angel on My Shoulder 1946 Agatha uncredited Gentleman Joe Palooka 1946 Mom Palooka Wild West 1946 Carrie Bannister My Dog Shep 1946 Aunt Carrie Hodgkins That Brennan Girl 1946 Mrs Graves the Nice Landlady Trail Street 1947 Mrs Ferguson uncredited Ramrod 1947 Mrs Parks Love and Learn 1947 Mrs Grant uncredited The Millerson Case 1947 Emma Millerson uncredited Possessed 1947 Mrs Norris Caretaker s Wife uncredited Joe Palooka in the Knockout 1947 Mom Palooka Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad 1948 Mom Palooka The Return of the Whistler 1948 Mrs Hulskamp The Dude Goes West 1948 Mrs Hallahan Frontier Revenge 1948 Widow Owens Homicide 1949 Mrs Webb Range Justice 1949 Ma Curtis The Doctor and the Girl 1949 Miss Newton uncredited House by the River 1950 Mrs Beach Gunslingers 1950 Rawhide Rosie Rawlins A Life of Her Own 1950 Overseer uncredited Again Pioneers 1950 Ma Ashby The Missourians 1950 Mother Kovacs Oh Susanna 1951 Mrs Ledbetter uncredited Utah Wagon Train 1951 Sarah Wendover She s Working Her Way Through College 1952 Wardrobe Woman at Burlesque Theatre uncredited Big Jim McLain 1952 Mrs Lexiter Prince of Players 1955 Mary Todd Lincoln uncredited The Kettles in the Ozarks 1956 Miz Tinware uncredited No Time for Sergeants 1958 Sgt King s Mother uncredited Screaming Mimi 1958 Thelma uncredited Girl With an Itch 1958 CookieReferences Edit a b Sarah Padden s Start New York Times December 17 1916 pg III4 Fine Bill At Hillstreet Los Angeles Times March 30 1926 pg A11 Sarah Padden at IBDb com database a b Star Describes How Aged Negro Saved Her Life Los Angeles Times November 22 1925 pg C29 a b c Sarah Padden A Golf Enthusiast Los Angeles Times February 5 1919 pg I5 New Fitch Play In Boston New York Times September 15 1905 pg 5 Amusement Notes New York Times September 27 1907 pg 9 Cinema Treasures Majestic Theatre Sarah Padden In Entirely New Role Los Angeles Times February 2 1919 pg III9 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sarah Padden Works by or about Sarah Padden at Internet Archive Sarah Padden at IMDb Sarah Padden at the Internet Broadway Database Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sarah Padden amp oldid 1124203742, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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