Birthday
1886/10/16
Day of death
1971/09/07 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Also know as
Spring Dell Byington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring 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 key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
(1938) Jezebel
as Mrs. Kendrick
(1944) I'll Be Seeing You
as Mrs. Marshall
(1936) Dodsworth
as Matey Pearson
(1944) The Heavenly Body
as Nancy Potter
(1946) Dragonwyck
as Magda
(1949) In the Good Old Summertime
as Nellie Burke
(1941) Meet John Doe
as Mme Mitchell
(1935) Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. Byam
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Penny Sycamore
(1950) The Reformer and the Redhead
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
(1935) Werewolf of London
as Ettie Coombes
(1950) Devil's Doorway
as Mrs. Masters
(1940) The Blue Bird
as Mummy Tyl
(1945) The Enchanted Cottage
as Violet Price
(1943) Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Mars
(1941) The Devil and Miss Jones
as Elizabeth Ellis
(1936) The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lady Octavia Warrenton
(1997) Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Little Women
as Marmee
(1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Hubbard
(1943) Heaven Can Wait
as Bertha Van Cleve
(1941) Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Carlotta Emerson
(1960) Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Suzie Robinson
(1947) Singapore
as Mrs. Bellows
(1941) When Ladies Meet
as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
(1948) B.F.'s Daughter
as Gladys Fulton
(1938) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
(1947) It Had to Be You
as Mr. Martha Stafford
(1942) Roxie Hart
as Mary Sunshine
(1949) The Big Wheel
as Mary Coy
(1950) Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. Brentman
(1942) Rings on Her Fingers
as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
(1935) Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
(1937) It's Love I'm After
as Aunt Ella
(1945) Salty O'Rourke
as Mrs. Brooks
(1939) The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Mrs. John Jones
(1937) A Family Affair
as Emily Hardy
(1954) The Rocket Man
as Justice Amelia Brown
(1952) No Room for the Groom
as Mama Kingshead
(1940) Lucky Partners
as Aunt Lucy
(1947) Living in a Big Way
as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
(1935) Orchids to You
as Alice Draper
(1936) The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Ma Davis
(1937) Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. Schofield
(1947) Cynthia
as Carrie Bishop Jannings
(1947) My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
(1937) Big Business
as Mrs. John Jones
(1935) Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
(1947) Little Mister Jim
as Mrs. Starwell
(1936) Stage Struck
as Mrs. Randall
(1940) My Love Came Back
as Clara Malette
(1938) Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Mrs. Laura Schofield
(1951) Bannerline
as Mrs. Loomis
(1946) A Letter for Evie
as Mrs. McPherson
(1942) The Affairs of Martha
as Sophia Sommerfield
(1935) Way Down East
as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
(1938) Love on a Budget
as Louise Jones
(1945) Thrill of a Romance
as Nona Glenn
(1936) Palm Springs
as Aunt Letty
(1984) Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
(1939) A Child Is Born
as Mrs. Mamie West
(1938) A Trip to Paris
as Mrs. John Jones
(1942) The Vanishing Virginian
as Rosa Yancey
(1950) Please Believe Me
as Mrs. Milwright
(1939) Land of Liberty
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
(1940) Laddie
as Mrs. Stanton
(1946) Meet Me on Broadway
as Sylvia Kane Storm
(1936) Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca Perry
(1939) Too Busy to Work
as Mrs. John Jones
(1946) Faithful in My Fashion
as Miss Mary Swanson
(1941) Arkansas Judge
as Mary Shoemaker
(1939) Quick Millions
as Mrs. John Jones
(1951) According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
(1939) Chicken Wagon Family
as Josephine Fippany
(1997) Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
(1950) The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Agnes Thorndyke
(1940) On Their Own
as Mrs. John Jones
(1937) Clarence
as Mrs. Wheeler
(1937) Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. Parkhouse
(1936) Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. Evers
(1936) Educating Father
as Mrs. John Jones
(1942) The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Cecilia Talbot
(1939) Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. John Jones
(1935) Love Me Forever
as Clara Fields
(1945) Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Frost
(1950) Louisa
as Louisa Norton
(1951) Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Edwitha
(1936) The Girl on the Front Page
as Mrs. Langford
(1940) Young as You Feel
as Mrs. John Jones
(1937) Green Light
as Mrs. Dexter
(1938) The Buccaneer
as Dolly Madison
(1944) Reward Unlimited
as Peggy's mother
(1935) The Great Impersonation
as Duchess Caroline
(1936) Back to Nature
as Louise Jones
(1937) Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones
(1937) Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John Jones
(1938) Down on the Farm
as Mrs. John Jones
(1938) Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John Jones
(1937) Off to the Races
as Mrs. John Jones
(1952) Because You're Mine
as Mrs. Edna Montville
(1937) The Road Back
as Ernst's Mother
(1954) December Bride
as Lily Ruskin
(1966) Batman
as J. Pauline Spaghetti
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Alice Wagner
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as Louise
(1959) Dennis the Menace
as ---
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---
(1959) Laramie
as Daisy Cooper
(1959) The Detectives
as ---
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as Mrs. Miller
(1957) The Lux Show
as Self
(1953) The Danny Thomas Show
as Eloise Adams
(1956) The Ford Show
as Self
(1952) The Ford Television Theatre
as Aunt Cordelia
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Mother
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest