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Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick

Actor · Died April 15, 1962, aged 85 · Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 4, 1876
Died
April 15, 1962 (aged 85)
From
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Works as
Actor
Titles
45 on MovieCove · 108 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 32% in 30 days

What are Clara Blandick's films like?

Across their 25 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Crime3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 26th percentile
: browse their Crime movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
38%
Morality
23%
Self
21%
Power
8%
Society
7%
Survival
1%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love10 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass4 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 25 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 15 · Serious 8 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 18 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 11 · Charged 13 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 14 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 17 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 22 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

3 analyzed roles
Threshold guardian
1 of 3
Shadow
1 of 3
Mentor
1 of 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Joyful
10
Warm
9
Romantic
9
Melancholic
8
Other
12

How their films linger

Feel-good15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Clara Blandick's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 15 of their 45 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (12).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Clara Blandick's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

108 credits, 45 with a MovieCove page.

  • Riding High (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Key to the City(1950)

    as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Soft Touch(1949)

    as Susan Balmuss

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Bride Goes Wild(1948)

    as Aunt Pewtie

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Life with Father(1947)

    as Miss Wiggins

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Philo Vance Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Stella Blendon

  • She-Wolf of London(1946)

    as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • A Stolen Life(1946)

    as Martha

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • So Goes My Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mrs. Meade

  • Claudia and David (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    as Mrs. Barry

  • People Are Funny(1946)

    as Grandma Wilson

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Frontier Gal(1945)

    as Abigail

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Pillow of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Belle Kincaid

  • Can't Help Singing(1944)

    as Aunt Cissy

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Shadow of Suspicion(1944)

    as Mother Randall

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Du Barry Was a Lady(1943)

    as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Heaven Can Wait(1943)

    as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Gentleman Jim(1942)

    as Woman on Train (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Lady in a Jam(1942)

    as Tourist (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Rings on Her Fingers(1942)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • One Foot in Heaven(1941)

    as Sister Watkins (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • It Started with Eve(1941)

    as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Private Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Miss Phillips

  • The Big Store(1941)

    as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Get-Away (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mrs. Higgins

  • The Nurse's Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Aunt Juliet Mitchell

  • The Wagons Roll at Night(1941)

    as Mrs. Williams

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Youth Will Be Served (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Miss Bradshaw

  • North West Mounted Police(1940)

    as Mrs. Burns

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Dreaming Out Loud(1940)

    as Jessica Spencer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Tomboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Aunt Martha

  • Alice in Movieland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Grandmother

  • Swanee River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Griffin

  • Drums Along the Mohawk(1939)

    as Mrs. Borst

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Star Maker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Miss Esther Jones

  • The Wizard of Oz(1939)

    as Auntie Em

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1939)

    as Miss Watson

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Tom Sawyer, Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Aunt Polly

  • Swing, Sister, Swing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Ma Sisler

  • Professor Beware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Mrs. Green - Landlady

  • Crime Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Phoebe Sawyer

  • My Old Kentucky Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Julia 'Granny' Blair

  • Small Town Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Mrs. Armstrong

  • You Can't Have Everything(1937)

    as Townswoman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Road Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Willy's Mother

  • Wings Over Honolulu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Evie Curtis

  • A Star Is Born(1937)

    as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Her Husband's Secretary(1937)

    as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Make Way for a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

  • In His Steps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Martha Adams

  • The Gorgeous Hussy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Louisa Abbott

  • Anthony Adverse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Jorham

  • The Case of the Velvet Claws (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mary F. O'Daugherty

  • Hearts Divided (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Aunt Ellen

  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine(1936)

    as Gaptown Landlady

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Party Wire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mathilda Sherman

  • Straight from the Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Anderson

  • Transient Lady(1935)

    as Eva Branham

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Winning Ticket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Aunt Maggie

  • Fugitive Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Aunt Margaret

  • Broadway Bill(1934)

    as Mrs. Peterson

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. Douglas

  • The President Vanishes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. Delling

  • The Girl from Missouri(1934)

    as Miss Newberry

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Sisters Under the Skin(1934)

    as Miss Gower

  • Harold Teen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Ma Lovewell

  • The Show-Off (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. 'Ma'

  • As the Earth Turns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Cora

  • Beloved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Miss Murfee

  • Going Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Ms. Perkins

  • Ever in My Heart(1933)

    as Anna, the Cook

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Charlie Chan's Greatest Case(1933)

    as Minerva Winterslip

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Turn Back the Clock(1933)

    as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Three Cornered Moon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

  • The Mind Reader(1933)

    as Auntie (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Child of Manhattan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Aunt Sophie

  • The Bitter Tea of General Yen(1932)

    as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Rockabye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Brida

  • Three on a Match(1932)

    as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Life Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mrs. West

  • The Strange Case of Clara Deane (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

  • The Wet Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mrs. Tarleton

  • Shopworn(1932)

    as Mrs. Helen Livingston

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Possessed(1931)

    as Mrs. Martin

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Layton

  • Murder at Midnight(1931)

    as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Bought! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Sprig

  • Huckleberry Finn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Aunt Polly

  • I Take This Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Ranch Wife

  • Laughing Sinners(1931)

    as Salvation Army Woman

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Daybreak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Frau Hoffman

  • It's a Wise Child(1931)

    as Mrs. Stanton

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Drums of Jeopardy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Aunt Abbie

  • The Easiest Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Agnes Murdock

  • Inspiration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

  • Once a Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Mason

  • Tom Sawyer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Aunt Polly

  • The Last of the Duanes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Duane

  • Romance(1930)

    as Abigail Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Sins of the Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Martha Wagenkampf

  • Men Are Like That (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Ma Fisher

  • The Girl Said No (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Ward

  • Burning Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Minnie Winkle

  • Poor Aubrey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

  • Wise Girls(1929)

    as Mrs. Bence

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Mrs. Donnelly

  • The Stolen Triumph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Mrs. Rowley

  • The Cabaret Singer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Mrs. Denton

Career shape

Star power in the 92nd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 108 titles from 1915 to 1950.

Biggest box office

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

$26M worldwide

Highest rated

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Midcredits 97th

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting108 of 108: 108 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

By decade

1910s3 · acting1920s1 · acting1930s72 · acting1940s30 · acting1950s2 · acting

Billing

usually 15th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
3141

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Clara Blandick's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 62nd percentile, the median of the 44 of 45 with a score; across their 25 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Reach · how many have seen their films

35thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 25

Midcredits score across 44 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th19
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

24 of their 44 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved4
  • Crowd Pleaser24
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

It's a Wise Child (1931)

81st percentile spread · 12% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Midcredits 97th · 85% liked

Reviewers score the acting 70/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 78, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Clara Blandick work with?

People who share at least 2 of Clara Blandick's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Harold Rosson shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers