Clara Blandick Overview:

Actress, Clara Blandick, was born Clara Dickey on Jun 4, 1876 in on board an American ship, Hong Kong. Blandick died at the age of 85 on Apr 15, 1962 in Hollywood, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn (Glendale) Cemetery in Glendale, CA.

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Clara Blandick Quotes:

Auntie Em: Now you go feed those hogs before they worry themselves into anemia!


Abbie Krantz: Dead or alive, Kitty Conover, you oughtn't have a man in your room at this hour of the night.


Auntie Em: I saw you tinkering with that contraption, Hickory. Now you and Hunk get back to that wagon.
Hickory: All right, Mrs. Gale. But someday, they're going to erect a statue to me in this town, and...
Auntie Em: Don't start posing for it now.


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Suffering from severe arthritis and impending blindness, Clara fixed her hair, dressed up in her best outfit, placed her favorite photos and memorabilia around her room and sadly left this world by overdosing on sleeping tablets.

Best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy's Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

Played different roles in different screen versions of "Huckleberry Finn". In the 1931 version, she played Tom Sawyer's Aunt Polly, a carryover from the 1930 film of "Tom Sawyer", in which she played the same role. In 1939 she played the role of Miss Watson in the Mickey Rooney film "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn".

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