Biography
She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temple's Storybook production of "Sleeping Beauty", although she is probably seen most often in "Going My Way" as Father Fitzgibbon's elderly mother.
Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USA
Date of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
Cast Credits
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
Character: Madame Zimba (archive footage)
MOVIE • 1991
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Character: Old Woman
TV • 1958
Edge of Hell
Character: Himself
MOVIE • 1956
Witness to Murder
Character: The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds)
MOVIE • 1954
Three Lives
Character: Mrs. Vadney
MOVIE • 1953
Lydia Bailey
Character: Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1952
Pony Soldier
Character: White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
MOVIE • 1952
Here Comes the Groom
Character: Aunt Amy (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1951
Stars in My Crown
Character: Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1950
The Sickle or the Cross
Character: Mrs. Burnside
MOVIE • 1949
The Girl from Manhattan
Character: Old woman
MOVIE • 1948
The Little Witch
Character: Dona Lucia Castillo
MOVIE • 1945
The Corn Is Green
Character: Old Woman Reading (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1945
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character: Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1945
Going My Way
Character: Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1944
Happy Land
Character: Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
MOVIE • 1943
Son of Dracula
Character: Madame Queen Zimba
MOVIE • 1943
Behind the Rising Sun
Character: Grandmother
MOVIE • 1943
The Human Comedy
Character: Librarian
MOVIE • 1943
Street of Chance
Character: Grandma Diedrich
MOVIE • 1942