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Spring Dell Byington was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Byington received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Penelope Sycamore in You Can't Take It with You (1938).
Born
Sunday, 17 October 1886
Died
Tuesday, 07 September 1971
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Actress | 2008 |
| Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' | Self | 1997 |
| Biography | Mrs. Mitchell | 1987 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| The Flying Nun | Mother General | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Batman | J. Pauline Spaghetti | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Mother | 1965 |
| Kentucky Jones | Mrs. Jolly | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Iris Fuchsia | 1963 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon | Actress | 2008 |
| Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' | Self | 1997 |
| Biography | Mrs. Mitchell | 1987 |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | 1984 |
| The Flying Nun | Mother General | 1967 |
| The Joey Bishop Show | Self | 1967 |
| Batman | J. Pauline Spaghetti | 1966 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Mother | 1965 |
| Kentucky Jones | Mrs. Jolly | 1964 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Iris Fuchsia | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Louise | 1963 |
| Dr. Kildare | Mother Caritas | 1961 |
| Mister Ed | Miss Karen Dooley | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| The Tab Hunter Show | Mollie Coburn | 1960 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Suzie Robinson | 1960 |
| The Detectives | 'Maudie' | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Self | 1959 |
| Laramie | Daisy Cooper / Aunt Daisy Cooper | 1959 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Self | 1958 |
| Goodyear Theatre | Melinda Gray | 1957 |
| The Lux Show | Self | 1957 |
| The Vic Damone Show | Self - Actress / Self | 1956 |
| Strange Stories | 1956 | |
| The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Mrs. Miller | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Alice Wagner | 1955 |
| December Bride | Lily Ruskin | 1954 |
| The George Gobel Show | Herself | 1954 |
| Studio 57 | Cora Gibbs | 1954 |
| The Rocket Man | Justice Amelia Brown | 1954 |
| The Danny Thomas Show | Eloise Adams | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Aunt Cordelia | 1952 |
| Because You're Mine | Mrs. Edna Montville / Mrs. Montville | 1952 |
| No Room for the Groom | Mama Kingshead | 1952 |
| Angels in the Outfield | Sister Edwitha | 1951 |
| Bannerline | Mrs. Loomis | 1951 |
| According to Mrs. Hoyle | Mrs. Harriet Hoyle | 1951 |
| Walk Softly, Stranger | Mrs. Brentman | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Mrs. January | 1950 |
| Devil's Doorway | Mrs. Masters | 1950 |
| The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Agnes Thorndyke | 1950 |
| Louisa | Louisa Norton | 1950 |
| Please Believe Me | Mrs. Milwright | 1950 |
| The Reformer and the Redhead | Kathy's Mother | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Big Wheel | Mary Coy | 1949 |
| In the Good Old Summertime | Nellie Burke | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| B.F.'s Daughter | Gladys Fulton | 1948 |
| It Had to Be You | Mrs. Martha Stafford / Martha Stafford | 1947 |
| Cynthia | Carrie Jannings / Carrie Bishop Jannings | 1947 |
| Singapore | Mrs. Bellows | 1947 |
| Living in a Big Way | Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan | 1947 |
| My Brother Talks to Horses | Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose | 1947 |
| Faithful in My Fashion | Miss Mary Swanson | 1946 |
| Little Mister Jim | Mrs. Starwell | 1946 |
| Dragonwyck | Magda | 1946 |
| A Letter for Evie | Mrs. McPherson | 1946 |
| Meet Me on Broadway | Sylvia Kane Storm | 1946 |
| Captain Eddie | Mrs. Frost | 1945 |
| Thrill of a Romance | Nona Glenn | 1945 |
| The Enchanted Cottage | Violet Price | 1945 |
| Salty O'Rourke | Mrs. Brooks | 1945 |
| I'll Be Seeing You | Mrs. Marshall | 1945 |
| The Heavenly Body | Nancy Potter | 1944 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Bertha Van Cleve | 1943 |
| Presenting Lily Mars | Mrs. Mars | 1943 |
| The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Cecilia Talbot | 1942 |
| The Affairs of Martha | Sophia Sommerfield | 1942 |
| Rings on Her Fingers | Mrs. Maybelle Worthington | 1942 |
| Roxie Hart | Mary Sunshine | 1942 |
| The Vanishing Virginian | Rosa Yancey | 1942 |
| When Ladies Meet | Bridget Drake / Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake | 1941 |
| Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Carlotta Emerson | 1941 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Elizabeth Ellis | 1941 |
| Meet John Doe | Mme Mitchell / Mrs. Mitchell | 1941 |
| Arkansas Judge | Mary Shoemaker | 1941 |
| Lucky Partners | Aunt Lucy | 1940 |
| My Love Came Back | Mrs. Malette / Clara Malette | 1940 |
| On Their Own | Mrs. John Jones | 1940 |
| Young as You Feel | Mrs. John Jones | 1940 |
| Laddie | Mrs. Stanton | 1940 |
| The Blue Bird | Mummy Tyl | 1940 |
| A Child Is Born | Mrs. West / Mrs. Mamie West | 1940 |
| Too Busy to Work | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| Quick Millions | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| Chicken Wagon Family | Josephine Fippany | 1939 |
| The Jones Family in Hollywood | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mrs. Hubbard | 1939 |
| Everybody's Baby | Mrs. John Jones | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') | 1939 |
| Down on the Farm | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Penny Sycamore | 1938 |
| Safety in Numbers | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| A Trip to Paris | Mrs. John Jones | 1938 |
| Jezebel | Mrs. Kendrick | 1938 |
| Love on a Budget | Louise Jones / Mrs. Louise Jones | 1938 |
| Penrod and His Twin Brother | Mrs. Schofield / Mrs. Laura Schofield | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Widow Douglas | 1938 |
| The Buccaneer | Dolly Madison | 1938 |
| The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| It's Love I'm After | Aunt Ella Paisley / Tante Ella Paisley | 1937 |
| Hot Water | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| Hotel Haywire | Mrs. Parkhouse | 1937 |
| The Road Back | Ernst's Mother | 1937 |
| Big Business | Mrs. John Jones | 1937 |
| A Family Affair | Mrs. Emily Hardy / Emily Hardy | 1937 |
| Penrod and Sam | Mrs. Schofield | 1937 |
| Clarence | Mrs. Wheeler | 1937 |
| Green Light | Mrs. Dexter | 1937 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Rebecca Perry | 1936 |
| The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lady Octavia Warrenton | 1936 |
| The Girl on the Front Page | Mrs. Langford | 1936 |
| Dodsworth | Matey Pearson | 1936 |
| Stage Struck | Mrs. Randall | 1936 |
| Back to Nature | Mrs. Louise Jones / Louise Jones | 1936 |
| Palm Springs | Aunt Letty | 1936 |
| Educating Father | Mrs. John Jones | 1936 |
| Every Saturday Night | Mrs. Evers | 1936 |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | Ma Davis | 1936 |
| Ah Wilderness! | Essie Miller | 1935 |
| The Great Impersonation | Duchess Caroline | 1935 |
| Broadway Hostess | Mrs. Duncan-Griswald-Wembly-Smythe / Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe | 1935 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Mrs. Byam | 1935 |
| Way Down East | Mrs. Louisa Bartlett | 1935 |
| Orchids to You | Alice Draper | 1935 |
| Love Me Forever | Clara Fields | 1935 |
| The Werewolf of London | Miss Ettie Coombes / Ettie Coombes | 1935 |
| Werewolf of London | Miss Ettie Coombes / Ettie Coombes | 1935 |
| Little Women | Marmee / Marmee March | 1933 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1959 | Emmy | Best Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1958 | Emmy | Best Continuing Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic or Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1951 | Golden Globe | Best Actress - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |
| 1939 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
