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Clara Blandick

AKA Clara Dickey

Born: 4-Jun-1880
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Died: 15-Apr-1962
Location of death: Hollywood, CA [1]
Cause of death: Suicide [2]
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz


[1] 1735 North Wilcox Avenue, Los Angeles, CA.

[2] Overdose of sleeping pills, left note: "I am now about to make the great adventure. I cannot endure this agonizing pain any longer. It is all over my body. Neither can I face the impending blindness. I pray the Lord my soul to take. Amen."

Husband: Staunton Elliott (m. 1911, div. 1912)

    Risk Factors: Arthritis

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Love That Brute (26-May-1950)
    Key to the City (2-Feb-1950)
    The Bride Goes Wild (3-Mar-1948)
    A Stolen Life (6-Jul-1946)
    Pillow of Death (14-Dec-1945)
    Can't Help Singing (25-Dec-1944)
    It Started with Eve (26-Sep-1941)
    The Wagons Roll at Night (25-Apr-1941)
    North West Mounted Police (21-Oct-1940)
    Anne of Windy Poplars (28-Jun-1940)
    Swanee River (29-Dec-1939)
    Drums Along the Mohawk (3-Nov-1939)
    The Star Maker (25-Aug-1939)
    The Wizard of Oz (12-Aug-1939)
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (10-Feb-1939)
    The Gorgeous Hussy (28-Aug-1936)
    Anthony Adverse (29-Jul-1936)
    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (19-Feb-1936)
    The Girl from Missouri (3-Aug-1934)
    Ever in My Heart (28-Oct-1933)
    Turn Back the Clock (25-Aug-1933)
    Three-Cornered Moon (8-Aug-1933)
    Child of Manhattan (11-Feb-1933)
    The Wet Parade (17-Mar-1932)
    Possessed (21-Nov-1931)
    The Easiest Way (7-Feb-1931)
    Romance (22-Aug-1930)



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