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Jo Van Fleet

Jo Van Fleet

Born: 1915-12-29 • Oakland, California, USA

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Catherine Josephine Van Fleet (December 30, 1914 – June 10, 1996) was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual age. Van Fleet won a Tony Award in 1954 for her performance in the Broadway production The Trip to Bountiful, and the next year she won an Oscar for her supporting role in East of Eden.

Filmography
Seize the Day poster
Seize the Day
1986 • Mrs. Einhorn
The Tenant poster
The Tenant
1976 • Madame Dioz
Satan's School for Girls poster
Satan's School for Girls
1973 • Headmistress
The Family Rico poster
The Family Rico
1972 • Mama Rico
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight poster
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
1971 • Big Momma
Paradise Lost poster
Paradise Lost
1971 • Clara Gordon
80 Steps to Jonah poster
80 Steps to Jonah
1969 • Nonna
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! poster
I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!
1968 • Mother
Cool Hand Luke poster
Cool Hand Luke
1967 • Arletta
Cinderella poster
Cinderella
1965 • Stepmother
Wild River poster
Wild River
1960 • Ella Garth
This Angry Age poster
This Angry Age
1957 • Mme. Dufresne
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral poster
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 • Kate Fisher
The King and Four Queens poster
The King and Four Queens
1956 • Ma McDade
I'll Cry Tomorrow poster
I'll Cry Tomorrow
1955 • Katie Roth
The Rose Tattoo poster
The Rose Tattoo
1955 • Bessie
Heidi poster
Heidi
1955 • Aunt Dete
East of Eden poster
East of Eden
1955 • Kate Trask
No Image
The Trip to Bountiful
1953
Concerning a Woman of Sin poster
Concerning a Woman of Sin
1949