Spring Byington
Date of birth: 1886-10-16
Place of birth: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Spring Dell Byington
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Movie Credits
Jezebel
1938-03-26
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who car
I'll Be Seeing You
1944-12-31
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough fr
Dodsworth
1936-09-23
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that the
The Heavenly Body
1944-03-23
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a ne
Dragonwyck
1946-04-19
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, se
In the Good Old Summertime
1949-07-29
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935-11-22
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty.
You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Werewolf of London
1935-05-13
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
The Blue Bird
1940-01-15
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness
The Enchanted Cottage
1945-04-28
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his
Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role bu
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941-04-11
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. O
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
1997-09-16
Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.
Little Women
1933-11-24
Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family,
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939-04-04
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying
Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
1941-08-14
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960-03-31
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apart
Singapore
1947-08-13
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, h
When Ladies Meet
1941-08-29
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor J
B.F.'s Daughter
1948-03-24
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired we
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending t
It Had to Be You
1947-12-07
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
Roxie Hart
1942-02-20
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audienc
The Big Wheel
1949-11-04
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve
Walk Softly, Stranger
1950-10-14
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful cl
Ah, Wilderness!
1935-12-25
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of g
It's Love I'm After
1937-10-08
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
Salty O'Rourke
1945-03-22
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939-06-02
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a stud
A Family Affair
1937-03-12
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions an
The Rocket Man
1954-04-01
After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doi
No Room for the Groom
1952-06-13
A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding night ar
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father
Orchids to You
1935-08-09
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's mar
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936-02-15
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of
Penrod and Sam
1937-02-28
A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Cynthia
1947-08-29
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
My Brother Talks to Horses
1947-02-04
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horse
Big Business
1937-06-18
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil
Broadway Hostess
1935-12-07
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
Little Mister Jim
1947-04-01
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
Stage Struck
1936-09-12
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress wi
My Love Came Back
1940-07-13
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arran
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938-02-26
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodn
Bannerline
1951-10-12
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
A Letter for Evie
1946-01-28
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire
The Affairs of Martha
1942-06-21
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids i
Way Down East
1935-10-25
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the wo
Love on a Budget
1938-03-04
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee
Palm Springs
1936-06-05
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughte
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
A Child Is Born
1939-12-07
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
A Trip to Paris
1938-05-06
The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jone
The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does h
Please Believe Me
1950-05-12
A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage t
Land of Liberty
1939-06-15
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
Laddie
1940-01-18
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military fat
Meet Me on Broadway
1946-01-26
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh
Theodora Goes Wild
1936-11-12
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little
Too Busy to Work
1939-11-17
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run
Faithful in My Fashion
1946-08-21
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, i
Arkansas Judge
1941-01-28
Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accu
Quick Millions
1939-08-25
In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at
According to Mrs. Hoyle
1951-05-20
A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
Chicken Wagon Family
1939-08-10
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950-06-29
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
On Their Own
1940-05-17
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business
Clarence
1937-02-12
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things,
Hotel Haywire
1937-06-04
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise
Every Saturday Night
1936-03-13
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through
Educating Father
1936-05-23
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becomi
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942-08-07
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the
Everybody's Baby
1939-03-24
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture o
Love Me Forever
1935-06-28
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her ca
Captain Eddie
1945-06-18
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver an
Louisa
1950-05-31
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to dis
Angels in the Outfield
1951-10-19
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine as
The Girl on the Front Page
1936-09-26
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps br
Young as You Feel
1940-02-16
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life.
Green Light
1937-02-20
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's
The Buccaneer
1938-02-04
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Reward Unlimited
1944-05-25
Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
The Great Impersonation
1935-12-08
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in
Back to Nature
1936-08-14
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with
Hot Water
1937-09-24
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous new
Borrowing Trouble
1937-12-10
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a l
Safety in Numbers
1938-05-30
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral d
Down on the Farm
1938-10-11
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
Off to the Races
1937-02-05
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps
Because You're Mine
1952-10-01
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
The Road Back
1937-06-01
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to '