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Clara Blandick
1880Jun, 4

Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick, American actress (d. 1962)
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress. She played Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939).

As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs.

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