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Spring Byington
Spring Dell 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 the notable sitcom December Bride. She was a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who appeared in films from the 1930s to the 1960s. Some of her notable appearances were in movies such as You Can't Take It with You, December Bride, Little Women, Mutiny on the Bounty and Jezebel. She even 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). Byington was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the daughter of Edwin Lee Byington, an educator and superintendent of schools in Colorado, and his wife Helene Maud (Cleghorn) Byington, who later became a doctor. Spring performed in amateur shows as a student and became a professional actress with the Elitch Garden Stock Company. She had an illustrious career in the industry, which spanned acting on stage, films, radio and television. She spoke Spanish and also studied Brazilian Portuguese in her later years.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Spring Dell Byington
Born: Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: October 17, 1886
Occupations: Actress
Years Active: 1904-1968
Children: 2
Spouses: Roy Carey Chandler
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Movies Featuring Spring Byington
Little Women
Mutiny on the Bounty
Angels in the Outfield
Going Hollywood: The ’30s
Meet John Doe
Reward Unlimited
The Reformer and the Redhead
Thrill of a Romance
I’ll Be Seeing You
Presenting Lily Mars
Faithful in My Fashion
The Devil and Miss Jones
Devil’s Doorway
Living in a Big Way
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
No Room for the Groom
Bannerline
Cynthia
My Love Came Back
Rings on Her Fingers
Roxie Hart
The Enchanted Cottage
When Ladies Meet
Salty O’Rourke
Lucky Partners
Dragonwyck
According to Mrs. Hoyle
The Vanishing Virginian
Ah, Wilderness!
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Walk Softly, Stranger
Because You’re Mine
Singapore
The Big Wheel
Way Down East
A Letter for Evie
Love Me Forever
A Child Is Born
The Affairs of Martha
The Heavenly Body
You Can’t Take It with You
Please Believe Me
Captain Eddie
The Buccaneer
The Great Impersonation
Please Don’t Eat the Daisies
Werewolf of London
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Heaven Can Wait
Stage Struck
Theodora Goes Wild
Green Light
A Family Affair
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Broadway Hostess
My Brother Talks to Horses
It’s Love I’m After
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
It Had to Be You
The Blue Bird
Laddie
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Voice of Bugle Ann
B.F.’s Daughter
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
The Road Back
In the Good Old Summertime
Louisa
Career Timeline
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1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Self (archive footage)
1950
The Reformer and the Redhead
Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Devil’s Doorway
Mrs. Masters
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Agnes Thorndyke
Walk Softly, Stranger
Mrs. Brentman
Please Believe Me
Mrs. Milwright
Louisa
Louisa Norton
1947
Living in a Big Way
Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Cynthia
Carrie Bishop Jannings
Singapore
Mrs. Bellows
My Brother Talks to Horses
Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
It Had to Be You
Mr. Martha Stafford
1945
Thrill of a Romance
Nona Glenn
The Enchanted Cottage
Violet Price
Salty O’Rourke
Mrs. Brooks
Captain Eddie
Mrs. Frost
1944
Reward Unlimited
Peggy's mother
I’ll Be Seeing You
Mrs. Marshall
The Heavenly Body
Nancy Potter
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Cecilia Talbot
Rings on Her Fingers
Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Roxie Hart
Mary Sunshine
The Vanishing Virginian
Rosa Yancey
The Affairs of Martha
Sophia Sommerfield
1941
Meet John Doe
Mme Mitchell
The Devil and Miss Jones
Elizabeth Ellis
When Ladies Meet
Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Carlotta Emerson
1940
My Love Came Back
Clara Malette
Lucky Partners
Aunt Lucy
The Blue Bird
Mummy Tyl
Laddie
Mrs. Stanton
1938
You Can’t Take It with You
Penny Sycamore
The Buccaneer
Dolly Madison
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Mrs. Schofield
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas (uncredited)
1937
Green Light
Mrs. Dexter
A Family Affair
Emily Hardy
It’s Love I’m After
Aunt Ella
The Road Back
Ernst's Mother
1936
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Lady Octavia Warrenton
Stage Struck
Mrs. Randall
Theodora Goes Wild
Rebecca Perry
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Ma Davis
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