Cast & creator
Blanche Payson
Best known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, You Can't Take It with You, The Women
Also known as: Mary Elizabeth Bush
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1916–1968 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (83)
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Committeewoman (uncredited)
1939
You Can't Take It with You
Matron (uncredited)
1938
The Women
Masseuse (uncredited)
1939
The Talk of the Town
Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)
1942
The Broadway Melody
Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)
1929
Our Wife
Turpin's wife (uncredited)
1931
Nice Girl?
1941
Jewel Robbery
Masseuse (uncredited)
1932
In the Navy
Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)
1941
Slander House
Hilda
1938
Three Ages
The Amazon (uncredited)
1923
Ghosts on the Loose
Mrs. John G. Elwood (uncredited)
1943
The Suitor
1920
Half a Sinner
Large Wife
1934Peaceful Oscar
Blanche - Oscar's Wife
1927
Wife and Auto Trouble
His Dominant Wife
1916
Figures Don't Lie
Mrs. Jones
1927
A Maid Made Mad
Amazon Hotel House Detective
1943
Convicted Woman
Matron (uncredited)
1940
Kidding Katie
Housemaid
1923Kidding Katie
Governess
1923
For Heaven's Sake
Lady on the Street (uncredited)
1926The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Formidable Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Angels Over Broadway
Large Woman (uncredited)
1940
Pop Goes the Easel
Art Student (uncredited)
1935
No Vacancies
His Better Half
1923
Oh, Doctor!
Dr. Maude - the osteopath
1925
Skirts
Policewoman
1921
His First Car
2nd Camping Wife
1924
One More Spring
Wife
1935
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Amazonian Dancer (uncredited)
1925Loose Relations
1933
The Impatient Maiden
Mrs. Thomas
1932
Below Zero
Formidable woman
1930
The Misfit
The Domineering Wife
1924
Bad Boy
1935
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Tenent
1943
When a Man's a Prince
Hilda - Princess of Amazonia
1926
The Bachelor's Baby
Mrs. Boppo
1927
Charley's Aunt
Lady in Flowered Hat
1925
Naughty Boy
The 'Shrinking Violet'
1927
The Land of Jazz
The Maid
1920
Li'l Abner
Large Woman
1940
Among the Living
1941
Helpmates
Mrs. Hardy
1932
Blind Date
Nurse
1934
Shivering and Shaking
Formidable Woman (uncredited)
1930The Little Rascal
Baby Peggy's Mother
1922
Crushed
Mrs. Jones
1924
The Kid Reporter
Policewoman
1923
Whirlpool
John’s Henpecking Wife (uncredited)
1934A Sanitarium Scandal
1917
A Blitz on the Fritz
Egbert's Mother-in-Law
1943
The Sultan's Wife
Harem Matron
1917
Drifting Souls
Landlady
1932
Beauty à la Mud
Mrs. Gotrox
1926
A Doggone Mixup
Landlady
1938
Music Is Magic
Opera Singer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
1935
Bears and Bad Men
Maw Cutshaw
1918
Half a Man
Shipwrecked Woman
1925
War Mamas
Head Nurse (uncredited)
1931Yes, Yes, Babette
1925
All Over Town
Mother Wilson, Landlady
1937
A Social Cub
1916
Damsels and Dandies
1919
Dollars and Sense
The Innkeeper's Wife
1916Papa's Boy
Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited)
1927
Wicked
Matron
1931
Estrellados
Actress at Casting Call (uncredited)
1930The Heart Snatcher
1920Are Scotchmen Tight
1929
Dogs Is Dogs
Spud's Mother (uncredited)
1931
Red Noses
Dr. Payson, Physical Therapist
1932Kiss Me Quick
1920
Slippery Silks
Woman on Street (uncredited)
1936
The Raspberry Romance
Bonnie MacBelch - Rodney's Sweetheart
1925
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel's mother
1923Taxi Troubles
Mother-in-Law
1931
Bringing Up Father
1928Love Pains
Mrs. Kornman
1932
Thirst
Woman in Employment Agency (uncredited)
1917
We Moderns
Johanna
1925