ABOUT JANE DARWELL
She acted in over 100 films, playing the matriarch in The Grapes of Wrath and the bird woman in Mary Poppins . She also played a role in the classic film Gone with the Wind .
She had plans to enter a convent as a nun before becoming an actress.
She won an Academy Award for best Supporting Actress for her role in The Grapes of Wrath.
Her father served as the president of a railroad.
Her final role was the "bird woman" in Mary Poppins, a role personally assigned to her by Walt Disney .
