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Emma Tansey(1870-1942)

  • Actress
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Emma Tansey was born on 12 September 1870 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. She was an actress, known for When You and I Were Young (1917), Joan of the Woods (1918) and Are Children to Blame? (1920). She died on 23 March 1942 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 12, 1870
DiedMarch 23, 1942(71)
BornSeptember 12, 1870
DiedMarch 23, 1942(71)
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Known for

Alma Hanlon in When You and I Were Young (1917)
When You and I Were Young
  • Dorothy's Mother(as Mrs. Tansey)
  • 1917
June Elvidge in Joan of the Woods (1918)
Joan of the Woods
  • Pawnbroker's Wife(as Mrs. Tansey)
  • 1918
Are Children to Blame?
  • Mrs. Winslow
  • 1920
Fast Fightin'
  • The Mother
  • 1925

Credits

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Actress

  • W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
    Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
    7.0
    • Old Lady with Newspaper (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Ray Corrigan in Wrangler's Roost (1941)
    Wrangler's Roost
    6.1
    • Church Member (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck in Meet John Doe (1941)
    Meet John Doe
    7.6
    • Mrs. Delaney (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • W.C. Fields, Una Merkel, and Cora Witherspoon in The Bank Dick (1940)
    The Bank Dick
    7.1
    • Old Woman on Bench (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Mischa Auer, Tom Brown, Nan Grey, Joy Hodges, Allen Jenkins, Edgar Kennedy, and Eddie Quillan in Margie (1940)
    Margie
    5.3
    • Sweet Old Lady (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Joan Blondell and Dick Powell in I Want a Divorce (1940)
    I Want a Divorce
    5.9
    • Little Old Lady (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Rita Hayworth and Brian Aherne in The Lady in Question (1940)
    The Lady in Question
    6.3
    • Flower Woman (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Ray Milland and Loretta Young in The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
    The Doctor Takes a Wife
    6.8
    • Old Woman Sitting Outside of Lakewood Lodge (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
    8.1
    • Committeewoman (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Charley Chase and Ann Doran in Pie a la Maid (1938)
    Pie a la Maid
    6.4
    Short
    • Charley's Mother (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Bob Burns in The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
    The Arkansas Traveler
    6.2
    • Little Old Lady (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • John Merton and Fred Scott in Knight of the Plains (1938)
    Knight of the Plains
    4.7
    • Martha Lane
    • 1938
  • Johnny Mack Brown and Claire Rochelle in Boothill Brigade (1937)
    Boothill Brigade
    5.2
    • Old Woman (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Karl Hackett, Lois January, Bobby Nelson, and Bob Steele in The Red Rope (1937)
    The Red Rope
    6.3
    • Settler (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Bob Steele in Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin (1937)
    Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
    6.2
    • Elderly Dawson Woman (uncredited)
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Mrs. Emma Tansey
  • Born
    • September 12, 1870
    • Louisville, Kentucky, USA
  • Died
    • March 23, 1942
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Mother of Robert Emmett Tansey, John Tansey, and James Sheridan.

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