--- name: "Sarah Padden" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-padden" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 October 1881" died: "4 December 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T21:53:37.832871+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Sarah Padden Actor. Born 15 October 1881 in Sunderland, England, UK. Died 4 December 1967. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 October 1881, Sunderland, England, UK - **Died:** 4 December 1967 - **Also known as:** Sarah Ann Padden, Sara Padden - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Padden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3473407, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655605/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34749 ## Biography Sarah Padden was an English-born American character actress in theatre and film. Born Sarah Ann Padden on 16 October 1881 in Sunderland, England, she emigrated to the United States as a child and began her stage career in the early twentieth century, appearing on the Orpheum vaudeville circuit and on Broadway from 1906. She made her screen debut in 1926 and worked steadily in films and television until 1958, often in supporting or uncredited roles as landladies, housekeepers and mothers. Among her credits was the part of Mrs. Gardner in the 1931 film *Bad Girl*. She also appeared in *Grand Hotel* (1932), *Anna Karenina* (1935), *This Gun for Hire* (1942) and *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943). Padden died on 4 December 1967 in Los Angeles, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Bad Girl* (1931), Fi1m 64, as Mrs. Gardner — [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md) ## Complete filmography (140) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Girl with an Itch* (1958), as Cookie - *Screaming Mimi* (1958), as Landlady - *The Kettles in the Ozarks* (1956), as Mrs. Tinware - *Prince of Players* (1955), as Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited) - *Public Defender* (1954), series, as Eula Mae Carter - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Frau Lang - *The Life Of Riley* (1953), series, as Martha Riley - *The Abbott and Costello Show* (1952), series, as Old Lady on Street - *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Mrs. Carmody - *Big Jim McLain* (1952), as Mrs. Lexiter - *Dragnet* (1951), series, Actor - *Utah Wagon Train* (1951), as Sarah Wendover - *The Missourians* (1950), as Mother Kovacs - *Again Pioneers* (1950), as Ma Ashby - *The Cisco Kid* (1950), series, as Mrs. Smiley, Sara - *A Life of Her Own* (1950), as Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited) - *Gunslingers* (1950), as Rawhide Rosie Rawlins - *House by the River* (1950), as Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook - *The Lone Ranger* (1949), series, as Grandma Williams - *Range Justice* (1949), as Ma Curtis - *Homicide* (1949), as Mrs. Webb - *Frontier Revenge* (1948), as Widow Owens - *The Dude Goes West* (1948), as Mrs. Hallihan - *The Return of the Whistler* (1948), as Mrs. Hulskamp - *Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad* (1948), as Mom Palooka - *Joe Palooka in the Knockout* (1947), as Mom Palooka - *Possessed* (1947), as Mrs. Norris, the Caretaker’s Wife (uncredited) - *Ramrod* (1947), as Mrs. Parks - *Love and Learn* (1947), as Mrs. Grant (uncredited) - *Trail Street* (1947), as Mrs. Ferguson (uncredited) - *That Brennan Girl* (1946), as Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady - *Wild West* (1946), as Carrie Bannister - *My Dog Shep* (1946), as Carrie Hodgkins - *Gentleman Joe Palooka* (1946), as Mom Palooka - *Angel on My Shoulder* (1946), as Agatha (uncredited) - *Joe Palooka, Champ* (1946), as Mom Palooka - *So Goes My Love* (1946), as Bridget - *Idea Girl* (1946), as Old Lady - *Dakota* (1945), as Mrs. Plummer - *Riders of the Dawn* (1945), as Melinda Pringle - *Song of Old Wyoming* (1945), as Ma Conway - *Marshal of Laredo* (1945), as Mrs. Randall - *Apology for Murder* (1945), as Maggie - *Wildfire* (1945), as Aunt Agatha - *The Master Key* (1945), as Aggie - *Identity Unknown* (1945), as Mrs. Anderson - *Ghost Guns* (1944), as Aunt Sally - *Girl Rush* (1944), as Mrs. Emma Mason - *San Diego I Love You* (1944), as Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited) - *Casanova Brown* (1944), as Mrs. Smith - *Trail to Gunsight* (1944), as Grandma Wagner - *Summer Storm* (1944), as Beggar Woman (uncredited) - *Range Law* (1944), as Boots Annie - *This Is the Life* (1944), as Sarah (uncredited) - *The Navy Way* (1944), as Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited), Mrs. Margaret Gimble - *So This Is Washington* (1943), as Aunt Charity Speers - *Family Troubles* (1943), as Mrs. Jones - *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943), as Mrs. Georgia Dvorak - *Assignment in Brittany* (1943), as Albertine - *Riders of the West* (1942), as Ma Turner - *Law and Order* (1942), as Mary Todd - *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Mrs. Roberts (uncredited) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md) - *Lady in a Jam* (1942), as Miner’s Wife (uncredited) - *The Mad Monster* (1942), as Grandmother - *This Gun for Hire* (1942), as Mrs. Mason (uncredited) - *Heart of the Rio Grande* (1942), as 'Skipper' Forbes - *Wild Bill Hickok Rides* (1942), as Mrs. Kimball - *Private Snuffy Smith* (1942), as Lowizie Smith - *The Corsican Brothers* (1942), as Nurse - *The Power of God* (1942), as Esther Worne - *Reg'lar Fellers* (1941), as Hetty Carter - *Murder by Invitation* (1941), as Cassandra Hildegard Denham - *A Woman's Face* (1941), as Police Matron - *City of Missing Girls* (1941), as Mrs. Randolph - *The Man Who Lost Himself* (1941), as Maid - *In Old Colorado* (1941), as Ma Harriet Woods - *Chad Hanna* (1940), as Mrs. Todd - *Lone Star Raiders* (1940), as Lydia 'Granny' Phelps - *Son of the Navy* (1940), as Mrs. Baker - Landlady - *Forgotten Girls* (1940), as Miss Donaldson - *I Stole a Million* (1939), as Lady in Post Office (uncredited) - *Should a Girl Marry?* (1939), as Mrs. Wilson - *The Zero Hour* (1939), as Sister Theodosia - *Let Freedom Ring* (1939), as 'Ma' Logan - *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1939), as Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited) - *Off the Record* (1939), as Mrs. Fallon (uncredited) - *Little Orphan Annie* (1938), as Mrs. Nora Moriarty - *Little Tough Guys in Society* (1938), as Victim - *Rich Man, Poor Girl* (1938), as Ma - *Woman Against Woman* (1938), as Dora - *Romance of the Limberlost* (1938), as Sarah - *Women in Prison* (1938), as Martha Wilson - *Exiled to Shanghai* (1937), as Aunt Jane - *Youth on Parole* (1937), as Mrs. Blair - *Anna Karenina* (1935), as Governess - *Mad Love* (1935), as Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) - *Stranded* (1935), as Workman's Wife (uncredited) - *The Hoosier Schoolmaster* (1935), as Sarah - *A Dog of Flanders* (1935), as Frau Keller - *When Strangers Meet* (1934), as Lucy Tarman - *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Mrs. Evans - *Tomorrow's Children* (1934), Actor - *He Was Her Man* (1934), as Mrs. Gardella - *David Harum* (1934), as Widow - *As the Earth Turns* (1934), as Mrs. Janowski - *Man of Two Worlds* (1934), as Olago - *The Sin of Nora Moran* (1933), as Mrs. Watts - *The Power and the Glory* (1933), as Henry's Wife - *Ann Vickers* (1933), as Lil - *Doctor Bull* (1933), as Mary the Canning Cook - *The Important Witness* (1933), as Deaf Woman - *Pilgrimage* (1933), Actor - *Face in the Sky* (1933), as Ma Brown - *Rasputin and the Empress* (1932), as Duna the Landlady (uncredited) - *Tess of the Storm Country* (1932), as Old Martha - *Women Won't Tell* (1932), as Aggie Specks - *Wild Girl* (1932), as Lize - *Kongo* (1932), as Nun (uncredited) - *Grand Hotel* (1932), as Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited) - *Blondie of the Follies* (1932), as Ma McClune - *Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm* (1932), as Mrs Cobb - *Red-Headed Woman* (1932), as Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited) - *The Midnight Lady* (1932), as Nita St. George - *Young America* (1932), as Mrs. Mary Taylor - *Cross-Examination* (1932), as Mary Stevens - *Mata Hari* (1931), as Sister Teresa (uncredited) - *The Yellow Ticket* (1931), as Mother Kalish - *Sob Sister* (1931), as Ma Stevens - *Bad Girl* (1931), as Mrs. Gardner — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/bad-girl.md) - *The Great Meadow* (1931), as Mistress Molly Hall - *Today* (1930), as Emma Warner - *Billy the Kid* (1930), as Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited) - *Hide-Out* (1930), as Mrs. Dorgan - *Trifles* (1930), as Mrs. Wright - *The Sophomore* (1929), as Mrs. Collins - *Wonder of Women* (1929), as Anna - *Companionate Marriage* (1928), as Mrs. Williams - *The Bugle Call* (1927), as Luke's Wife - *The Woman Who Did Not Care* (1927), as Mrs. Carroll - *Obey the Law* (1926), as The Mother ## Gallery - ![Sarah Padden](https://film.one/media/person/1225399/gallery-da95b60eb8de.jpg) Sarah Padden — unknown (Monogram Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Sarah_Padden_in_Romance_of_the_Limberlost_%281938%29_1_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - 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