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jane darwell

jane darwell -lrb- october 15 , 1879 -- august 13 , 1967 -rrb- was an american actress of stage , film , and television .
with appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century , darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the joad family in the film adaptation of john steinbeck 's `` the grapes of wrath '' , for which she received the academy award for best supporting actress , and her role as the bird woman in disney 's musical family film , `` mary poppins '' .
