Sarah Padden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

140

Gender

Female

Birthday

1881-10-15

Day of death

1967-12-04 (86 years old)

Place of Birth

Sunderland, England, UK

Sarah Padden

Biography

Sarah Padden was a character actress in theater and vaudeville from Chicago, Illinois. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War. Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc.. She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II. Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Emile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907. Another of her theatrical parts was in Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Hatcher Hughes. It was performed at the Wilkes Orange Grove Theater (Majestic Theater), 845 South Broadway (Los Angeles), in November 1925. She was also an active screen actress from 1926 to 1958, appearing in 178 films and TV shows. In 1938, she played Ma Thayer in MGM's Rich Man Poor Girl, directed by Reinhold Schunzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, and Lana Turner. Bill Harrison (Robert Young) a wealthy young businessman moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's (Ruth Hussey) eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work. In 1941, she played wealthy spinster Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham in Murder by Invitation, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh. In this "closed room" murder comedy, after they unsuccessfully attempt to have her declared legally insane to gain control of her fortune, her nephews and nieces are invited to a week's visit at her mansion where they are murdered one by one.

Known For

  • Dragnet

    Dragnet

  • The Lone Ranger

    The Lone Ranger

  • Adventures of Superman

    Adventures of Superman

  • The Life Of Riley

    The Life Of Riley

  • The Life Of Riley

    The Life Of Riley

  • The Cisco Kid

    The Cisco Kid

  • The Cisco Kid

    The Cisco Kid

  • Public Defender

    Public Defender

  • The Abbott and Costello Show

    The Abbott and Costello Show

  • Let Freedom Ring

    Let Freedom Ring

  • The Pride of the Yankees

    The Pride of the Yankees

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Youth on Parole

    Youth on Parole

  • Trail Street

    Trail Street

  • Ghost Guns

    Ghost Guns

  • This Gun for Hire

    This Gun for Hire

  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

  • The Great Meadow

    The Great Meadow

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Trail to Gunsight

    Trail to Gunsight

  • The Man Who Lost Himself

    The Man Who Lost Himself

  • Face in the Sky

    Face in the Sky

  • Lone Star Raiders

    Lone Star Raiders

  • Riders of the West

    Riders of the West

  • Exiled to Shanghai

    Exiled to Shanghai

  • Murder by Invitation

    Murder by Invitation

  • Hide-Out

    Hide-Out

  • Red-Headed Woman

    Red-Headed Woman

  • In Old Colorado

    In Old Colorado

  • The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

  • City of Missing Girls

    City of Missing Girls

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

  • The Return of the Whistler

    The Return of the Whistler

  • Assignment in Brittany

    Assignment in Brittany

  • Again Pioneers

    Again Pioneers

  • Grand Hotel

    Grand Hotel

  • I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million

  • So Goes My Love

    So Goes My Love

  • San Diego I Love You

    San Diego I Love You

  • Family Troubles

    Family Troubles

  • Wildfire

    Wildfire

  • Today

    Today

  • Wonder of Women

    Wonder of Women

  • Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Jam

  • Off the Record

    Off the Record

  • Apology for Murder

    Apology for Murder

  • The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

  • Reg'lar Fellers

    Reg'lar Fellers

  • Summer Storm

    Summer Storm

  • Obey the Law

    Obey the Law

  • Riders of the Dawn

    Riders of the Dawn

  • The Power of God

    The Power of God

  • The Bugle Call

    The Bugle Call

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Range Law

    Range Law

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

  • Stranded

    Stranded

  • Wild West

    Wild West

  • Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also Die!

  • The Zero Hour

    The Zero Hour

  • Dakota

    Dakota

  • Kongo

    Kongo

  • Cross-Examination

    Cross-Examination

  • Ramrod

    Ramrod

  • The Defense Rests

    The Defense Rests

  • Frontier Revenge

    Frontier Revenge

  • Identity Unknown

    Identity Unknown

  • Utah Wagon Train

    Utah Wagon Train

  • Heart of the Rio Grande

    Heart of the Rio Grande

  • Little Tough Guys in Society

    Little Tough Guys in Society

  • Rasputin and the Empress

    Rasputin and the Empress

  • Gentleman Joe Palooka

    Gentleman Joe Palooka

  • Ann Vickers

    Ann Vickers

  • Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

  • The Sophomore

    The Sophomore

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • So This Is Washington

    So This Is Washington

  • Big Jim McLain

    Big Jim McLain

  • Idea Girl

    Idea Girl

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • The Master Key

    The Master Key

  • Doctor Bull

    Doctor Bull

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Mad Love

    Mad Love

  • Young America

    Young America

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • Romance of the Limberlost

    Romance of the Limberlost

  • Girl with an Itch

    Girl with an Itch

  • Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

  • The Yellow Ticket

    The Yellow Ticket

  • Prince of Players

    Prince of Players

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

  • Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage

  • The Mad Monster

    The Mad Monster

  • House by the River

    House by the River

  • The Dude Goes West

    The Dude Goes West

  • The Missourians

    The Missourians

  • Chad Hanna

    Chad Hanna

  • Screaming Mimi

    Screaming Mimi

  • Private Snuffy Smith

    Private Snuffy Smith

  • Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

  • Sob Sister

    Sob Sister

  • He Was Her Man

    He Was Her Man

  • Forgotten Girls

    Forgotten Girls

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • Gunslingers

    Gunslingers

  • The Sin of Nora Moran

    The Sin of Nora Moran

  • Women Won't Tell

    Women Won't Tell

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • The Hoosier Schoolmaster

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • Trifles

    Trifles

  • My Dog Shep

    My Dog Shep

  • Girl Rush

    Girl Rush

  • Song of Old Wyoming

    Song of Old Wyoming

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

  • That Brennan Girl

    That Brennan Girl

  • A Dog of Flanders

    A Dog of Flanders

  • Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

    Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

  • Should a Girl Marry?

    Should a Girl Marry?

  • Man of Two Worlds

    Man of Two Worlds

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • The Woman Who Did Not Care

    The Woman Who Did Not Care

  • Casanova Brown

    Casanova Brown

  • The Navy Way

    The Navy Way

  • The Navy Way

    The Navy Way

  • As the Earth Turns

    As the Earth Turns

  • The Midnight Lady

    The Midnight Lady

  • Joe Palooka, Champ

    Joe Palooka, Champ

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Marshal of Laredo

    Marshal of Laredo

  • The Important Witness

    The Important Witness

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

  • Little Orphan Annie

    Little Orphan Annie

  • Son of the Navy

    Son of the Navy

  • David Harum

    David Harum

  • Range Justice

    Range Justice

  • Joe Palooka in the Knockout

    Joe Palooka in the Knockout