Sarah Padden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

141

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

  • Identity Unknown

    Identity Unknown

  • Wildfire

    Wildfire

  • The Abbott and Costello Show

    The Abbott and Costello Show

  • Again Pioneers

    Again Pioneers

  • The Cisco Kid

    The Cisco Kid

  • The Cisco Kid

    The Cisco Kid

  • The Missourians

    The Missourians

  • Hide-Out

    Hide-Out

  • Public Defender

    Public Defender

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Pilgrimage

    Pilgrimage

  • Summer Storm

    Summer Storm

  • The Sophomore

    The Sophomore

  • Screaming Mimi

    Screaming Mimi

  • Kongo

    Kongo

  • Frontier Revenge

    Frontier Revenge

  • Gunslingers

    Gunslingers

  • Stranded

    Stranded

  • Ghost Guns

    Ghost Guns

  • Doctor Bull

    Doctor Bull

  • Wild West

    Wild West

  • Mata Hari

    Mata Hari

  • Ann Vickers

    Ann Vickers

  • Mad Love

    Mad Love

  • Trail Street

    Trail Street

  • Sob Sister

    Sob Sister

  • Grand Hotel

    Grand Hotel

  • Dakota

    Dakota

  • Chad Hanna

    Chad Hanna

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • A Woman's Face

    A Woman's Face

  • Possessed

    Possessed

  • Hangmen Also Die!

    Hangmen Also Die!

  • Red-Headed Woman

    Red-Headed Woman

  • The Pride of the Yankees

    The Pride of the Yankees

  • Young America

    Young America

  • Cross-Examination

    Cross-Examination

  • Companionate Marriage

    Companionate Marriage

  • Love and Learn

    Love and Learn

  • Angel on My Shoulder

    Angel on My Shoulder

  • House by the River

    House by the River

  • Little Tough Guys in Society

    Little Tough Guys in Society

  • Today

    Today

  • Ramrod

    Ramrod

  • Girl Rush

    Girl Rush

  • Rasputin and the Empress

    Rasputin and the Empress

  • The Man Who Lost Himself

    The Man Who Lost Himself

  • The Kettles in the Ozarks

    The Kettles in the Ozarks

  • This Gun for Hire

    This Gun for Hire

  • Lady in a Jam

    Lady in a Jam

  • Murder by Invitation

    Murder by Invitation

  • Assignment in Brittany

    Assignment in Brittany

  • The Corsican Brothers

    The Corsican Brothers

  • Youth on Parole

    Youth on Parole

  • Wonder of Women

    Wonder of Women

  • The Bugle Call

    The Bugle Call

  • In Old Colorado

    In Old Colorado

  • Exiled to Shanghai

    Exiled to Shanghai

  • Lone Star Raiders

    Lone Star Raiders

  • Let Freedom Ring

    Let Freedom Ring

  • The Return of the Whistler

    The Return of the Whistler

  • The Zero Hour

    The Zero Hour

  • Off the Record

    Off the Record

  • Riders of the Dawn

    Riders of the Dawn

  • Heart of the Rio Grande

    Heart of the Rio Grande

  • Bad Girl

    Bad Girl

  • I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million

  • Prince of Players

    Prince of Players

  • The Master Key

    The Master Key

  • Reg'lar Fellers

    Reg'lar Fellers

  • Utah Wagon Train

    Utah Wagon Train

  • Big Jim McLain

    Big Jim McLain

  • So Goes My Love

    So Goes My Love

  • The Yellow Ticket

    The Yellow Ticket

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Romance of the Limberlost

    Romance of the Limberlost

  • Face in the Sky

    Face in the Sky

  • Private Snuffy Smith

    Private Snuffy Smith

  • The Mad Monster

    The Mad Monster

  • San Diego I Love You

    San Diego I Love You

  • Riders of the West

    Riders of the West

  • Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

  • Forgotten Girls

    Forgotten Girls

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • Tess of the Storm Country

    Tess of the Storm Country

  • Family Troubles

    Family Troubles

  • The Defense Rests

    The Defense Rests

  • Tomorrow's Children

    Tomorrow's Children

  • That Brennan Girl

    That Brennan Girl

  • Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

    Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

  • The Hoosier Schoolmaster

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster

  • Casanova Brown

    Casanova Brown

  • A Life of Her Own

    A Life of Her Own

  • Song of Old Wyoming

    Song of Old Wyoming

  • Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

  • The Dude Goes West

    The Dude Goes West

  • Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

  • Billy the Kid

    Billy the Kid

  • Blondie of the Follies

    Blondie of the Follies

  • Girl with an Itch

    Girl with an Itch

  • He Was Her Man

    He Was Her Man

  • The Great Meadow

    The Great Meadow

  • Apology for Murder

    Apology for Murder

  • The Power of God

    The Power of God

  • So This Is Washington

    So This Is Washington

  • The Power and the Glory

    The Power and the Glory

  • The Sin of Nora Moran

    The Sin of Nora Moran

  • Women Won't Tell

    Women Won't Tell

  • The Midnight Lady

    The Midnight Lady

  • Range Law

    Range Law

  • Should a Girl Marry?

    Should a Girl Marry?

  • Women in Prison

    Women in Prison

  • Homicide

    Homicide

  • Joe Palooka, Champ

    Joe Palooka, Champ

  • My Dog Shep

    My Dog Shep

  • The Navy Way

    The Navy Way

  • The Navy Way

    The Navy Way

  • A Dog of Flanders

    A Dog of Flanders

  • Law and Order

    Law and Order

  • David Harum

    David Harum

  • City of Missing Girls

    City of Missing Girls

  • Range Justice

    Range Justice

  • As the Earth Turns

    As the Earth Turns

  • Man of Two Worlds

    Man of Two Worlds

  • The Important Witness

    The Important Witness

  • Trail to Gunsight

    Trail to Gunsight

  • Gentleman Joe Palooka

    Gentleman Joe Palooka

  • Marshal of Laredo

    Marshal of Laredo

  • Son of the Navy

    Son of the Navy

  • Idea Girl

    Idea Girl

  • Little Orphan Annie

    Little Orphan Annie

  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

  • Obey the Law

    Obey the Law

  • Joe Palooka in the Knockout

    Joe Palooka in the Knockout

  • Trifles

    Trifles

  • The Woman Who Did Not Care

    The Woman Who Did Not Care