She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temple's Storybook production of "Sleeping Beauty", although she is probably seen most often in "Going My Way" as Father Fitzgibbon's elderly mother. Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USA Date of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Stars in My Crown
(Granny Gailbraith (uncredited))
Son of Dracula
(Madame Queen Zimba)
Come Live with Me
(Grandma)
Street of Chance
(Grandma Diedrich)
Witness to Murder
(The Old Lady - Mental Patient (as Adeline de Walt Reynolds))
The Human Comedy
(Librarian)
The Tuttles of Tahiti
(Mama Ruau)
Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
(Madame Zimba (archive footage))
The Sickle or the Cross
(Mrs. Burnside)
Lydia Bailey
(Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited))
Edge of Hell
(Himself)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
(Mrs. Waters (uncredited))
Going My Way
(Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited))
Happy Land
(Mrs. Schneider (uncredited))
Here Comes the Groom
(Aunt Amy (uncredited))
Pony Soldier
(White Moon (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds))
Iceland
(Grandma (uncredited))
The Little Witch
(Dona Lucia Castillo)
Behind the Rising Sun
(Grandmother)
The Corn Is Green
(Old Woman Reading (uncredited))
The Girl from Manhattan
(Old woman)
Tales of Manhattan
(Grandmother)
Three Lives
(Mrs. Vadney)
Shirley Temple's Storybook
(Old Woman)