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Died in her California home of injuries she sustained after tripping over her cat.

Though she often played loving mothers and wives, she never married nor had children.

Always said her greatest regret was not winning the role of "Ma Joad" in John Ford's Früchte des Zorns (1940). Bondi was also bitterly disappointed when, after replacing an ailing May Robson in Selznick's Die Abenteuer von Tom Sawyer und Huckleberry Finn (1938), she was herself replaced by Robson who recovered from her illness more quickly than anticipated.

Received a master's degree from Valparaiso University in oratory.

Beulah changed the spelling of her last name from Bondy to Bondi so the letters would all fit on one line for top billing on movie marquees. The "y" in Bondy was problematic since it would fall below the other letters and cause spacing issues. It was reported that the name change was due to A. O. Bondy's (her father) ill feelings towards Beulah's acting career. Quite the contrary. A. O. Bondy was manager of the Memorial Opera House at the time Beulah got her big break as Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Was in six Oscar Best Picture nominees: Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939), Unsere kleine Stadt (1940), Mit einem Fuß im Himmel (1941), Die Wacht am Rhein (1943), Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1946) and Die Schlangengrube (1948).

Portrayed James Stewart's mother in four films: Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1946), Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939), Of Human Hearts (1938) and Vivacious Lady (1938), as well as on an episode of his television series, Alle meine Lieben (1971).

She has appeared in three films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Kein Platz für Eltern (1937), Mr. Smith geht nach Washington (1939) and Ist das Leben nicht schön? (1946).

Made her stage debut at age 9, in the title role of "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Memorial Opera House in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Made her Broadway debut in ''One of the Family'' (1925) playing - at age 37 - a 70 year old woman.

Paternal granddaughter of Gabriel and Mary (née Rosenblatt) Bondy (1825-1907). Both were born in Germany and emigrated to America in 1853.

The New Year song "Auld Lang Syne" is featured prominently in two of her films, "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Remember the Night".

Beulah Bondi was born Beulah Bondy to Adolph O. Bondy and Eva M. Marble in Chicago, IL.

Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.

Maternal granddaughter of Jonathan (1810-1869), born in the state of Pennsylvania, and Melissa (née Fisher) Marble (1829-1914), born in the state of Indiana.