Spring Byington
Gender: Female
Born: 17th October 1886
Died: 7th September 1971
Nationality: United States of America
TV programs: December Bride, Laramie
Movies: In the Good Old Summertime, Little Women, The Blue Bird, I'll Be Seeing You, Dragonwyck, Walk Softly, Stranger, Please Don't Eat the Daisies, Werewolf of London, Living in a Big Way, The Big Wheel, Rings on Her Fingers, You Can't Take It With You, Hotel Haywire, Louisa, Roxie Hart, A Family Affair, Ah, Wilderness!, The Devil and Miss Jones, Dodsworth, Mutiny on the Bounty, Jezebel, Thrill of a Romance, Heaven Can Wait, Angels in the Outfield, Presenting Lily Mars, Meet John Doe, Way Down East, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Arkansas Judge, The Voice of Bugle Ann, Cynthia, The War Against Mrs. Hadley, The Vanishing Virginian, Faithful in My Fashion, Little Mister Jim, My Brother Talks to Horses, The Skipper Surprised His Wife, Bannerline, Meet Me on Broadway
Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Byington was born Spring Dell Byington in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She had one younger sister, Helene Kimball Byington, born September 4, 1890, in Colorado. Their father was Professor Edwin Lee Byington (1852–1891), a well-respected educator and superintendent of schools in Colorado. When he died unexpectedly, his wife, Helene Maud Cleghorn Byington, decided to send daughter Helene to live with her parents, Arthur and Charlotte Cleghorn, in Port Hope, Ontario while Spring remained with family in Denver. Her mother moved to Boston and became a student at the Boston University School of Medicine where she graduated in 1896. After graduation she moved back to Denver, Colorado, and began a practice with fellow graduate, Dr. Mary Ford.
Byington played in amateur shows in her school days and graduated from North High School in 1904, and shortly afterward, at age 14, became a professional actress with the Elitch Garden Stock
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