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Fern Emmett

Actor · Died September 3, 1946, aged 50 · Oakland, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fern Emmett (March 22, 1896 – September 3, 1946) was an American film actress. She appeared in 212 films between 1930 and 1946. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fern Emmett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 21, 1896
Died
September 3, 1946 (aged 50)
From
Oakland, California, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
61 on MovieCove · 166 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Down 35% in 30 days

What are Fern Emmett's films like?

Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
62%
Bonds
20%
Society
15%
Survival
3%
Justice9 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 8 · Serious 5 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 7 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 12 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 13 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
9
Thrilling
5
Joyful
3
Hopeful
4
Absurd
3
Other
8

How their films linger

Fun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Fern Emmett's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 61 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (18).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Fern Emmett's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

166 credits, 61 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Trouble with Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Landlady (uncredited)

  • The People's Choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Actor

  • Pillow of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Actor

  • A Song to Remember(1945)

    as Madame Lambert (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • San Diego I Love You(1944)

    as Mrs. Callope

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Jungle Woman(1944)

    as Beth's Neighbor (archive footage / uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Tale of a Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Gossiper

  • It Happened Tomorrow(1944)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Is Everybody Happy? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Mrs. Broadbelt

  • The West Side Kid(1943)

    as Landlady

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • First Comes Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Dress Designer (uncredited) · as Dress designer

  • Captive Wild Woman(1943)

    as Beth's Murdered Neighbor (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Gildersleeve's Bad Day(1943)

    as Mrs. Marvin (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Dead Men Walk(1943)

    as Kate

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • A Stranger in Town(1943)

    as Hotel Maid

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Slightly Dangerous(1943)

    as Burden's maid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Quiet Please, Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Miss Philbert

  • Keep 'Em Slugging (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Lady in 'poiple'

  • Cinderella Swings It (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Clara Potts

  • The Sundown Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Agnes Peabody

  • The Great Gildersleeve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Second Old Crow

  • My Heart Belongs to Daddy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Josephine-the Maid

  • Calling All Pa's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Grandma Thunderstruck (uncredited)

  • The Mummy's Tomb(1942)

    as Laura - Wedding Dress Seamstress (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Police Bullets (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Mrs. Bowse

  • Henry Aldrich, Editor(1942)

    as Miss Bryant

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • In Old California(1942)

    as Mrs. Coggins

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    as Will's Wife (uncredited)

  • The Tuttles of Tahiti(1942)

    as Martha (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Shut My Big Mouth(1942)

    as Hotel Maid

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Valley of the Sun(1942)

    as Spinster (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Woman of the Year(1942)

    as Mrs. Calverton (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • You're in the Army Now(1941)

    as Farmer's Wife

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Go West, Young Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Townswoman

  • Miss Polly(1941)

    as Mrs. Frisbee

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • One Foot in Heaven(1941)

    as Woman Gossip (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Great Man's Lady(1941)

    as City Editor's Secretary

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Henry Aldrich for President (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Mrs. Perkins

  • Jesse James at Bay(1941)

    as Mrs. Emmy Davis

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Six-Gun Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Jenny Blanchard

  • The Shepherd of the Hills(1941)

    as Mrs. Palestrom

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Love Crazy(1941)

    as Martha - Ireland's Maid

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Scattergood Pulls the Strings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Clara Potts

  • She Knew All the Answers(1941)

    as Woman Applicant

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • In Old Cheyenne(1941)

    as Miss Smith

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Pot o' Gold(1941)

    as Boy's Mother (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • The Monster and the Girl(1941)

    as Woman Social Organizer (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Scattergood Baines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Clara Potts

  • Keeping Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Miller

  • Michael Shayne: Private Detective(1940)

    as Jenny

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Arise, My Love(1940)

    as Spinster (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Rangers of Fortune (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Ellis

  • Triple Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Martha Hathaway

  • Young People(1940)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Lady in Question(1940)

    as Natalie Roguin #2 (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Lucky Partners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)

  • Deadwood Dick (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Miranda

  • Star Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Della

  • Half a Sinner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Margaret Reed

  • Young Tom Edison(1940)

    as Mrs. McCarney

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Little Orvie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Mrs. Jackson

  • Abe Lincoln in Illinois(1940)

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Hidden Enemy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Aunt Mary

  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk(1940)

    as Housekeeper Annie

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Reno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Shayne's Secretary

  • Saga of Death Valley(1939)

    as Miss Minnie

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Sabotage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as (uncredited)

  • Desperate Trails (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Plunkett

  • The Rains Came(1939)

    as Hindu Woman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • In Name Only(1939)

    as Hotel Chambermaid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • They Shall Have Music(1939)

    as Woman on Steps (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • I Stole a Million(1939)

    as Visitor in Hospital (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Frontier Marshal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Hotel Maid

  • Second Fiddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Townswoman

  • Lucky Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Mrs. Applewaite (uncredited)

  • The Story of Alexander Graham Bell(1939)

    as Mac Gregor's Maid

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Wife, Husband and Friend(1939)

    as Maid

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Tail Spin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Matilda, Gerry's Maid (Uncredited)

  • Made for Each Other(1939)

    as Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Boy Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Receptionist

  • Pirates of the Skies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Actor

  • Swing, Sister, Swing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Customer

  • Overland Stage Raiders(1938)

    as Ma Hawkins

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Crime Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Alice-Phoebe's Maid

  • You and Me(1938)

    as Mother of Nasty Little Girl (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Hunted Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Miss Quinn

  • Female Fugitive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Cook who quits

  • Assassin of Youth(1938)

    as Henrietta Frisbee

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Wells Fargo(1937)

    as Mrs. Jenkins

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Amateur Crook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Sarah, Ephraim's Wife

  • Fight for Your Lady(1937)

    as Maid (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Girls Can Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Actor

  • Dangerous Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Aunt Elsie

  • Come On, Cowboys(1937)

    as Bus Passenger Mother

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Michael O'Halloran (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Ella (uncredited)

  • Jim Hanvey, Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Noisy Neighbor (uncredited)

  • Paradise Express(1937)

    as Landlady

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Sea Devils (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Miss McGonigle - Librarian (uncredited)

  • The Devil Diamond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Miss Wallace

  • Riders of the Whistling Skull(1937)

    as Henrietta McCoy

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Don't Turn 'em Loose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Hattie - Webster Housekeeper

  • Walking on Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Bennett's Maid (uncredited)

  • Swing Time(1936)

    as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • M'Liss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Mrs. Larkin

  • Burning Gold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Cousin Lena

  • Fatal Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as American Tourist (uncredited)

  • The Harvester (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Miss Sophronia

  • The Trail of the Lonesome Pine(1936)

    as Lena Tolliver

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Dancing Feet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Silas' Secretary

  • The Oregon Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Minnie

  • Two in the Dark(1936)

    as Housekeeper (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Three on a Limb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    as Molly's Mother

  • Heir to Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Amanda Witherspoon

  • Melody Trail(1935)

    as Nell - Cowgirl Foreman

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Texas Terror(1935)

    as Aunt Martha Hubbard

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The E-Flat Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Farmer's Wife

  • Smart Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Miss Brown

  • Motive for Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Mrs. Kenilworthy - Housekeeper

  • Big Calibre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Woman at Dance

  • The Marriage Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Sara 'Aunt Sis' Gordon

  • Loser's End(1935)

    as Molly O'Hara, the Cook

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Terror of the Plains(1934)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Curtain Falls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Undetermined Secondary Role

  • Wagon Wheels(1934)

    as Settler (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Happy Landing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Landlady

  • Gunfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Actor

  • City Limits (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Mrs. Benton

  • East of Fifth Avenue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Lizzie

  • His Weak Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Actor

  • The Trail Drive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Aunt Martha

  • Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Woman at Radio Station (uncredited)

  • Leave It to Dad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Miss Emmett, the Daughter

  • Hello, Everybody! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Ettie

  • She Done Him Wrong(1933)

    as Woman in Conversation (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Boy Oh Boy! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Woman with fur

  • The Devil Is Driving (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Garage Customer With Shapely Legs (uncredited)

  • Young Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mrs. Pettiwell

  • The Forty-Niners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Widow Spriggs

  • Honeymoon Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Ma Watts

  • Dynamite Denny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Marston's Nurse

  • Hollywood Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Landlady

  • Love in High Gear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Hotel Maid

  • Mother's Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Mother

  • Hollywood Luck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Actor

  • Bridge Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Al's wife, Mrs. Smith

  • Anybody's Goat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Fanny

  • Texas Buddies(1932)

    as Townswoman

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Idle Roomers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Actor

  • Queenie of Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Landlady (uncredited)

  • Neck and Neck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Aunt Susan

  • Mickey's Wildcats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Mrs. Davis

  • The Ridin' Fool (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Miss Scully

  • A Rider of the Plains (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Miss Whipple

  • Ten Nights in a Bar-room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Fanny

  • West of Cheyenne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Rose

  • The Itching Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Innkeeper's Wife (uncredited)

  • Westward Bound (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Emma

  • Knights Before Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Ma

  • The Land of Missing Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Martha Evans

  • Second Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Maid

  • Bar-L Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Mrs. Polk

  • Romance of the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Landlady

  • Mickey's Warriors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Society lady

  • Mickey's Champs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • Mickey's Surprise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Woman in audience

  • Say Uncle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 90th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 165 titles from 1928 to 1947.

Highest rated

Texas Terror (1935)

Midcredits 14th

Most popular right now

Saga of Death Valley (1939)

Film career

Top draw in 1 MovieCove title.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting165 of 165: 165 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score51st

By decade

1920s2 · acting1930s99 · acting1940s64 · acting

Billing

usually 20th · top billed in 0% of 16 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Fern Emmett's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 61; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 33rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

33rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

27thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

12thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 61 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th25
  • 25th to 49th19
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

29 of their 61 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser29
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed21

Most divisive · actor

Texas Buddies (1932)

78th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Swing Time (1936)

Midcredits 90th · 79% liked

Reviewers score the acting 56/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 66, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Fern Emmett work with?

People who share at least 2 of Fern Emmett's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joseph Kane shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers