The Matronly Madge Blake
Madge Blake (Madge Cummings, 1899-1969) was one of those Grandma Moses actors. She didn’t take the plunge into acting professionally until she was 50 years old, but she flourished. She specialized in playing silly, parochial older women, a kind of heir to Spring Byington. Her best known roles were the parts of Larry Mondello’s mother […]