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Spring Byington (17 October 1886 - 7 September
1971) was an United States|American actress.  Born
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, she began acting on
the stage in Denver, Colorado|Denver at the age of
14.  She eventually performed on Broadway, and
then debuted in movies in the 1933 production of
Little Women (1933 movie)|Little Women.

In 1938, Byington was nominated for the Academy
Award for Best Supporting Actress for You Can't
Take it With You.  Other movies included Mutiny on
the Bounty, Way Down East, Dodsworth, The Charge
of the Light Brigade, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938 film)|The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The
Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The Devil and Miss
Jones, Meet John Doe, Roxie Hart, Heaven Can Wait
(1943)|Heaven Can Wait, I'll Be Seeing You, The
Enchanted Cottage and In the Good Old Summertime.

By the early 1950s, Byington's movie career was on
the wane, when she was cast as the flighty
mother-in-law in the television sitcom December
Bride, which ran from 1954 - 1959.  From 1961 -
1963, she appeared in the Western (genre)|Western
series Laramie (TV series)|Laramie.

Byington has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame, one for movies at  6507 Hollywood Blvd. and
one for television at 6233 Hollywood Blvd.