May Whitty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1865
- Died
- May 29, 1948 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Biography
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors union Equity was established in her home. After a successful career she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. She went to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Filmography
The Sign of the Ram
Movie · as Clara Brastock
The Return of October
Movie · as Aunt Martha Grant
This Time for Keeps
Movie · as Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street
Movie · as Mother Superior
If Winter Comes
Movie · as Mrs. Perch
Devotion
Movie · as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross
Movie · as Mrs. Hughes
Gaslight
Movie · as Miss Thwaites
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie · as Nanny
Lassie Come Home
Movie · as Dally
Madame Curie
Movie · as Madame Eugene Curie
Crash Dive
Movie · as Grandmother
The Constant Nymph
Movie · as Lady Constance Longborough
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie · as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Slightly Dangerous
Movie · as Baba
Stage Door Canteen
Movie · as Dame May Whitty
Forever and a Day
Movie · as Lucy Trimble
Mrs. Miniver
Movie · as Lady Beldon
Thunder Birds
Movie · as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie
Suspicion
Movie · as Mrs. McLaidlaw
One Night In Lisbon
Movie · as Florence
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie · as Aunt Hester Fairfield
Return to Yesterday
Movie · as Mrs Emily Truscott
Raffles
Movie · as Lady Melrose
The Lady Vanishes
Movie · as Miss Froy
I Met My Love Again
Movie · as Aunt William
Conquest
Movie · as Laetitia Bonaparte
Night Must Fall
Movie · as Mrs. Bramson
The 13th Chair
Movie · as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Keep Your Seats, Please
Movie · as Aunt Georgina Withers
The Little Minister
Movie · as Nanny Webster