May Robson
Born: 1858-04-17 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died: 1942-10-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
Filmography
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
- Joan of Paris as Mlle. Rosay
1941
- Million Dollar Baby as Cornelia Wheelwright
- Four Mothers as Aunt Etta
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Self (uncredited)
- Playmates as Grandma Kyser
1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Cecilia Dangerfield
- Granny Get Your Gun as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
- Irene as Granny O'Dare
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Grandma
- They Made Me a Criminal as Grandma Rafferty
- Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Rappard
- The Kid from Kokomo as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
- Daughters Courageous as Penny, the Housekeeper
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as 'Granny' Whitman
- Four Wives as Aunt Etta
- Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
1938
- Bringing Up Baby as Aunt Elizabeth
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
- Four Daughters as Aunt Etta
- The Texans as Granna
1937
- A Star Is Born as Lettie Blodgett
- Woman in Distress as Phoebe Tuttle
- The Perfect Specimen as Mrs. Leona Wicks
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mimi Stanhope
- Rainbow on the River as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
- The Captain's Kid as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
1935
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Reckless as Mrs. Granny Leslie
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as Judith Paris
- Strangers All as Anna Carter
- Age of Indiscretion as Emma Shaw
- Grand Old Girl as Laura Bayles
- Movies on Sundays as Herself (uncredited)
1934
- Mills of the Gods as Mary Hastings
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- You Can't Buy Everything as Mrs. Hannah Bell
- Straight Is the Way as Mrs. Horowitz
- Lady by Choice as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Mrs. Wendel
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen Of Hearts
- Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- One Man's Journey as Sarah
- Dancing Lady as Dolly Todhunter
- Reunion in Vienna as Frau Lucher
- The White Sister as Mother Superior
- Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Merrick
- Broadway to Hollywood as Veteran Actress
- Men Must Fight as Maman Seward
- The Solitaire Man as Mrs. Vail
1932
- If I Had a Million as Mrs. Mary Walker
- Red-Headed Woman as Aunt Jane
- Letty Lynton as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mother
- Little Orphan Annie as Mrs. Stewart
- Strange Interlude as Mrs. Evans
1931
1927
- The King of Kings as Mother of Gestas
- Turkish Delight as Tsakran
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Aunt Mary Watkins
- A Harp in Hock as Mrs. Banks
- The Angel of Broadway as Big Bertha
- Chicago as Mrs. Morton - Matron
- Rubber Tires as Mrs. Stack
1926
- Pals in Paradise as Esther Lezinsky
1920
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
1916
- A Night Out as Granmum
1915
- How Molly Malone Made Good as Herself