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
- Four Mothers as Aunt Etta
- Million Dollar Baby as Cornelia Wheelwright
- Playmates as Grandma Kyser
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 as Self (uncredited)
1940
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Cecilia Dangerfield
- Granny Get Your Gun as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
- Irene as Granny O'Dare
1939
- Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Rappard
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as 'Granny' Whitman
- Four Wives as Aunt Etta
- They Made Me a Criminal as Grandma Rafferty
- Daughters Courageous as Penny, the Housekeeper
- Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Grandma
- The Kid from Kokomo as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
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
- The Perfect Specimen as Mrs. Leona Wicks
- Woman in Distress as Phoebe Tuttle
1936
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mimi Stanhope
- The Captain's Kid as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
- Rainbow on the River as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
1935
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
- Reckless as Mrs. Granny Leslie
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Strangers All as Anna Carter
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as Judith Paris
- Movies on Sundays as Herself (uncredited)
- Grand Old Girl as Laura Bayles
- Age of Indiscretion as Emma Shaw
1934
- Mills of the Gods as Mary Hastings
- Lady by Choice as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Straight Is the Way as Mrs. Horowitz
- You Can't Buy Everything as Mrs. Hannah Bell
1933
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen Of Hearts
- Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- Dinner at Eight as Mrs. Wendel
- Reunion in Vienna as Frau Lucher
- Dancing Lady as Dolly Todhunter
- Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Merrick
- Broadway to Hollywood as Veteran Actress
- The Solitaire Man as Mrs. Vail
- Men Must Fight as Maman Seward
- One Man's Journey as Sarah
- The White Sister as Mother Superior
1932
- Red-Headed Woman as Aunt Jane
- If I Had a Million as Mrs. Mary Walker
- Strange Interlude as Mrs. Evans
- Letty Lynton as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
- Little Orphan Annie as Mrs. Stewart
1931
1927
- Turkish Delight as Tsakran
- The King of Kings as Mother of Gestas
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Aunt Mary Watkins
- Chicago as Mrs. Morton - Matron
- The Angel of Broadway as Big Bertha
- Rubber Tires as Mrs. Stack
- A Harp in Hock as Mrs. Banks
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