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 Herself
1940
- Irene as Granny O'Dare
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Cecilia Dangerfield
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards as Self
- Granny Get Your Gun as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- Daughters Courageous as Penny, the Housekeeper
- Four Wives as Aunt Etta
- The Kid from Kokomo as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
- Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Rappard
- Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Grandma
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as 'Granny' Whitman
- They Made Me a Criminal as Grandma Rafferty
1938
- Four Daughters as Aunt Etta
- The Texans as Granna
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly
- Bringing Up Baby as Elizabeth Random
1937
- A Star Is Born as Lettie Blodgett
- The Perfect Specimen as Mrs. Leona Wicks
- Woman in Distress as Phoebe Tuttle
1936
- The Captain's Kid as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
- Rainbow on the River as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
- Wife vs. Secretary as Mimi Stanhope
1935
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
- Reckless as Mrs. Granny Leslie
- Age of Indiscretion as Emma Shaw
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Movies on Sundays as Herself (uncredited)
- Grand Old Girl as Laura Bayles
- Strangers All as Anna Carter
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as Judith Paris
1934
- Straight Is the Way as Mrs. Horowitz
- Mills of the Gods as Mary Hastings
- You Can't Buy Everything as Mrs. Hannah Bell
- Lady by Choice as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Mrs. Wendel
- Dancing Lady as Dolly Todhunter
- One Man's Journey as Sarah
- Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- The Solitaire Man as Mrs. Vail
- Broadway to Hollywood as Veteran Actress
- The White Sister as Mother Superior
- Reunion in Vienna as Frau Lucher
- Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Merrick
- Men Must Fight as Maman Seward
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen Of Hearts
1932
- Red-Headed Woman as Aunt Jane
- If I Had a Million as Mrs. Mary Walker
- Letty Lynton as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
- Strange Interlude as Mrs. Evans
- Little Orphan Annie as Mrs. Stewart
1931
1927
- Rubber Tires as Mrs. Stack
- Chicago as Mrs. Morton - Matron
- The King of Kings as Mother of Gestas
- A Harp in Hock as Mrs. Banks
- The Angel of Broadway as Big Bertha
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