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
- Irene as Granny O'Dare
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Cecilia Dangerfield
- Granny Get Your Gun as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Rappard
- Four Wives as Aunt Etta
- They Made Me a Criminal as Grandma Rafferty
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as 'Granny' Whitman
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Grandma
- Daughters Courageous as Penny, the Housekeeper
- Breakdowns of 1939 as Self
- 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
- Rainbow on the River as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
- The Captain's Kid as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
1935
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as Judith Paris
- Reckless as Mrs. Granny Leslie
- Strangers All as Anna Carter
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Grand Old Girl as Laura Bayles
- Age of Indiscretion as Emma Shaw
- Movies on Sundays as Herself (uncredited)
1934
- Straight Is the Way as Mrs. Horowitz
- Mills of the Gods as Mary Hastings
- You Can't Buy Everything as Mrs. Hannah Bell
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Lady by Choice as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
1933
- Dinner at Eight as Mrs. Wendel
- Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- Dancing Lady as Dolly Todhunter
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen Of Hearts
- One Man's Journey as Sarah
- Broadway to Hollywood as Veteran Actress
- The White Sister as Mother Superior
- The Solitaire Man as Mrs. Vail
- Reunion in Vienna as Frau Lucher
- Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Merrick
- Men Must Fight as Maman Seward
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
- The King of Kings as Mother of Gestas
- Chicago as Mrs. Morton - Matron
- Rubber Tires as Mrs. Stack
- Turkish Delight as Tsakran
- The Angel of Broadway as Big Bertha
- A Harp in Hock as Mrs. Banks
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary as Aunt Mary Watkins
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