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
- Granny Get Your Gun as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again as Cecilia Dangerfield
- Breakdowns of 1940 as Self
1939
- Yes, My Darling Daughter as 'Granny' Whitman
- They Made Me a Criminal as Grandma Rafferty
- Nurse Edith Cavell as Mme. Rappard
- Four Wives as Aunt Etta
- Daughters Courageous as Penny, the Housekeeper
- That's Right – You're Wrong as Grandma
- 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
- Woman in Distress as Phoebe Tuttle
- The Perfect Specimen as Mrs. Leona Wicks
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
- Strangers All as Anna Carter
- Vanessa: Her Love Story as Judith Paris
- Grand Old Girl as Laura Bayles
- 3 Kids and a Queen as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Movies on Sundays as Herself (uncredited)
- Age of Indiscretion as Emma Shaw
1934
- The Hollywood Gad-About as Self (uncredited)
- Mills of the Gods as Mary Hastings
- You Can't Buy Everything as Mrs. Hannah Bell
- Straight Is the Way as Mrs. Horowitz
- Lady by Choice as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
1933
- Alice in Wonderland as Queen Of Hearts
- Dinner at Eight as Mrs. Wendel
- Lady for a Day as Apple Annie
- Reunion in Vienna as Frau Lucher
- Dancing Lady as Dolly Todhunter
- Beauty for Sale as Mrs. Merrick
- The White Sister as Mother Superior
- Broadway to Hollywood as Veteran Actress
- Men Must Fight as Maman Seward
- The Solitaire Man as Mrs. Vail
- One Man's Journey as Sarah
1932
- If I Had a Million as Mrs. Mary Walker
- Letty Lynton as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mother
- Red-Headed Woman as Aunt Jane
- Strange Interlude as Mrs. Evans
- 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