May Whitty
Born: 1865-06-19 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Died: 1948-05-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors union Equity was established in her home. After a successful career she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. She went to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
1948
- The Sign of the Ram as Clara Brastock
- The Return of October as Aunt Martha Grant
1947
- Green Dolphin Street as Mother Superior
- If Winter Comes as Mrs. Perch
- This Time for Keeps as Grandmother Cambaretti
1946
- Devotion as Lady Thornton
1945
- My Name Is Julia Ross as Mrs. Hughes
1944
- Gaslight as Miss Thwaites
- The White Cliffs of Dover as Nanny
1943
- Lassie Come Home as Dally
- Madame Curie as Madame Eugene Curie
- Crash Dive as Grandmother
- Forever and a Day as Lucy Trimble
- The Constant Nymph as Lady Constance Longborough
- Stage Door Canteen as Dame May Whitty
- Slightly Dangerous as Baba
- Flesh and Fantasy as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1942
- Mrs. Miniver as Lady Beldon
- Thunder Birds as Lady Jane Stackhouse
- Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1941
- Suspicion as Mrs. McLaidlaw
- One Night In Lisbon as Florence
1940
- Return to Yesterday as Mrs Emily Truscott
- A Bill of Divorcement as Aunt Hester Fairfield
1939
- Raffles as Lady Melrose
1938
- The Lady Vanishes as Miss Froy
- I Met My Love Again as Aunt William
1937
- Conquest as Laetitia Bonaparte
- Night Must Fall as Mrs. Bramson
- The Thirteenth Chair as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
1936
- Keep Your Seats, Please as Aunt Georgina Withers
1915
- The Little Minister as Nanny Webster