May Whitty
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
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Movies (32)
The Return of October
as Aunt Martha Grant
1948
The Sign of the Ram
as Clara Brastock
1948
If Winter Comes
as Mrs. Perch
1947
This Time for Keeps
as Grandmother Cambaretti
1947
Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior
1947
Devotion
as Lady Thornton
1946
My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes
1945
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Nanny
1944
Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites
1944
Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie
1943
Lassie Come Home
as Dally
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943
Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty
1943
The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough
1943
Crash Dive
as Grandmother
1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Baba
1943
Forever and a Day
as Lucy Trimble
1943
Thunder Birds
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon
1942
Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941
One Night In Lisbon
as Florence
1941
A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
1940
Return to Yesterday
as Mrs Emily Truscott
1940
Raffles
as Lady Melrose
1939
The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
1938
I Met My Love Again
as Aunt William
1938
Conquest
as Laetitia Bonaparte
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
1937
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
1937
Keep Your Seats, Please
as Aunt Georgina Withers
1936
The Little Minister
as Nanny Webster
1915