Person
May Whitty
Acting · 1865–1948 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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
Known for
Gaslight
Miss Thwaites
Suspicion
Mrs. McLaidlaw
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
Thunder Birds
Lady Jane Stackhouse
Mrs. Miniver
Lady Beldon
Lassie Come Home
Dally
Green Dolphin Street
Mother Superior
Madame Curie
Madame Eugene Curie
Flesh and Fantasy
Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
The White Cliffs of Dover
Nanny
Filmography
- 1948The Return of OctoberAunt Martha Grant
- 1948The Sign of the RamClara Brastock
- 1947If Winter ComesMrs. Perch
- 1947This Time for KeepsGrandmother Cambaretti
- 1947Green Dolphin StreetMother Superior
- 1946DevotionLady Thornton
- 1945My Name Is Julia RossMrs. Hughes
- 1944The White Cliffs of DoverNanny
- 1944GaslightMiss Thwaites
- 1943Madame CurieMadame Eugene Curie
- 1943Lassie Come HomeDally
- 1943Flesh and FantasyPamela Hardwick (segment 2)
- 1943Stage Door CanteenDame May Whitty
- 1943The Constant NymphLady Constance Longborough
- 1943Crash DiveGrandmother
- 1943Slightly DangerousBaba
- 1943Forever and a DayLucy Trimble
- 1942Thunder BirdsLady Jane Stackhouse
- 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
- 1942Mrs. MiniverLady Beldon
- 1941SuspicionMrs. McLaidlaw
- 1941One Night In LisbonFlorence
- 1940A Bill of DivorcementAunt Hester Fairfield
- 1940Return to YesterdayMrs Emily Truscott
- 1939RafflesLady Melrose
- 1938The Lady VanishesMiss Froy
- 1938I Met My Love AgainAunt William
- 1937ConquestLaetitia Bonaparte
- 1937The Thirteenth ChairMrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
- 1937Night Must FallMrs. Bramson
- 1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseAunt Georgina Withers
- 1915The Little MinisterNanny Webster
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