May Whitty
June 19, 1865 (159 years old) in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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
Credits
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Miss Froy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1948 · The Return of October as Aunt Martha Grant
- 1948 · The Sign of the Ram as Clara Brastock
- 1947 · If Winter Comes as Mrs. Perch
- 1947 · This Time for Keeps as Grandmother Cambaretti
- 1947 · Green Dolphin Street as Mother Superior
- 1946 · Devotion as Lady Thornton
- 1945 · My Name Is Julia Ross as Mrs. Hughes
- 1944 · The White Cliffs of Dover as Nanny
- 1944 · Gaslight as Bessie Thwaites
- 1943 · 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
- 1942 · Thunder Birds as Lady Jane Stackhouse
- 1942 · Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as
- 1942 · Mrs. Miniver as Lady Beldon
- 1941 · Suspicion as Mrs. McLaidlaw
- 1941 · One Night In Lisbon as Florence
- 1940 · A Bill of Divorcement as Aunt Hester Fairfield
- 1940 · Return to Yesterday as Mrs Emily Truscott
- 1939 · Raffles as Lady Melrose
- 1938 · The Lady Vanishes as Miss Froy
- 1938 · I Met My Love Again as Aunt William
- 1937 · Conquest as Laetitia Bonaparte
- 1937 · The Thirteenth Chair as Mme. Rosalie La Grange
- 1937 · Night Must Fall as Mrs. Bramson
- 1936 · Keep Your Seats, Please as Aunt Georgina Withers
- 1915 · The Little Minister as Nanny Webster