May Whitty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
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- Born:
- Jun 19, 1865 In Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 30
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Keep Your Seats, Please 1936-08-01
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Return of October 1948-10-26
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Return of October | Aunt Martha Grant | 1948-10-26 |
| Movie | The Sign of the Ram | Clara Brastock | 1948-03-03 |
| Movie | Green Dolphin Street | Mother Superior | 1947-01-15 |
| Movie | If Winter Comes | Mrs. Perch | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | This Time for Keeps | Grandmother Cambaretti | 1947-10-17 |
| Movie | Devotion | Lady Thornton | 1946-04-05 |
| Movie | My Name Is Julia Ross | Mrs. Hughes | 1945-11-08 |
| Movie | Gaslight | Bessie Thwaites | 1944-05-04 |
| Movie | The White Cliffs of Dover | Nanny | 1944-05-11 |
| Movie | The Constant Nymph | Lady Constance Longborough | 1943-06-23 |
| Movie | Forever and a Day | Lucy Trimble | 1943-01-21 |
| Movie | Slightly Dangerous | Baba | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | Crash Dive | Grandmother | 1943-04-22 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Dame May Whitty | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Madame Curie | Madame Eugene Curie | 1943-12-16 |
| Movie | Lassie Come Home | Dally | 1943-12-01 |
| Movie | Flesh and Fantasy | Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) | 1943-10-29 |
| Movie | Mrs. Miniver | Lady Beldon | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | Thunder Birds | Lady Jane Stackhouse | 1942-10-28 |
| Movie | Suspicion | Mrs. McLaidlaw | 1941-11-14 |
| Movie | One Night In Lisbon | Florence | 1941-06-13 |
| Movie | Return to Yesterday | Mrs Emily Truscott | 1940-03-09 |
| Movie | A Bill of Divorcement | Aunt Hester Fairfield | 1940-05-31 |
| Movie | Raffles | Lady Melrose | 1939-11-11 |
| Movie | I Met My Love Again | Aunt William | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | The Lady Vanishes | Miss Froy | 1938-10-07 |
| Movie | Night Must Fall | Mrs. Bramson | 1937-04-30 |
| Movie | Conquest | Laetitia Bonaparte | 1937-10-22 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Chair | Mme. Rosalie La Grange | 1937-05-07 |
| Movie | Keep Your Seats, Please | Aunt Georgina Withers | 1936-08-01 |