May Whitty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1865
- Died
- May 29, 1948
- Birthplace
- 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
Filmography
The Return of October 1948
as Aunt Martha Grant
The Sign of the Ram 1948
as Clara Brastock
If Winter Comes 1947
as Mrs. Perch
This Time for Keeps 1947
as Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street 1947
as Mother Superior
Devotion 1946
as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross 1945
as Mrs. Hughes
The White Cliffs of Dover 1944
as Nanny
Gaslight 1944
as Miss Thwaites
Madame Curie 1943
as Madame Eugene Curie
Lassie Come Home 1943
as Dally
Flesh and Fantasy 1943
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Stage Door Canteen 1943
as Dame May Whitty
The Constant Nymph 1943
as Lady Constance Longborough
Crash Dive 1943
as Grandmother
Slightly Dangerous 1943
as Baba
Forever and a Day 1943
as Lucy Trimble
Thunder Birds 1942
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 1942
Actor
Mrs. Miniver 1942
as Lady Beldon
Suspicion 1941
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
One Night In Lisbon 1941
as Florence
A Bill of Divorcement 1940
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
Return to Yesterday 1940
as Mrs Emily Truscott
Raffles 1939
as Lady Melrose
The Lady Vanishes 1938
as Miss Froy
I Met My Love Again 1938
as Aunt William
Conquest 1937
as Laetitia Bonaparte
The 13th Chair 1937
as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Night Must Fall 1937
as Mrs. Bramson
Keep Your Seats, Please 1936
as Aunt Georgina Withers
- The Little Minister
The Little Minister 1915
as Nanny Webster
Credits from TMDB.