May Whitty
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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
Filmography
The Sign of the Ram
1948
as Clara Brastock
The Return of October
1948
as Aunt Martha Grant
This Time for Keeps
1947
as Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Mother Superior
If Winter Comes
1947
as Mrs. Perch
Devotion
1946
as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945
as Mrs. Hughes
Gaslight
1944
as Miss Thwaites
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Nanny
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Dally
Madame Curie
1943
as Madame Eugene Curie
Crash Dive
1943
as Grandmother
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Lady Constance Longborough
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Baba
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Dame May Whitty
Forever and a Day
1943
as Lucy Trimble
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Lady Beldon
Thunder Birds
1942
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
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
Night Must Fall
1937
as Mrs. Bramson
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Keep Your Seats, Please
1936
as Aunt Georgina Withers
The Little Minister
1915
as Nanny Webster