Zeffie Tilbury
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress. Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England. She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Gr...
Known For
Filmography
MGM Parade
1955
as Self
Flying with Music
1942
as Fortune Teller
Tobacco Road
1941
as Grandma Lester
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Granny Carson
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Grandma Joad
She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Ma Hawkins
Emergency Squad
1940
as Mrs. Cobb
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Granny Stokes
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mrs. Sanders
Boy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Jepson
Tell No Tales
1939
as Miss Mary
Lady of the Tropics
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon
Balalaika
1939
as Natalya Petrovna
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aunt Meg
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Mrs. Weevens
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Grandma
Kidnapped
1938
as Old Woman
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Hunted Men
1938
as Flower Woman
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Zeffie
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Drunk in Jail Cell
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
as The Duchess de Lovely
The King Without a Crown
1937
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Miss Gordon
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Mrs. Lane
Hideaway
1937
as Mrs. Beamish
Maid of Salem
1937
as Goody Hodgers
Federal Bullets
1937
as Mrs. Crippen
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Mrs. Nash
Parnell
1937
as Old Lady
Desire
1936
as Aunt Olga
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Mrs. Daniel Beall
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Esther Warren
The White Angel
1936
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
Grandma's Buoys
1936
as Grandma
After the Thin Man
1936
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Vamp Till Ready
1936
as Woman
Second Childhood
1936
as Grandma
Camille
1936
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
Old Hutch
1936
as Elderly Woman in Bank
Parole!
1936
as Molly Smith
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Old Woman at Chalet
The Bohemian Girl
1936
as Gypsy Queen
Werewolf of London
1935
as Mrs. Moncaster
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as The Opium Woman
Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Women Must Dress
1935
as Peg Martin
Navy Wife
1935
as Bridge Player
Stranded
1935
as Old Hag (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Bad Boy
1935
as Deaf Woman
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Old Townswoman
The Fuller Gush Man
1934
as Grandma
Ocean Swells
1934
as Auntie
Mystery Liner
1934
as Granny Plimpton
Two Alone
1934
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Miss Turner (uncredited)
Blind Adventure
1933
Made on Broadway
1933
as Aunt Ada
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
as Mrs. Luce
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Lady Daley
The Single Standard
1929
as Mrs. Handley
The Night of Love
1927
as Lady in Waiting
Another Scandal
1924
as Brownie
Camille
1921
as Prudence
Big Game
1921
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop
The Marriage of William Ashe
1921
as Lady Tranmore
Mothers of Men
1920
as Mrs. De La Motte
Clothes
1920
as Mrs. Cathcart
The Avalanche
1919
as Mrs. Ruyler
A Society Exile
1919
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby
Blind Man's Luck
1917
as Mrs. Guerton