Acting
May Whitty
EN cinema · 32 credits
Born
19 June 1865
Died
29 May 1948 (aged 82)
Birthplace
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Also known as Mary Louise Whitty · Mary Louisa Whitty · Mary Louise Webster · Dame Mary Louise Webster · Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE · May Whitty
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
as Clara Brastock
The Return of October
as Aunt Martha Grant
This Time for Keeps
as Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior
If Winter Comes
as Mrs. Perch
Devotion
as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes
Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites
Lassie Come Home
as Dally
Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie
Crash Dive
as Grandmother
The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough
Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty
Forever and a Day
as Lucy Trimble
Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon
Thunder Birds
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
One Night In Lisbon
as Florence
A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
Return to Yesterday
as Mrs Emily Truscott
Raffles
as Lady Melrose
The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
I Met My Love Again
as Aunt William
Conquest
as Laetitia Bonaparte
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
The 13th Chair
as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Keep Your Seats, Please
as Aunt Georgina Withers
The Little Minister
1915
The Little Minister
as Nanny Webster