- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 19, 1865
- Place of Birth
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Died
- May 29, 1948
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
Filmography
movieThe Return of October
1948 · Aunt Martha Grant
movieThe Sign of the Ram
1948 · Clara Brastock
movieIf Winter Comes
1947 · Mrs. Perch
movieThis Time for Keeps
1947 · Grandmother Cambaretti
movieGreen Dolphin Street
1947 · Mother Superior
movieDevotion
1946 · Lady Thornton
movieMy Name Is Julia Ross
1945 · Mrs. Hughes
movieThe White Cliffs of Dover
1944 · Nanny
movieGaslight
1944 · Miss Thwaites
movieMadame Curie
1943 · Madame Eugene Curie
movieLassie Come Home
1943 · Dally
movieFlesh and Fantasy
1943 · Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
movieStage Door Canteen
1943 · Dame May Whitty
movieThe Constant Nymph
1943 · Lady Constance Longborough
movieCrash Dive
1943 · Grandmother
movieSlightly Dangerous
1943 · Baba
movieForever and a Day
1943 · Lucy Trimble
movieThunder Birds
1942 · Lady Jane Stackhouse
movieHedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
movieMrs. Miniver
1942 · Lady Beldon
movieSuspicion
1941 · Mrs. McLaidlaw
movieOne Night In Lisbon
1941 · Florence
movieA Bill of Divorcement
1940 · Aunt Hester Fairfield
movieReturn to Yesterday
1940 · Mrs Emily Truscott
movieRaffles
1939 · Lady Melrose
movieThe Lady Vanishes
1938 · Miss Froy
movieI Met My Love Again
1938 · Aunt William
movieConquest
1937 · Laetitia Bonaparte
movieThe Thirteenth Chair
1937 · Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
movieNight Must Fall
1937 · Mrs. Bramson
movieKeep Your Seats, Please
1936 · Aunt Georgina Withers
The Little Minister
movieThe Little Minister
1915 · Nanny Webster