- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 18, 1863
- Place of Birth
- Paddington, London, England, UK
- Died
- July 24, 1950
Zeffie Tilbury
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 Grapes of Wrath and Grandma Lester in Tobacco Road. She appeared in over 70 films. Her earliest surviving silent film is the Valentino / Nazimova 1921 production of Camille. Tilbury is probably best remembered as the old lady who is befriended by Spanky and his friends on her birthday and, as a result, is transformed from a lonely, disagreeable recluse to a happy and loving carefree soul in the 193…
Filmography
tvMGM Parade
1955 · Self
movieFlying with Music
1942 · Fortune Teller
movieSheriff of Tombstone
1941 · Granny Carson
movieTobacco Road
1941 · Grandma Lester
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1940 · Ma Hawkins
movieComin' Round the Mountain
1940 · Granny Stokes
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940 · Grandma Joad
movieThe Earl of Chicago
1940 · Miss Nana (uncredited)
movieEmergency Squad
1940 · Mrs. Cobb
movieBalalaika
1939 · Natalya Petrovna
movieLady of the Tropics
1939 · Woman Congratulating Manon
movieTell No Tales
1939 · Miss Mary
movieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 · Mrs. Sanders
movieBoy Trouble
1939 · Mrs. Jepson
movieArrest Bulldog Drummond
1938 · Aunt Meg
movieMarie Antoinette
1938 · Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
movieWoman Against Woman
1938 · Grandma
movieKidnapped
1938 · Old Woman
movieHunted Men
1938 · Flower Woman
movieBulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Mrs. Weevens
movieFederal Bullets
1937 · Mrs. Crippen
movieThe King Without a Crown
1937 · Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
movieBulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937 · Zeffie
movieIt Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Miss Gordon
movieHideaway
1937 · Mrs. Beamish
movieRhythm in the Clouds
1937 · The Duchess de Lovely
movieParnell
1937 · Old Lady
movieMidnight Taxi
1937 · Mrs. Lane
movieMaid of Salem
1937 · Goody Hodgers
movieBulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 · Drunk in Jail Cell
movieUnder Cover of Night
1937 · Mrs. Nash
movieCamille
1936 · Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936 · Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Grandma's Buoys
movieGrandma's Buoys
1936 · Grandma
movieOld Hutch
1936 · Elderly Woman in Bank
movieGive Me Your Heart
1936 · Esther Warren
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936 · Mrs. Daniel Beall
movieAnthony Adverse
1936 · Old Woman at Chalet
movieThe White Angel
1936 · Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
movieParole!
1936 · Molly Smith
movieDesire
1936 · Aunt Olga
movieSecond Childhood
1936 · Grandma
movieVamp Till Ready
1936 · Woman
movieThe Bohemian Girl
1936 · Gypsy Queen
movieBad Boy
1935 · Deaf Woman
movieThe Last Days of Pompeii
1935 · The Wise Woman (uncredited)
movieNavy Wife
1935 · Bridge Player
movieAlice Adams
1935 · Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
movieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · Old Townswoman
movieStranded
1935 · Old Hag (uncredited)
moviePublic Hero Number 1
1935 · Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
movieWerewolf of London
1935 · Mrs. Moncaster
movieThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935 · The Opium Woman
movieWomen Must Dress
1935 · Peg Martin
The Fuller Gush Man
movieThe Fuller Gush Man
1934 · Grandma
Ocean Swells
movieOcean Swells
1934 · Auntie
movieBachelor Bait
1934 · Miss Turner (uncredited)
movieMystery Liner
1934 · Granny Plimpton
movieTwo Alone
1934 · Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
movieBlind Adventure
1933
movieMade on Broadway
1933 · Aunt Ada
movieCharlie Chan Carries On
1931 · Mrs. Luce
movieThe Ship from Shanghai
1930 · Lady Daley
movieThe Single Standard
1929 · Mrs. Handley
movieThe Night of Love
1927 · Lady in Waiting
movieAnother Scandal
1924 · Brownie
movieCamille
1921 · Prudence
movieBig Game
1921 · Aunt Sarah Winthrop
movieThe Marriage of William Ashe
1921 · Lady Tranmore
movieClothes
1920 · Mrs. Cathcart
movieMothers of Men
1920 · Mrs. De La Motte
movieA Society Exile
1919 · Mrs. Stanley Shelby
movieThe Avalanche
1919 · Mrs. Ruyler
movieBlind Man's Luck
1917 · Mrs. Guerton