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May Whitty

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May Whitty

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Jun 19, 1865 (161 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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

Acting
1948The Sign of the RamClara Brastock
1948The Return of OctoberAunt Martha Grant
1947This Time for KeepsGrandmother Cambaretti
1947Green Dolphin StreetMother Superior
1947If Winter ComesMrs. Perch
1946DevotionLady Thornton
1945My Name Is Julia RossMrs. Hughes
1944GaslightMiss Thwaites
1944The White Cliffs of DoverNanny
1943Lassie Come HomeDally
1943Madame CurieMadame Eugene Curie
1943Crash DiveGrandmother
1943The Constant NymphLady Constance Longborough
1943Flesh and FantasyPamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943Slightly DangerousBaba
1943Stage Door CanteenDame May Whitty
1943Forever and a DayLucy Trimble
1942Mrs. MiniverLady Beldon
1942Thunder BirdsLady Jane Stackhouse
1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1941SuspicionMrs. McLaidlaw
1941One Night In LisbonFlorence
1940A Bill of DivorcementAunt Hester Fairfield
1940Return to YesterdayMrs Emily Truscott
1939RafflesLady Melrose
1938The Lady VanishesMiss Froy
1938I Met My Love AgainAunt William
1937ConquestLaetitia Bonaparte
1937Night Must FallMrs. Bramson
1937The Thirteenth ChairMrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseAunt Georgina Withers
1915The Little MinisterNanny Webster