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May Whitty

May Whitty

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

19/06/1865

Day of Death

29/05/1948
(83) 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... Read More

Known For

The Return of October

The Return of October

The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram

If Winter Comes

If Winter Comes

This Time for Keeps

This Time for Keeps

Green Dolphin Street

Green Dolphin Street

Devotion

Devotion

My Name Is Julia Ross

My Name Is Julia Ross

The White Cliffs of Dover

The White Cliffs of Dover

Gaslight

Gaslight

Madame Curie

Madame Curie

Filmography

Cast

1948

The Return of October

as Aunt Martha Grant

1948

The Sign of the Ram

as Clara Brastock

1947

If Winter Comes

as Mrs. Perch

1947

This Time for Keeps

as Grandmother Cambaretti

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Mother Superior

1946

Devotion

as Lady Thornton

1945

My Name Is Julia Ross

as Mrs. Hughes

1944

The White Cliffs of Dover

as Nanny

1944

Gaslight

as Miss Thwaites

1943

Madame Curie

as Madame Eugene Curie

1943

Lassie Come Home

as Dally

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Dame May Whitty

1943

The Constant Nymph

as Lady Constance Longborough

1943

Crash Dive

as Grandmother

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Baba

1943

Forever and a Day

as Lucy Trimble

1942

Thunder Birds

as Lady Jane Stackhouse

1942

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Lady Beldon

1941

Suspicion

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

1941

One Night In Lisbon

as Florence

1940

A Bill of Divorcement

as Aunt Hester Fairfield

1940

Return to Yesterday

as Mrs Emily Truscott

1939

Raffles

as Lady Melrose

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

1938

I Met My Love Again

as Aunt William

1937

Conquest

as Laetitia Bonaparte

1937

The Thirteenth Chair

as Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange

1937

Night Must Fall

as Mrs. Bramson

1936

Keep Your Seats, Please

as Aunt Georgina Withers

1915

The Little Minister

as Nanny Webster