May Whitty

Acting

Born June 19, 1865, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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

• 1948The Return of October — Aunt Martha Grant
• 1948The Sign of the Ram — Clara Brastock
• 1947Green Dolphin Street — Mother Superior
• 1947If Winter Comes — Mrs. Perch
• 1947This Time for Keeps — Grandmother Cambaretti
• 1946Devotion — Lady Thornton
• 1945My Name Is Julia Ross — Mrs. Hughes
• 1944Gaslight — Miss Thwaites
• 1944The White Cliffs of Dover — Nanny
• 1943Crash Dive — Grandmother
• 1943Flesh and Fantasy — Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
• 1943Forever and a Day — Lucy Trimble
• 1943Lassie Come Home — Dally
• 1943Madame Curie — Madame Eugene Curie
• 1943Slightly Dangerous — Baba
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Dame May Whitty
• 1943The Constant Nymph — Lady Constance Longborough
• 1942Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
• 1942Mrs. Miniver — Lady Beldon
• 1942Thunder Birds — Lady Jane Stackhouse
• 1941One Night In Lisbon — Florence
• 1941Suspicion — Mrs. McLaidlaw
• 1940A Bill of Divorcement — Aunt Hester Fairfield
• 1940Return to Yesterday — Mrs Emily Truscott
• 1939Raffles — Lady Melrose
• 1938I Met My Love Again — Aunt William
• 1938The Lady Vanishes — Miss Froy
• 1937Conquest — Laetitia Bonaparte
• 1937Night Must Fall — Mrs. Bramson
• 1937The Thirteenth Chair — Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
• 1936Keep Your Seats, Please — Aunt Georgina Withers
• 1915The Little Minister — Nanny Webster