May Robson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1858-04-17 (84 years old)

Deathday

1942-10-20

Place of Birth

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

May Robson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.

Acting

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Elizabeth Random

1937

A Star Is Born

as Lettie Blodgett

1933

Alice in Wonderland

as Queen Of Hearts

1939

They Made Me a Criminal

as Grandma Rafferty

1933

Lady for a Day

as Apple Annie

1933

Dancing Lady

as Dolly Todhunter

1942

Joan of Paris

as Mlle. Rosay

1936

Wife vs. Secretary

as Mimi Stanhope

1938

Four Daughters

as Aunt Etta

1934

Lady by Choice

as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson

1935

Reckless

as Mrs. Granny Leslie

1935

Anna Karenina

as Countess Vronsky

1941

Million Dollar Baby

as Cornelia Wheelwright

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as Aunt Jane

1933

Broadway to Hollywood

as Veteran Actress

1932

If I Had a Million

as Mrs. Mary Walker

1916

A Night Out

as Granmum

1933

The Solitaire Man

as Mrs. Vail

1938

The Texans

as Granna

1932

Little Orphan Annie

as Mrs. Stewart

1939

Four Wives

as Aunt Etta

1940

Irene

as Granny O'Dare

1937

The Perfect Specimen

as Mrs. Leona Wicks

1939

Daughters Courageous

as Penny, the Housekeeper

1932

Strange Interlude

as Mrs. Evans

1941

Four Mothers

as Aunt Etta

1932

Letty Lynton

as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers

1933

The White Sister

as Mother Superior

1933

Men Must Fight

as Maman Seward

1935

Strangers All

as Anna Carter

1935

1933

Beauty for Sale

as Mrs. Merrick

1934

Straight Is the Way

as Mrs. Horowitz

1933

Reunion in Vienna

as Frau Lucher

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1934

You Can't Buy Everything

as Mrs. Hannah Bell

1935

Grand Old Girl

as Laura Bayles

1933

1935

1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as 'Granny' Whitman

1940

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

as Cecilia Dangerfield

1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

as Mme. Rappard

1934

Mills of the Gods

as Mary Hastings

1927

Rubber Tires

as Mrs. Stack

1927

1933

Dinner at Eight

as Mrs. Wendel

1927

Chicago

as Mrs. Morton - Matron

1935

Movies on Sundays

as Herself (uncredited)

1927

The King of Kings

as Mother of Gestas

1941

Playmates

as Grandma Kyser

1937

Woman in Distress

as Phoebe Tuttle

1936

The Captain's Kid

as Aunt Marcia Prentiss

1940

Granny Get Your Gun

as Minerva Hildegard Hatton

1936

Rainbow on the River

as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

1939

The Kid from Kokomo

as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

1934

The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1926

Pals in Paradise

as Esther Lezinsky

1920

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)

1935

3 Kids and a Queen

as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter

1927

A Harp in Hock

as Mrs. Banks

Production

1916

A Night Out

as Theatre Play

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