May Whitty

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1865-06-19 (83 years old)

Deathday

1948-05-29

Place of Birth

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

May Whitty

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

Acting

1938

The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

1943

1937

Conquest

as Laetitia Bonaparte

1941

Suspicion

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Lady Beldon

1944

Gaslight

as Bessie Thwaites

1945

My Name Is Julia Ross

as Mrs. Hughes

1943

Madame Curie

as Madame Eugene Curie

1947

This Time for Keeps

as Grandmother Cambaretti

1948

The Sign of the Ram

as Clara Brastock

1946

Devotion

as Lady Thornton

1943

Crash Dive

as Grandmother

1937

Night Must Fall

as Mrs. Bramson

1943

The Constant Nymph

as Lady Constance Longborough

1940

A Bill of Divorcement

as Aunt Hester Fairfield

1942

Thunder Birds

as Lady Jane Stackhouse

1947

Green Dolphin Street

as Mother Superior

1943

Flesh and Fantasy

as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

1947

If Winter Comes

as Mrs. Perch

1939

Raffles

as Lady Melrose

1937

The Thirteenth Chair

as Mme. Rosalie La Grange

1938

I Met My Love Again

as Aunt William

1948

The Return of October

as Aunt Martha Grant

1940

Return to Yesterday

as Mrs Emily Truscott

1915

The Little Minister

as Nanny Webster

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Dame May Whitty

1941

1943

Forever and a Day

as Lucy Trimble

1936

Keep Your Seats, Please

as Aunt Georgina Withers

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