Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1865-06-19 (83 years old)
Deathday
1948-05-29
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Also known As
Mary Louise Whitty
Mary Louisa Whitty
Mary Louise Webster
Dame Mary Louise Webster
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE
May Whitty
Miss May Whitty
Dame May Whitty
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
1938
as Miss Froy
1943
as Dally
1937
as Laetitia Bonaparte
1941
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
1942
as Lady Beldon
1944
as Bessie Thwaites
1945
as Mrs. Hughes
1943
as Madame Eugene Curie
1947
as Grandmother Cambaretti
1948
as Clara Brastock
1944
as Nanny
1946
as Lady Thornton
1943
as Grandmother
1937
as Mrs. Bramson
1943
as Lady Constance Longborough
1940
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
1942
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
1947
as Mother Superior
1943
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1947
as Mrs. Perch
1939
as Lady Melrose
1937
as Mme. Rosalie La Grange
1943
as Baba
1938
as Aunt William
1948
as Aunt Martha Grant
1940
as Mrs Emily Truscott
1915
as Nanny Webster
1943
as Dame May Whitty
1941
as Florence
1943
as Lucy Trimble
1936
as Aunt Georgina Withers
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