Zeffie Tilbury
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1863-11-18 (87 years old)
Deathday
1950-07-24
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
Also known As
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury
Zeffie Tilsbury
Zeffie Tilbury
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress. Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England. She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Grandma Lester in Tobacco Road. She appeared in over 70 films. Her earliest surviving silent film is the Valentino / Nazimova 1921 ...
Acting
1940
as Grandma Joad
1935
as Mrs. Moncaster
1938
as Aunt Meg
1937
as Zeffie
1937
as Drunk in Jail Cell
1941
as Grandma Lester
1939
as Mrs. Sanders
1935
as The Opium Woman
1936
as Aunt Olga
1929
as Mrs. Handley
1936
as Mrs. Daniel Beall
1938
as Mrs. Weevens
1937
as The Duchess de Lovely
1940
as Ma Hawkins
1919
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby
1919
as Mrs. Ruyler
1937
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
1934
as Grandma
1939
as Mrs. Jepson
1930
as Lady Daley
1935
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
1935
as Peg Martin
1920
as Mrs. De La Motte
1937
as Miss Gordon
1921
as Prudence
1938
as Grandma
1939
as Miss Mary
1936
as Esther Warren
1937
as Mrs. Lane
1936
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
1934
as Auntie
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon
1939
as Natalya Petrovna
1931
as Mrs. Luce
1937
as Mrs. Beamish
1938
as Old Woman
1937
as Goody Hodgers
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Cobb
1937
as Mrs. Crippen
1936
as Grandma
1934
as Granny Plimpton
1934
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
1941
as Granny Carson
1936
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
1937
as Mrs. Nash
1935
as Bridge Player
1935
as Old Hag (uncredited)
1935
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)
1934
as Miss Turner (uncredited)
1935
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
1938
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
1936
as Woman
1936
as Grandma
1924
as Brownie
1942
as Fortune Teller
1940
as Granny Stokes
1938
as Flower Woman
1937
as Old Lady
1936
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
1936
as Elderly Woman in Bank
1936
as Molly Smith
1936
as Old Woman at Chalet
1936
as Gypsy Queen
1935
as Deaf Woman
1935
as Old Townswoman
1933
1933
as Aunt Ada
1927
as Lady in Waiting
1921
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop
1921
as Lady Tranmore
1920
as Mrs. Cathcart
1917
as Mrs. Guerton
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