May Whitty
Acting • Born 1865-06-19 – Died 1948-05-29
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
Filmography
32 credits
The Lady Vanishes
Movie • 1938
Miss Froy
Lassie Come Home
Movie • 1943
Dally
Conquest
Movie • 1937
Laetitia Bonaparte
Suspicion
Movie • 1941
Mrs. McLaidlaw
Mrs. Miniver
Movie • 1942
Lady Beldon
Gaslight
Movie • 1944
Miss Thwaites
My Name Is Julia Ross
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Hughes
Madame Curie
Movie • 1943
Madame Eugene Curie
This Time for Keeps
Movie • 1947
Grandmother Cambaretti
The Sign of the Ram
Movie • 1948
Clara Brastock
The White Cliffs of Dover
Movie • 1944
Nanny
Devotion
Movie • 1946
Lady Thornton
Crash Dive
Movie • 1943
Grandmother
Night Must Fall
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Bramson
The Constant Nymph
Movie • 1943
Lady Constance Longborough
A Bill of Divorcement
Movie • 1940
Aunt Hester Fairfield
Thunder Birds
Movie • 1942
Lady Jane Stackhouse
Green Dolphin Street
Movie • 1947
Mother Superior
Flesh and Fantasy
Movie • 1943
Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
If Winter Comes
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Perch
Raffles
Movie • 1939
Lady Melrose
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1937
Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Slightly Dangerous
Movie • 1943
Baba
I Met My Love Again
Movie • 1938
Aunt William
The Return of October
Movie • 1948
Aunt Martha Grant
Return to Yesterday
Movie • 1940
Mrs Emily Truscott
The Little Minister
Movie • 1915
Nanny Webster
Stage Door Canteen
Movie • 1943
Dame May Whitty
One Night In Lisbon
Movie • 1941
Florence
Forever and a Day
Movie • 1943
Lucy Trimble
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Movie • 1942
Keep Your Seats, Please
Movie • 1936
Aunt Georgina Withers