May Whitty
Born
June 19, 1865
Died
May 29, 1948 (82 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
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The Return of October
Aunt Martha Grant
1948
The Sign of the Ram
Clara Brastock
1948
If Winter Comes
Mrs. Perch
1947
This Time for Keeps
Grandmother Cambaretti
1947
Green Dolphin Street
Mother Superior
1947
Devotion
Lady Thornton
1946
My Name Is Julia Ross
Mrs. Hughes
1945
The White Cliffs of Dover
Nanny
1944
Gaslight
Bessie Thwaites
1944
Madame Curie
Madame Eugene Curie
1943
Lassie Come Home
Dally
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Dame May Whitty
1943
The Constant Nymph
Lady Constance Longborough
1943
Crash Dive
Grandmother
1943
Slightly Dangerous
Baba
1943
Forever and a Day
Lucy Trimble
1943
Thunder Birds
Lady Jane Stackhouse
1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Mrs. Miniver
Lady Beldon
1942
Suspicion
Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941
One Night In Lisbon
Florence
1941
A Bill of Divorcement
Aunt Hester Fairfield
1940
Return to Yesterday
Mrs Emily Truscott
1940
Raffles
Lady Melrose
1939
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
1938
I Met My Love Again
Aunt William
1938
Conquest
Laetitia Bonaparte
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
Mme. Rosalie La Grange
1937
Night Must Fall
Mrs. Bramson
1937
Keep Your Seats, Please
Aunt Georgina Withers
1936
The Little Minister
Nanny Webster
1915