May Whitty
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 19, 1865
- Died
- May 29, 1948 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Credits
- 32
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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Known for
Filmography
The Return of October
1948Movie
Aunt Martha Grant
The Sign of the Ram
1948Movie
Clara Brastock
If Winter Comes
1947Movie
Mrs. Perch
This Time for Keeps
1947Movie
Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street
1947Movie
Mother Superior
Devotion
1946Movie
Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945Movie
Mrs. Hughes
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944Movie
Nanny
Gaslight
1944Movie
Miss Thwaites
Madame Curie
1943Movie
Madame Eugene Curie
Lassie Come Home
1943Movie
Dally
Flesh and Fantasy
1943Movie
Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Stage Door Canteen
1943Movie
Dame May Whitty
The Constant Nymph
1943Movie
Lady Constance Longborough
Crash Dive
1943Movie
Grandmother
Slightly Dangerous
1943Movie
Baba
Forever and a Day
1943Movie
Lucy Trimble
Thunder Birds
1942Movie
Lady Jane Stackhouse
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942Movie
Mrs. Miniver
1942Movie
Lady Beldon
Suspicion
1941Movie
Mrs. McLaidlaw
One Night In Lisbon
1941Movie
Florence
A Bill of Divorcement
1940Movie
Aunt Hester Fairfield
Return to Yesterday
1940Movie
Mrs Emily Truscott
Raffles
1939Movie
Lady Melrose
The Lady Vanishes
1938Movie
Miss Froy
I Met My Love Again
1938Movie
Aunt William
Conquest
1937Movie
Laetitia Bonaparte
The Thirteenth Chair
1937Movie
Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
Night Must Fall
1937Movie
Mrs. Bramson
Keep Your Seats, Please
1936Movie
Aunt Georgina Withers
The Little Minister
1915Movie
Nanny Webster