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