Birthday
1858/04/17
Day of death
1942/10/20 (84 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also know as
Mary Jeanette Robison
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
(1938) Bringing Up Baby
as Elizabeth Random
(1938) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
(1937) A Star Is Born
as Lettie Blodgett
(1933) Alice in Wonderland
as Queen Of Hearts
(1939) They Made Me a Criminal
as Grandma Rafferty
(1933) Lady for a Day
as Apple Annie
(1933) Dancing Lady
as Dolly Todhunter
(1942) Joan of Paris
as Mlle. Rosay
(1936) Wife vs. Secretary
as Mimi Stanhope
(1938) Four Daughters
as Aunt Etta
(1908) When Knights Were Bold
as ---
(1934) Lady by Choice
as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
(1935) Reckless
as Mrs. Granny Leslie
(1935) Anna Karenina
as Countess Vronsky
(1941) Million Dollar Baby
as Cornelia Wheelwright
(1932) Red-Headed Woman
as Aunt Jane
(1933) Broadway to Hollywood
as Veteran Actress
(1932) If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Mary Walker
(1916) A Night Out
as Granmum
(1933) The Solitaire Man
as Mrs. Vail
(1938) The Texans
as Granna
(1932) Little Orphan Annie
as Mrs. Stewart
(1939) Four Wives
as Aunt Etta
(1940) Irene
as Granny O'Dare
(1937) The Perfect Specimen
as Mrs. Leona Wicks
(1939) Daughters Courageous
as Penny, the Housekeeper
(1932) Strange Interlude
as Mrs. Evans
(1941) Four Mothers
as Aunt Etta
(1932) Letty Lynton
as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
(1939) That's Right – You're Wrong
as Grandma
(1933) The White Sister
as Mother Superior
(1933) Men Must Fight
as Maman Seward
(1935) Strangers All
as Anna Carter
(1935) Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Judith Paris
(1933) Beauty for Sale
as Mrs. Merrick
(1934) Straight Is the Way
as Mrs. Horowitz
(1933) Reunion in Vienna
as Frau Lucher
(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1934) You Can't Buy Everything
as Mrs. Hannah Bell
(1935) Grand Old Girl
as Laura Bayles
(1933) One Man's Journey
as Sarah
(1935) Age of Indiscretion
as Emma Shaw
(1939) Yes, My Darling Daughter
as 'Granny' Whitman
(1940) The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Cecilia Dangerfield
(1939) Nurse Edith Cavell
as Mme. Rappard
(1934) Mills of the Gods
as Mary Hastings
(1927) Rubber Tires
as Mrs. Stack
(1927) The Angel of Broadway
as Big Bertha
(1933) Dinner at Eight
as Mrs. Wendel
(1927) Chicago
as Mrs. Morton - Matron
(1935) Movies on Sundays
as Herself (uncredited)
(1927) The King of Kings
as Mother of Gestas
(1941) Playmates
as Grandma Kyser
(1937) Woman in Distress
as Phoebe Tuttle
(1936) The Captain's Kid
as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
(1940) Granny Get Your Gun
as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
(1936) Rainbow on the River
as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
(1941) Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Herself
(1939) The Kid from Kokomo
as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
(1915) How Molly Malone Made Good
as Herself
(1934) The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
(1940) Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
(1939) Breakdowns of 1939
as Self
(1940) Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
(1926) Pals in Paradise
as Esther Lezinsky
(1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
(1935) 3 Kids and a Queen
as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
(1931) The She-Wolf
as ---
(1927) A Harp in Hock
as Mrs. Banks