May Whitty
Birthday
1865/06/19
Day of death
1948/05/29 (82 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Also know as
Mary Louise Whitty, Mary Louisa Whitty, Mary Louise Webster, Dame Mary Louise Webster, Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE, May Whitty, Miss May Whitty, Dame May Whitty
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
Acting
(1938) The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
(1943) Lassie Come Home
as Dally
(1937) Conquest
as Laetitia Bonaparte
(1941) Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
(1942) Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon
(1944) Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites
(1945) My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes
(1943) Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie
(1947) This Time for Keeps
as Grandmother Cambaretti
(1948) The Sign of the Ram
as Clara Brastock
(1944) The White Cliffs of Dover
as Nanny
(1946) Devotion
as Lady Thornton
(1943) Crash Dive
as Grandmother
(1937) Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
(1943) The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough
(1940) A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
(1942) Thunder Birds
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
(1947) Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior
(1943) Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
(1947) If Winter Comes
as Mrs. Perch
(1939) Raffles
as Lady Melrose
(1937) The Thirteenth Chair
as Mme. Rosalie La Grange
(1943) Slightly Dangerous
as Baba
(1938) I Met My Love Again
as Aunt William
(1948) The Return of October
as Aunt Martha Grant
(1940) Return to Yesterday
as Mrs Emily Truscott
(1915) The Little Minister
as Nanny Webster
(1943) Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty
(1941) One Night In Lisbon
as Florence
(1943) Forever and a Day
as Lucy Trimble
(1942) Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as ---
(1936) Keep Your Seats, Please
as Aunt Georgina Withers