Zeffie Tilbury
Birthday
1863/11/18
Day of death
1950/07/24 (86 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Paddington, London, England, UK
Also know as
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury, Zeffie Tilsbury
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress. Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England. She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Gr...Read more
Acting
(1940) The Grapes of Wrath
as Grandma Joad
(1935) Werewolf of London
as Mrs. Moncaster
(1938) Arrest Bulldog Drummond
as Aunt Meg
(1937) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
as Zeffie
(1937) Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Drunk in Jail Cell
(1941) Tobacco Road
as Grandma Lester
(1939) The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Sanders
(1935) The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as The Opium Woman
(1936) Desire
as Aunt Olga
(1929) The Single Standard
as Mrs. Handley
(1936) The Gorgeous Hussy
as Mrs. Daniel Beall
(1938) Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Mrs. Weevens
(1937) Rhythm in the Clouds
as The Duchess de Lovely
(1940) She Couldn't Say No
as Ma Hawkins
(1919) The Avalanche
as Mrs. Ruyler
(1919) A Society Exile
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby
(1937) The King Without a Crown
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
(1934) The Fuller Gush Man
as Grandma
(1939) Boy Trouble
as Mrs. Jepson
(1930) The Ship from Shanghai
as Lady Daley
(1935) Alice Adams
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
(1935) Women Must Dress
as Peg Martin
(1920) Mothers of Men
as Mrs. De La Motte
(1937) It Happened in Hollywood
as Miss Gordon
(1921) Camille
as Prudence
(1938) Woman Against Woman
as Grandma
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Miss Mary
(1936) Give Me Your Heart
as Esther Warren
(1937) Midnight Taxi
as Mrs. Lane
(1936) The White Angel
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
(1934) Ocean Swells
as Auntie
(1939) Lady of the Tropics
as Woman Congratulating Manon
(1939) Balalaika
as Natalya Petrovna
(1931) Charlie Chan Carries On
as Mrs. Luce
(1937) Hideaway
as Mrs. Beamish
(1938) Kidnapped
as Old Woman
(1937) Maid of Salem
as Goody Hodgers
(1940) Emergency Squad
as Mrs. Cobb
(1940) The Earl of Chicago
as Miss Nana (uncredited)
(1937) Federal Bullets
as Mrs. Crippen
(1936) Grandma's Buoys
as Grandma
(1934) Mystery Liner
as Granny Plimpton
(1934) Two Alone
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
(1941) Sheriff of Tombstone
as Granny Carson
(1936) After the Thin Man
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
(1937) Under Cover of Night
as Mrs. Nash
(1935) Navy Wife
as Bridge Player
(1935) Stranded
as Old Hag (uncredited)
(1935) The Last Days of Pompeii
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)
(1934) Bachelor Bait
as Miss Turner (uncredited)
(1935) Public Hero Number 1
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
(1938) Marie Antoinette
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
(1936) Vamp Till Ready
as Woman
(1936) Second Childhood
as Grandma
(1924) Another Scandal
as Brownie
(1942) Flying with Music
as Fortune Teller
(1940) Comin' Round the Mountain
as Granny Stokes
(1938) Hunted Men
as Flower Woman
(1937) Parnell
as Old Lady
(1936) Camille
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
(1936) Old Hutch
as Elderly Woman in Bank
(1936) Parole!
as Molly Smith
(1936) Anthony Adverse
as Old Woman at Chalet
(1936) The Bohemian Girl
as Gypsy Queen
(1935) Bad Boy
as Deaf Woman
(1935) The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Old Townswoman
(1933) Blind Adventure
as ---
(1933) Made on Broadway
as Aunt Ada
(1927) The Night of Love
as Lady in Waiting
(1921) Big Game
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop
(1921) The Marriage of William Ashe
as Lady Tranmore
(1920) Clothes
as Mrs. Cathcart
(1917) Blind Man's Luck
as Mrs. Guerton