Acting credits
31
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
May Whitty
Acting
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Movies: 31Series: 0
TMDB ID: 14299
IMDb ID: nm0926599
Known for: Acting
Born: June 19, 1865
Died: May 29, 1948
Age: 82
Place of birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 1948
Years active: 13
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q240193
Also known 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
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Movie credits linked with May Whitty.
5.8
The Return of October
as Aunt Martha Grant
1948 Movie
5.9
The Sign of the Ram
as Clara Brastock
1948 Movie
6.6
If Winter Comes
as Mrs. Perch
1947 Movie
5.2
This Time for Keeps
as Grandmother Cambaretti
1947 Movie
6.1
Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior
1947 Movie
5.7
Devotion
as Lady Thornton
1946 Movie
6.7
My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes
1945 Movie
6.5
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Nanny
1944 Movie
7.5
Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites
1944 Movie
7.2
Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie
1943 Movie
6.7
Lassie Come Home
as Dally
1943 Movie
7.0
Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943 Movie
6.1
Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty
1943 Movie
6.1
The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough
1943 Movie
6.3
Crash Dive
as Grandmother
1943 Movie
6.0
Slightly Dangerous
as Baba
1943 Movie
7.4
Forever and a Day
as Lucy Trimble
1943 Movie
5.4
Thunder Birds
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
1942 Movie
6.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942 Movie
7.1
Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon
1942 Movie
7.1
Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941 Movie
One Night In Lisbon
as Florence
1941 Movie
7.0
A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
1940 Movie
6.2
Return to Yesterday
as Mrs Emily Truscott
1940 Movie