May Whitty
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1865-06-19
Day of Death
1948-05-29 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
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Acting
(1948)
The Return of October
as Aunt Martha Grant
(1948)
The Sign of the Ram
as Clara Brastock
(1947)
If Winter Comes
as Mrs. Perch
(1947)
Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior
(1947)
This Time for Keeps
as Grandmother Cambaretti
(1946)
Devotion
as Lady Thornton
(1945)
My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes
(1944)
Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites
(1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Nanny
(1943)
Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty
(1943)
Lassie Come Home
as Dally
(1943)
Crash Dive
as Grandmother
(1943)
Slightly Dangerous
as Baba
(1943)
Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
(1943)
Forever and a Day
as Lucy Trimble
(1943)
The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough
(1942)
Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon
(1942)
Thunder Birds
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
(1942)
(1941)
Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw
(1941)
One Night In Lisbon
as Florence
(1940)
A Bill of Divorcement
as Aunt Hester Fairfield
(1940)
Return to Yesterday
as Mrs Emily Truscott
(1939)
Raffles
as Lady Melrose
(1938)
The Lady Vanishes
as Miss Froy
(1938)
I Met My Love Again
as Aunt William
(1937)
Conquest
as Laetitia Bonaparte
(1937)
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson
(1937)
The Thirteenth Chair
as Mme. Rosalie La Grange
(1936)
Keep Your Seats, Please
as Aunt Georgina Withers
(1915)
The Little Minister
as Nanny Webster