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Birthday: Jun 19, 1865
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

May Whitty

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

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
The Lady Vanishes Miss Froy 1938
Lassie Come Home Dally 1943
Conquest Laetitia Bonaparte 1937
Suspicion Mrs. McLaidlaw 1941
Mrs. Miniver Lady Beldon 1942
Gaslight Bessie Thwaites 1944
My Name Is Julia Ross Mrs. Hughes 1945
Madame Curie Madame Eugene Curie 1943
This Time for Keeps Grandmother Cambaretti 1947
The Sign of the Ram Clara Brastock 1948
The White Cliffs of Dover Nanny 1944
Devotion Lady Thornton 1946
Crash Dive Grandmother 1943
Night Must Fall Mrs. Bramson 1937
The Constant Nymph Lady Constance Longborough 1943
A Bill of Divorcement Aunt Hester Fairfield 1940
Thunder Birds Lady Jane Stackhouse 1942
Green Dolphin Street Mother Superior 1947
Flesh and Fantasy Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) 1943
If Winter Comes Mrs. Perch 1947
Raffles Lady Melrose 1939
The Thirteenth Chair Mme. Rosalie La Grange 1937
Slightly Dangerous Baba 1943
I Met My Love Again Aunt William 1938
The Return of October Aunt Martha Grant 1948
Return to Yesterday Mrs Emily Truscott 1940
The Little Minister Nanny Webster 1915
Stage Door Canteen Dame May Whitty 1943
One Night In Lisbon Florence 1941
Forever and a Day Lucy Trimble 1943
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 1942
Keep Your Seats, Please Aunt Georgina Withers 1936
Series Cast Year
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Miss Froy (archive footage) (uncredited) 1955
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