MAY WHITTY
May Whitty
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: June 19, 1865
Deathday: May 29, 1948
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Starring
Aunt Martha Grant
1948·
The Sign of the RamClara Brastock
1947·
If Winter ComesMrs. Perch
1947·
Green Dolphin StreetMother Superior
1947·
This Time for KeepsGrandmother Cambaretti
1946·
DevotionLady Thornton
Mrs. Hughes
Nanny
1944·
GaslightBessie Thwaites
1943·
Forever and a DayLucy Trimble
1943·
Stage Door CanteenDame May Whitty
1943·
Slightly DangerousBaba
1943·
Flesh and FantasyPamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943·
The Constant NymphLady Constance Longborough
1943·
Crash DiveGrandmother
1943·
Madame CurieMadame Eugene Curie
1943·
Lassie Come HomeDally
1942·
Thunder BirdsLady Jane Stackhouse
1942·
Mrs. MiniverLady Beldon
1941·
One Night In LisbonFlorence
1941·
SuspicionMrs. McLaidlaw
1940·
Return to YesterdayMrs Emily Truscott
Aunt Hester Fairfield
1939·
RafflesLady Melrose
1938·
I Met My Love AgainAunt William
1938·
The Lady VanishesMiss Froy
1937·
The Thirteenth ChairMme. Rosalie La Grange
1937·
Night Must FallMrs. Bramson
1937·
ConquestLaetitia Bonaparte
Aunt Georgina Withers
1915·
The Little MinisterNanny Webster