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May Whitty

May Whitty

Birthday: 1865-06-19 | Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1947
This Time for Keeps

as    Grandmother Cambaretti

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as    Mother Superior

1945
My Name Is Julia Ross

as    Mrs. Hughes

1944
Gaslight

as    Bessie Thwaites

1944
The White Cliffs of Dover

as    Nanny

1943
Slightly Dangerous

as    Baba

1943
Lassie Come Home

as    Dally

1943
Crash Dive

as    Grandmother

1943
The Constant Nymph

as    Lady Constance Longborough

1943
Forever and a Day

as    Lucy Trimble

1943
Madame Curie

as    Madame Eugene Curie

1943
Flesh and Fantasy

as    Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as    Lady Beldon

1942
Thunder Birds

as    Lady Jane Stackhouse

1941
Suspicion

as    Mrs. McLaidlaw

1939
Raffles

as    Lady Melrose

1938
The Lady Vanishes

as    Miss Froy

1937
Conquest

as    Laetitia Bonaparte

1937
The Thirteenth Chair

as    Mme. Rosalie La Grange

1937
Night Must Fall

as    Mrs. Bramson