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May Whitty

Actor

May Whitty

Born June 19, 1865 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UKDied May 29, 194831 films

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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Gaslight posterFirst watchGaslight19447.5as Miss ThwaitesA newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.View film

Essential films

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The Lady Vanishes poster7.4The Lady Vanishes1938Suspicion poster7.1Suspicion1941Mrs. Miniver poster7.1Mrs. Miniver1942Lassie Come Home poster6.7Lassie Come Home1943My Name Is Julia Ross poster6.7My Name Is Julia Ross1945Madame Curie poster7.2Madame Curie1943

Filmography

31 films as actor
  1. 1948The Return of OctoberAunt Martha Grant
  2. 1948The Sign of the RamClara Brastock
  3. 1947If Winter ComesMrs. Perch
  4. 1947This Time for KeepsGrandmother Cambaretti
  5. 1947Green Dolphin StreetMother Superior
  6. 1946DevotionLady Thornton
  7. 1945My Name Is Julia RossMrs. Hughes
  8. 1944The White Cliffs of DoverNanny
  9. 1944GaslightMiss Thwaites
  10. 1943Madame CurieMadame Eugene Curie
  11. 1943Lassie Come HomeDally
  12. 1943Flesh and FantasyPamela Hardwick (segment 2)
  13. 1943Stage Door CanteenDame May Whitty
  14. 1943The Constant NymphLady Constance Longborough
  15. 1943Crash DiveGrandmother
  16. 1943Slightly DangerousBaba
  17. 1943Forever and a DayLucy Trimble
  18. 1942Thunder BirdsLady Jane Stackhouse
  19. 1942Mrs. MiniverLady Beldon
  20. 1941SuspicionMrs. McLaidlaw
  21. 1941One Night In LisbonFlorence
  22. 1940A Bill of DivorcementAunt Hester Fairfield
  23. 1940Return to YesterdayMrs Emily Truscott
  24. 1939RafflesLady Melrose
  25. 1938The Lady VanishesMiss Froy
  26. 1938I Met My Love AgainAunt William
  27. 1937ConquestLaetitia Bonaparte
  28. 1937The Thirteenth ChairMrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange
  29. 1937Night Must FallMrs. Bramson
  30. 1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseAunt Georgina Withers
  31. 1915The Little MinisterNanny Webster