7.4
Movie
Acting
May Whitty
- Born
- Died
- (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Credits
- 32 titles
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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Signature work
Known For
7.4
Movie
7.1
Movie
Suspicion
7.5
Movie
Gaslight
7.1
Movie
Mrs. Miniver
6.7
Movie
Lassie Come Home
6.7
Movie
My Name Is Julia Ross
7.2
Movie
Madame Curie
6.9
Movie
Night Must Fall
6.4
Movie
Crash Dive
6.3
Movie
The Constant Nymph
6.6
Movie
Conquest
6.7
Movie
The White Cliffs of Dover
7.1
Movie
Flesh and Fantasy
6.3
Movie
Green Dolphin Street
6.2
Movie
Raffles
6.3
Movie
Stage Door Canteen
6.0
Movie
The Sign of the Ram
5.9
Movie
Devotion
Acting credits 32
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | The Return of October Film | Aunt Martha Grant |
| 1948 | The Sign of the Ram Film | Clara Brastock |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes Film | Mrs. Perch |
| 1947 | This Time for Keeps Film | Grandmother Cambaretti |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street Film | Mother Superior |
| 1946 | Devotion Film | Lady Thornton |
| 1945 | My Name Is Julia Ross Film | Mrs. Hughes |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover Film | Nanny |
| 1944 | Gaslight Film | Miss Thwaites |
| 1943 | Madame Curie Film | Madame Eugene Curie |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home Film | Dally |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy Film | Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) |
| 1943 | Stage Door Canteen Film | Dame May Whitty |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph Film | Lady Constance Longborough |
| 1943 | Crash Dive Film | Grandmother |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous Film | Baba |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day Film | Lucy Trimble |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds Film | Lady Jane Stackhouse |
| 1942 | Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Film | |
| 1942 | Mrs. Miniver Film | Lady Beldon |
| 1941 | Suspicion Film | Mrs. McLaidlaw |
| 1941 | One Night In Lisbon Film | Florence |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement Film | Aunt Hester Fairfield |
| 1940 | Return to Yesterday Film | Mrs Emily Truscott |
| 1939 | Raffles Film | Lady Melrose |
| 1938 | The Lady Vanishes Film | Miss Froy |
| 1938 | I Met My Love Again Film | Aunt William |
| 1937 | Conquest Film | Laetitia Bonaparte |
| 1937 | The Thirteenth Chair Film | Mrs O'Neill aka Madame Rosalie la Grange |
| 1937 | Night Must Fall Film | Mrs. Bramson |
| 1936 | Keep Your Seats, Please Film | Aunt Georgina Withers |
| 1915 | The Little Minister Film | Nanny Webster |