May Whitty
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1865-06-19 – 1948-05-29
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
1938Miss Froy
Lassie Come Home
1943Dally
Conquest
1937Laetitia Bonaparte
Suspicion
1941Mrs. McLaidlaw
Mrs. Miniver
1942Lady Beldon
Gaslight
1944Miss Thwaites
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945Mrs. Hughes
Madame Curie
1943Madame Eugene Curie
This Time for Keeps
1947Grandmother Cambaretti
The Sign of the Ram
1948Clara Brastock
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944Nanny
Devotion
1946Lady Thornton
Crash Dive
1943Grandmother
Night Must Fall
1937Mrs. Bramson
The Constant Nymph
1943Lady Constance Longborough
A Bill of Divorcement
1940Aunt Hester Fairfield
Thunder Birds
1942Lady Jane Stackhouse
Green Dolphin Street
1947Mother Superior
Flesh and Fantasy
1943Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)