May Whitty
Actor
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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Filmography
Suspicion
as Mrs. McLaidlaw 1941
Gaslight
as Miss Thwaites 1944
Mrs. Miniver
as Lady Beldon 1942
Lassie Come Home
as Dally 1943
My Name Is Julia Ross
as Mrs. Hughes 1945
Madame Curie
as Madame Eugene Curie 1943
Night Must Fall
as Mrs. Bramson 1937
Crash Dive
as Grandmother 1943
The Constant Nymph
as Lady Constance Longborough 1943
Conquest
as Laetitia Bonaparte 1937
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Nanny 1944
Green Dolphin Street
as Mother Superior 1947
Stage Door Canteen
as Dame May Whitty 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) 1943
Raffles
as Lady Melrose 1939
The Sign of the Ram
as Clara Brastock 1948