Portrait of May Whitty

May Whitty

Acting

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

Born: June 19, 1865

Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Filmography

1948
The Return of October

as Aunt Martha Grant

1948
The Sign of the Ram

as Clara Brastock

1947
If Winter Comes

as Mrs. Perch

1947
This Time for Keeps

as Grandmother Cambaretti

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as Mother Superior

1946
Devotion

as Lady Thornton

1945
My Name Is Julia Ross

as Mrs. Hughes

1944
Gaslight

as Miss Thwaites

1943
Madame Curie

as Madame Eugene Curie

1943
1943
Flesh and Fantasy

as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Dame May Whitty

1943
The Constant Nymph

as Lady Constance Longborough

1943
Crash Dive

as Grandmother

1943
Forever and a Day

as Lucy Trimble

1942
Thunder Birds

as Lady Jane Stackhouse

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Lady Beldon

1941
Suspicion

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

1941
1940
A Bill of Divorcement

as Aunt Hester Fairfield

1940
Return to Yesterday

as Mrs Emily Truscott

1939
Raffles

as Lady Melrose

1938
The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

1938
I Met My Love Again

as Aunt William

1937
Conquest

as Laetitia Bonaparte

1937
The Thirteenth Chair

as Mme. Rosalie La Grange

1937
Night Must Fall

as Mrs. Bramson

1936
Keep Your Seats, Please

as Aunt Georgina Withers