About

Known credits:
32
Birthday:
1865-06-19
Place of birth:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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May Whitty

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
1948 The Return of October Actor Aunt Martha Grant 58
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1948 The Sign of the Ram Actor Clara Brastock 59
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1947 If Winter Comes Actor Mrs. Perch 59
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1947 This Time for Keeps Actor Grandmother Cambaretti 59
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1947 Green Dolphin Street Actor Mother Superior 59
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1946 Devotion Actor Lady Thornton 59
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1945 My Name Is Julia Ross Actor Mrs. Hughes 59
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1944 The White Cliffs of Dover Actor Nanny 59
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1944 Gaslight Actor Bessie Thwaites 66
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1943 Madame Curie Actor Madame Eugene Curie 59
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1943 Lassie Come Home Actor Dally 60
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1943 Flesh and Fantasy Actor Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) 59
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1943 Stage Door Canteen Actor Dame May Whitty 58
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1943 The Constant Nymph Actor Lady Constance Longborough 59
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1943 Crash Dive Actor Grandmother 59
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1943 Slightly Dangerous Actor Baba 59
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1943 Forever and a Day Actor Lucy Trimble 59
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1942 Thunder Birds Actor Lady Jane Stackhouse 59
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1942 Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Actor 59
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1942 Mrs. Miniver Actor Lady Beldon 62
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1941 Suspicion Actor Mrs. McLaidlaw 66
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1941 One Night In Lisbon Actor Florence N/A
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1940 A Bill of Divorcement Actor Aunt Hester Fairfield 59
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1940 Return to Yesterday Actor Mrs Emily Truscott 59
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1939 Raffles Actor Lady Melrose 59
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1938 The Lady Vanishes Actor Miss Froy 68
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1938 I Met My Love Again Actor Aunt William 59
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1937 Conquest Actor Laetitia Bonaparte 59
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1937 The Thirteenth Chair Actor Mme. Rosalie La Grange 59
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1937 Night Must Fall Actor Mrs. Bramson 59
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1936 Keep Your Seats, Please Actor Aunt Georgina Withers 59
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1915 The Little Minister Actor Nanny Webster N/A
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