Acting
May Whitty
Also Known As: Mary Louise Whitty, Mary Louisa Whitty, Mary Louise Webster
Birth Date
June 19, 1865
Death Date
May 29, 1948
(passed away at 82)
Place of Birth
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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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
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Gaslight
Miss Thwaites
1944
Mrs. Miniver
Lady Beldon
1942
The Lady Vanishes
Miss Froy
1938
Suspicion
Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941
The White Cliffs of Dover
Nanny
1944
Lassie Come Home
Dally
1943
Forever and a Day
Lucy Trimble
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943
Madame Curie
Madame Eugene Curie
1943
Crash Dive
Grandmother
1943
My Name Is Julia Ross
Mrs. Hughes
1945
If Winter Comes
Mrs. Perch
1947
The Return of October
Aunt Martha Grant
1948
Stage Door Canteen
Dame May Whitty
1943
Thunder Birds
Lady Jane Stackhouse
1942
This Time for Keeps
Grandmother Cambaretti
1947
I Met My Love Again
Aunt William
1938
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Conquest
Laetitia Bonaparte
1937
Green Dolphin Street
Mother Superior
1947