May Whitty

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Most Famous Work

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Miss Froy (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Suspicion

(1941) Mrs. McLaidlaw

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Mrs. Miniver

(1942) Lady Beldon

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Lassie Come Home

(1943) Dally

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Gaslight

(1944) Bessie Thwaites

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Crash Dive

(1943) Grandmother

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Madame Curie

(1943) Madame Eugene Curie

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My Name Is Julia Ross

(1945) Mrs. Hughes

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1955	Miss Froy (archive footage) (uncredited)	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-10-02 TV Show
1948	Aunt Martha Grant	The Return of October 1948-10-26 Movie
	Clara Brastock	The Sign of the Ram 1948-03-03 Movie
1947	Mrs. Perch	If Winter Comes 1947-12-31 Movie
	Grandmother Cambaretti	This Time for Keeps 1947-10-17 Movie
	Mother Superior	Green Dolphin Street 1947-01-15 Movie
1946	Lady Thornton	Devotion 1946-04-05 Movie
1945	Mrs. Hughes	My Name Is Julia Ross 1945-11-08 Movie
1944	Nanny	The White Cliffs of Dover 1944-05-11 Movie
	Bessie Thwaites	Gaslight 1944-05-04 Movie
1943	Madame Eugene Curie	Madame Curie 1943-12-16 Movie
	Dally	Lassie Come Home 1943-12-01 Movie
	Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)	Flesh and Fantasy 1943-10-29 Movie
	Dame May Whitty	Stage Door Canteen 1943-06-24 Movie
	Lady Constance Longborough	The Constant Nymph 1943-06-23 Movie
	Grandmother	Crash Dive 1943-04-22 Movie
	Baba	Slightly Dangerous 1943-04-01 Movie
	Lucy Trimble	Forever and a Day 1943-01-21 Movie
1942	Lady Jane Stackhouse	Thunder Birds 1942-10-28 Movie
	N/A	Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 1942-10-05 Movie
	Lady Beldon	Mrs. Miniver 1942-07-03 Movie
1941	Mrs. McLaidlaw	Suspicion 1941-11-14 Movie
	Florence	One Night In Lisbon 1941-06-13 Movie
1940	Aunt Hester Fairfield	A Bill of Divorcement 1940-05-31 Movie
	Mrs Emily Truscott	Return to Yesterday 1940-03-09 Movie
1939	Lady Melrose	Raffles 1939-11-11 Movie
1938	Miss Froy	The Lady Vanishes 1938-10-07 Movie
	Aunt William	I Met My Love Again 1938-01-14 Movie
1937	Laetitia Bonaparte	Conquest 1937-10-22 Movie
	Mme. Rosalie La Grange	The Thirteenth Chair 1937-05-07 Movie
	Mrs. Bramson	Night Must Fall 1937-04-30 Movie
1936	Aunt Georgina Withers	Keep Your Seats, Please 1936-08-01 Movie
1915	Nanny Webster	The Little Minister 1915-02-01 Movie
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