Biography
Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods; 26 April 1878 – 9 September 1975) was an English actress of stage, screen, and television. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963). She appeared in stage roles in her native England and in the United States, and had featured roles in around 100 motion pictures. Griffies was one of the oldest working actors in the English-speaking theatre at the time of her death at 97 years old. She acted alongside such stars as May Whitty, Ellen Terry, and Anna Neagle. Griffies was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, the daughter of actor and manager Samuel Rupert Woods and actress Lillie Roberts. Taken onstage at the age of three, she continued to act for the next 86 years.Griffies married actor Walter Beaumont in 1900, and he died in 1910. In 1917, she married actor Edward Cooper,: _72 who predeceased his wife by almost two decades.
On 9 September 1975, in London,: 75 Griffies died of a stroke.
Filmography
all 81
Movies 76
TV Shows 5
self 1
The Trials of O'Brien (1965)
Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965)
Billy Liar (1963)
The Birds (1963)
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
Lights Out (1949)
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
The Homestretch (1947)
Millie's Daughter (1947)
Sing While You Dance (1946)
Devotion (1946)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Molly and Me (1945)
Thrill of a Romance (1945)
The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Music for Millions (1944)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Pardon My Rhythm (1944)
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Jane Eyre (1943)
Holy Matrimony (1943)
First Comes Courage (1943)
Forever and a Day (1943)
Time to Kill (1942)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
Between Us Girls (1942)
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942)
Right to the Heart (1942)
Remember the Day (1941)
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Great Guns (1941)
A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Billy the Kid (1941)
Dead Men Tell (1941)
Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Irene (1940)
Vigil in the Night (1940)
The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
Over the Moon (1939)
Crackerjack (1938)
Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
Guilty Melody (1936)
Twice Branded (1936)
The Return Of Peter Grimm (1935)
Anna Karenina (1935)
Werewolf of London (1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)
Enchanted April (1935)
The Painted Veil (1934)
We Live Again (1934)
Jane Eyre (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Stolen Sweets (1934)
Four Frightened People (1934)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
White Woman (1933)
Bombshell (1933)
Doctor Bull (1933)
Torch Singer (1933)
Midnight Club (1933)
Horse Play (1933)
A Lady's Profession (1933)
Tonight Is Ours (1933)
Payment Deferred (1932)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Westward Passage (1932)
Are You Listening? (1932)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
Union Depot (1932)
Manhattan Parade (1931)
Once a Lady (1931)
The Road to Singapore (1931)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Chances (1931)
Old English (1930)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1878-04-25
Deathday1975-09-09 (97 years old)
Birth PlaceSheffield, United Kingdom
RelationshipsEdward Cooper (1917-01-01 - 1956-01-01)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsEthel Woods
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