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.
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Filmography
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Movies 35
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Aunt Martha Grant
The Return of October (1948)
Movie
Clara Brastock
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Movie
6
Mrs. Perch
If Winter Comes (1947)
Movie
Grandmother Cambaretti
This Time for Keeps (1947)
Movie
Mother Superior
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Movie
Lady Thornton
Devotion (1946)
Movie
Mrs. Hughes
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
Movie
Miss Thwaites
Gaslight (1944)
Movie
3.5
Madame Eugene Curie
Madame Curie (1943)
Movie
Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2)
Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Movie
Dame May Whitty
Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Movie
Lady Longborough
The Constant Nymph (1943)
Movie
6
Grandmother
Crash Dive (1943)
Movie
Lucy Trimble
Forever and a Day (1943)
Movie
Lady Jane Stackhouse
Thunder Birds (1942)
Movie
Lady Beldon
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Movie
Mrs. McLaidlaw
Suspicion (1941)
Movie
2
Florence
One Night In Lisbon (1941)
Movie
Aunt Hester Fairfield
A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
Movie
Mrs. Truscott
Return to Yesterday (1940)
Movie
Lady Melrose
Raffles (1939)
Movie
Miss Froy
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Movie
6
Aunt William
I Met My Love Again (1938)
Movie
Laetitia Bonaparte
Conquest (1937)
Movie
4
Mme. Rosalie La Grange
The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Bramson
Night Must Fall (1937)
Movie
Aunt Georgina Withers
Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
Movie
Nanny Webster
The Little Minister (1915)
Movie
Miriam Lane
Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)
Movie
Miriam Lane
Enoch Arden (1911)
Movie
Miriam Lane
Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1865-06-19
Deathday1948-05-29 (82 years old)
Birth NameMary Louise Whitty
Birth PlaceLiverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
ChildrenMargaret Webster
SiblingsGertrude Whitty
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsMary Louise Whitty, Mary Louisa Whitty, Mary Louise Webster, Dame Mary Louise Webster, Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE, May Whitty, Miss May Whitty, Dame May Whitty
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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