Biography
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May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
Filmography
all 71
Movies 71
self 7
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Movie
Mlle. Rosay

Joan of Paris (1942)
Movie
Grandma Kyser

Playmates (1941)
Movie
Cornelia Wheelwright

Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Movie
Aunt Etta Lemp

Four Mothers (1941)
Movie
Cecilia Dangerfield

The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)
Movie
Granny O'Dare

Irene (1940)
Movie
Minerva Hatton

Granny Get Your Gun (1940)
Movie
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Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)
Movie
Aunt Etta

Four Wives (1939)
Movie
Mme. Rappard

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
Movie
Penny, the Housekeeper

Daughters Courageous (1939)
Movie
Margaret 'Maggie'

The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
Movie
'Granny' Whitman

Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)
Movie
Grandma Rafferty

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Movie
Granna

The Texans (1938)
Movie
Aunt Etta

Four Daughters (1938)
Movie
Aunt Elizabeth

Bringing Up Baby (1938)
Movie
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Aunt Polly

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Movie
Mrs. Leona Wicks

The Perfect Specimen (1937)
Movie
Lettie Blodgett

A Star Is Born (1937)
Movie
Phoebe Tuttle

Woman in Distress (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

Rainbow on the River (1936)
Movie
Aunt Marcia Prentiss

The Captain's Kid (1936)
Movie
Mimi Stanhope

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Movie
4
Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter

3 Kids and a Queen (1935)
Movie
Countess Vronsky

Anna Karenina (1935)
Movie
Emma Shaw

Age of Indiscretion (1935)
Movie
Mrs. Granny Leslie

Reckless (1935)
Movie
Anna Carter

Strangers All (1935)
Movie
Madame Judith Paris

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)
Movie
Laura Bayles

Grand Old Girl (1935)
Movie
Mary Hastings

Mills of the Gods (1934)
Movie
Patricia Patterson

Lady by Choice (1934)
Movie
Self (uncredited)

The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Horowitz

Straight Is the Way (1934)
Movie
Mrs. Wendel

Dinner at Eight (1933)
Movie
4
Queen Of Hearts

Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Movie
Dolly Todhunter

Dancing Lady (1933)
Movie
Mrs. Vail

The Solitaire Man (1933)
Movie
Veteran Actress

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)
Movie
Apple Annie

Lady for a Day (1933)
Movie
Mrs. Merrick

Beauty for Sale (1933)
Movie
Frau Lucher

Reunion in Vienna (1933)
Movie
Mother Superior

The White Sister (1933)
Movie
Maman Seward

Men Must Fight (1933)
Movie
Mrs. Evans

Strange Interlude (1932)
Movie
4
Mrs. Mary Walker

If I Had a Million (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Stewart

Little Orphan Annie (1932)
Movie
Aunt Jane

Red-Headed Woman (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers

Letty Lynton (1932)
Movie
Harriet Breen

The She-Wolf (1931)
Movie
Actress

The Blue Danube (1928)
Movie
Mrs. Morton - Matron

Chicago (1927)
Movie
Mrs. Banks

A Harp in Hock (1927)
Movie
Big Bertha

The Angel of Broadway (1927)
Movie
Aunt Mary Watkins

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927)
Movie
Mother of Gestas

The King of Kings (1927)
Movie
Mrs. Stack

Rubber Tires (1927)
Movie
Esther Lezinsky

Pals in Paradise (1926)
Movie
Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Movie
Granmum

A Night Out (1916)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1858-04-19
Deathday1942-10-20 (84 years old)
Birth NameMary Jeanette Robison
Birth PlaceMoama, Australia
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United States
Also Known AsMary Jeanette Robison
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