Zeffie Tilbury

Zeffie Tilbury

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1863-11-20
Deathday: 1950-07-24 (86 years old)

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Biography

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Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress.


Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England.


She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Grandma Lester in Tobacco Road.


She appeared in over 70 films. Her earliest surviving silent film is the Valentino / Nazimova 1921 production of Camille. Tilbury is probably best remembered as the old lady who is befriended by Spanky and his friends on her birthday and, as a result, is transformed from a lonely, disagreeable recluse to a happy and loving carefree soul in the 1936 Hal Roach Our Gang comedy Second Childhood. In the same year she also portrayed the Gypsy Queen in the Laurel and Hardy film The Bohemian Girl.


Tilbury was married twice. First to Arthur Frederick Lewis in June, 1887, and later to L. E. Woodthorpe, who died on April 8, 1915. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1950 at the age of 86.

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Filmography

all 53

Movies 53

Granny Carson
Sheriff of Tombstone

Sheriff of Tombstone (1941)

Movie
Grandma Lester
Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road (1941)

Movie
Ma Hawkins
She Couldn't Say No

She Couldn't Say No (1940)

Movie
Grandma Joad
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Movie
5.42
Miss Nana (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago

The Earl of Chicago (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Cobb
Emergency Squad

Emergency Squad (1940)

Movie
Natalya Petrovna
Balalaika

Balalaika (1939)

Movie
Woman Congratulating Manon
Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Movie
Miss Mary
Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales (1939)

Movie
Mrs. Sanders
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

Movie
Mrs. Jepson
Boy Trouble

Boy Trouble (1939)

Movie
Aunt Meg
Arrest Bulldog Drummond

Arrest Bulldog Drummond (1938)

Movie
Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Movie
Grandma
Woman Against Woman

Woman Against Woman (1938)

Movie
Old Woman
Kidnapped

Kidnapped (1938)

Movie
Mrs. Weevens
Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Movie
Mrs. Crippen
Federal Bullets

Federal Bullets (1937)

Movie
Dying Duchess Marie
The King Without a Crown

The King Without a Crown (1937)

Movie
Zeffie
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

Movie
Miss Gordon
It Happened in Hollywood

It Happened in Hollywood (1937)

Movie
Mrs. Beamish
Hideaway

Hideaway (1937)

Movie
The Duchess de Lovely
Rhythm in the Clouds

Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)

Movie
Mrs. Lane
Midnight Taxi

Midnight Taxi (1937)

Movie
Goody Hodgers
Maid of Salem

Maid of Salem (1937)

Movie
Drunk in Jail Cell
Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes (1937)

Movie
Mrs. Nash
Under Cover of Night

Under Cover of Night (1937)

Movie
Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
After the Thin Man

After the Thin Man (1936)

Movie
5.28
Grandma
Grandma's Buoys

Grandma's Buoys (1936)

Movie
Esther Warren
Give Me Your Heart

Give Me Your Heart (1936)

Movie
Mrs. Daniel Beall
The Gorgeous Hussy

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Movie
6
Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
The White Angel

The White Angel (1936)

Movie
Aunt Olga
Desire

Desire (1936)

Movie
Mrs. Sutton
Vamp Till Ready

Vamp Till Ready (1936)

Movie
The Wise Woman (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)

Movie
Bridge Player
Navy Wife

Navy Wife (1935)

Movie
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Alice Adams

Alice Adams (1935)

Movie
Old Hag (uncredited)
Stranded

Stranded (1935)

Movie
Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1 (1935)

Movie
Mrs. Moncaster
Werewolf of London

Werewolf of London (1935)

Movie
5.59
The Opium Woman
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935)

Movie
Peg Martin
Women Must Dress

Women Must Dress (1935)

Movie
Grandma
The Fuller Gush Man

The Fuller Gush Man (1934)

Movie
Auntie
Ocean Swells

Ocean Swells (1934)

Movie
Miss Turner (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait

Bachelor Bait (1934)

Movie
Granny Plimpton
Mystery Liner

Mystery Liner (1934)

Movie
Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
Two Alone

Two Alone (1934)

Movie
Mrs. Luce
Charlie Chan Carries On

Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)

Movie
Lady Daley
The Ship from Shanghai

The Ship from Shanghai (1930)

Movie
Mrs. Handley
The Single Standard

The Single Standard (1929)

Movie
Prudence
Camille

Camille (1921)

Movie
Mrs. De La Motte
Mothers of Men

Mothers of Men (1920)

Movie
Mrs. Stanley Shelby
A Society Exile

A Society Exile (1919)

Movie
Mrs. Ruyler
The Avalanche

The Avalanche (1919)

Movie

Ratings

Average 5.67
Based on 151 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1919
1935
1937
1936
1941
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1863-11-20

Deathday
1950-07-24 (86 years old)

Birth Place
Paddington, United Kingdom

Height

Mother
Lydia Thompson

Citizenships
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom

Also Known As
Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury, Zeffie Tilsbury


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