Ethel Griffies
British actress (1878-1975) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 97
Ethel Griffies was a British actress. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963). She appeared in stage roles in the United Kingdom and the United States, and had featured roles in around 100 motion pictures.
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The Trials of O'BrienSeries1963
Billy LiarFilm, Grandma Florence1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Lulu
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries, 19621949
Lights OutSeries1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries, Mrs. White1946
DevotionFilm, Aunt Elizabeth Branwell1945
Molly and MeFilm, Mrs. Lamb1944
It Happened TomorrowFilm, Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)1943
Forever and a DayFilm, Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter1942
Castle in the DesertFilm, Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie1941
A Yank in the R.A.F.Film, Lady Fitzhugh1940
Stranger on the Third FloorFilm, Mrs. Kane1935
Anna KareninaFilm, Mme. Kartasoff1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes BackFilm, Mrs. Field1933
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Miss Simpson (uncredited)1932
Love Me TonightFilm, Second Aunt
Union DepotFilm, 1932Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)1931
The Road to SingaporeFilm, Mrs. Everard (uncredited)1878Born26 April 1878Known for
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The Birds 1963
Waterloo Bridge 1940
How Green Was My Valley 1941
Jane Eyre 1943
Billy Liar 1963
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Darryl F. Zanuck Produced How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Alfred Newman Wrote How Green Was My Valley (1942)
C. Aubrey Smith Also in Waterloo Bridge and Love Me Tonight
Doris Lloyd Also in The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Stuart Walker Directed Werewolf of London (1935)
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Waterloo Bridge and Impatient Maiden
Mary Forbes Also in Bombshell and We Live Again
Halliwell Hobbes Also in Waterloo Bridge and We Live Again
John Ford Directed How Green Was My Valley and Doctor Bull
Rouben Mamoulian Directed Love Me Tonight and We Live Again
Hal B. Wallis Produced Saratoga Trunk and We Are Not Alone
James Whale Directed Waterloo Bridge and Impatient Maiden
Sidney Franklin Produced Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Alexander Hall Directed Torch Singer and Midnight Club
Joe Pasternak Produced Thrill of a Romance (1945)
Reginald Gardiner Also in A Yank in the R.A.F. (1941)
Sol M. Wurtzel Produced Great Guns and Time to Kill
Billy Bevan Also in Devotion and Holy Matrimony
Clarence Brown Directed The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Mary Gordon Also in How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Sara Allgood Also in Jane Eyre and How Green Was My Valley- Robert Stevenson Directed Jane Eyre (1943)
Una O'Connor Also in How Green Was My Valley (1942)
Alec Craig Also in The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
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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.
