May Robson
Australian-born American actress (1858-1942) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 84
Mary Jeanette Robison, known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born America-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25.
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1942Died20 October 1942
Joan of ParisFilm, 1942Mlle. Rosay1941
Four MothersFilm, Aunt Etta1940
IreneFilm, Granny O'Dare1939
Daughters CourageousFilm, Penny, the Housekeeper1938
Bringing Up BabyFilm, Aunt Elizabeth1937
A Star Is BornFilm, Lettie Blodgett1936
Wife vs. SecretaryFilm, Mimi Stanhope1935
Age of IndiscretionFilm, Emma Shaw1934
Lady by ChoiceFilm, Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson1933
Alice in WonderlandFilm, Queen Of Hearts1932
If I Had a MillionFilm, Mrs. Mary Walker1927
ChicagoFilm, Mrs. Morton - Matron
Rubber TiresFilm, 1927Mrs. Stack1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)1858Born19 April 1858
Joan of ParisFilm, 1942Mlle. Rosay1941Four MothersFilm, Aunt Etta1940IreneFilm, Granny O'Dare1939Daughters CourageousFilm, Penny, the Housekeeper1938Bringing Up BabyFilm, Aunt Elizabeth1937A Star Is BornFilm, Lettie Blodgett1936Wife vs. SecretaryFilm, Mimi Stanhope1935Age of IndiscretionFilm, Emma Shaw1934Lady by ChoiceFilm, Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson1933Alice in WonderlandFilm, Queen Of Hearts1932If I Had a MillionFilm, Mrs. Mary Walker1927ChicagoFilm, Mrs. Morton - MatronRubber TiresFilm, 1927Mrs. Stack1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)1858Born19 April 1858Known for
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Bringing Up Baby 1938
A Star Is Born 1937
Lady for a Day 1933
Dinner at Eight 1933
Wife vs. Secretary 1936
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Michael Curtiz Directed Four Daughters and Four Wives
David O. Selznick Produced A Star Is Born and Anna Karenina
Hal B. Wallis Produced Four Daughters (1938)
Clarence Brown Directed Anna Karenina and Letty LyntonPriscilla Lane Also in Four Daughters and Daughters Courageous
Benjamin Glazer Produced Alice in Wonderland and Four Daughters
Jeffrey Lynn Also in Four Wives and Four Daughters
John S. Robertson Directed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Hunt Stromberg Produced Wife vs. Secretary and Letty Lynton- Henry Blanke Produced Four Daughters and Four Wives
Edward LeSaint Also in Lady for a Day and Wife vs. Secretary
Max Steiner Wrote A Star Is Born and Four Daughters
Dick Foran Also in Four Wives and The Perfect Specimen
Jean Harlow Also in Dinner at Eight and Red-Headed Woman
Cecil B. DeMille Produced The King of Kings and Chicago
Victor Fleming Directed Reckless and The White Sister
Norman Taurog Directed The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
John Garfield Also in They Made Me a Criminal and Four Wives
Gale Page Also in Four Daughters and Daughters Courageous
Herbert Stothart Wrote Anna Karenina and Wife vs. Secretary- Norman Z. McLeod Directed Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Lola Lane Also in Four Wives and Four Daughters- William Axt Wrote The King of Kings and Dinner at Eight
- Frank Urson Directed The King of Kings and Chicago
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A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is remembered for the dozens of films she appeared in during the 1930s, when she was in her 70s.
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1858 to 1942 · aged 84
