May Whitty
English actress (1865-1948) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 82
Dame Mary Louise Webster, 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 in 1930.
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1948Died29 May 1948
The Return of OctoberFilm, 1948Aunt Martha Grant1947
Green Dolphin StreetFilm, Mother Superior1946
DevotionFilm, Lady Thornton1945
My Name Is Julia RossFilm, Mrs. Hughes1944
GaslightFilm, Miss Thwaites1943
Crash DiveFilm, Grandmother1942
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6Film1941
One Night In LisbonFilm, Florence1940
A Bill of DivorcementFilm, Aunt Hester Fairfield1939
RafflesFilm, Lady Melrose1938
I Met My Love AgainFilm, Aunt William1937
ConquestFilm, Laetitia Bonaparte1936
Keep Your Seats, PleaseFilm, Aunt Georgina Withers1918Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1915The Little MinisterFilm, Nanny Webster1865Born19 June 1865
The Return of OctoberFilm, 1948Aunt Martha Grant1947Green Dolphin StreetFilm, Mother Superior1946DevotionFilm, Lady Thornton1945My Name Is Julia RossFilm, Mrs. Hughes1944GaslightFilm, Miss Thwaites1943Crash DiveFilm, Grandmother1942Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6Film1941One Night In LisbonFilm, Florence1940A Bill of DivorcementFilm, Aunt Hester Fairfield1939RafflesFilm, Lady Melrose1938I Met My Love AgainFilm, Aunt William1937ConquestFilm, Laetitia Bonaparte1936Keep Your Seats, PleaseFilm, Aunt Georgina Withers1918Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1915The Little MinisterFilm, Nanny Webster1865Born19 June 1865Known for
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Gaslight 1944
The Lady Vanishes 1938
Madame Curie 1943
Mrs. Miniver 1942
Suspicion 1941
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Doris Lloyd Also in Suspicion and The White Cliffs of Dover
Reginald Owen Also in Madame Curie and Green Dolphin Street
Sidney Franklin Produced Mrs. Miniver and Madame Curie- Victor Saville Directed Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Alec Craig Also in Mrs. Miniver, Gaslight and Suspicion
Charles Boyer Also in Conquest and The Constant Nymph
C. Aubrey Smith Also in Madame Curie and Forever and a Day
Herbert Stothart Wrote Mrs. Miniver, Madame Curie and Conquest
Ian Wolfe Also in Mrs. Miniver and Conquest
John Van Druten Wrote Night Must Fall and Raffles
Leonard Carey Also in Mrs. Miniver, Gaslight and Suspicion
Lumsden Hare Also in Suspicion and Green Dolphin Street
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The Lady Vanishes (1938)
George Cukor Directed Gaslight and I Met My Love Again
Edmund Gwenn Also in Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Peter Lawford Also in Mrs. Miniver and Thunder Birds
Clarence Brown Directed Conquest and The White Cliffs of Dover
Richard Thorpe Directed Night Must Fall and This Time for Keeps
Edmund Goulding Directed Forever and a Day (1943)- Robert Stevenson Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Slightly Dangerous and If Winter Comes
Alan Marshal Also in The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Anita Sharp-Bolster Also in The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Billy Bevan Also in Suspicion and Devotion
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Filmography 32
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1865 to 1948 · aged 82
