May Whitty
Personal Info
Acting
June 18, 1865 (82 years old)
May 28, 1948
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Also Known As
Mary Louise Whitty
Mary Louisa Whitty
Mary Louise Webster
May Whitty
Biography
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), 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. After a successful career she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. She went to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles.
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Known For
The Return of October
1948
as Aunt Martha Grant
The Sign of the Ram
1948
as Clara Brastock
If Winter Comes
1947
as Mrs. Perch
This Time for Keeps
1947
as Grandmother Cambaretti
Green Dolphin Street
1947
as Mother Superior
Devotion
1946
as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945
as Mrs. Hughes
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944
as Nanny
Gaslight
1944
as Miss Thwaites
Madame Curie
1943
as Madame Eugene Curie
Lassie Come Home
1943
as Dally
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Dame May Whitty
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Lady Constance Longborough
Crash Dive
1943
as Grandmother
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Baba
Forever and a Day
1943
as Lucy Trimble
Thunder Birds
1942
as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
Mrs. Miniver
1942
as Lady Beldon