May Whitty

May Whitty

1865-06-19 – 1948-05-29 (age 82) Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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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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Gaslight
Gaslight

1944

as Miss Thwaites

Madame Curie
Madame Curie

1943

as Madame Eugene Curie

Suspicion
Suspicion

1941

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes

1938

as Miss Froy

Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver

1942

as Lady Beldon

Crash Dive
Crash Dive

1943

as Grandmother

Lassie Come Home
Lassie Come Home

1943

as Dally

The White Cliffs of Dover
Conquest
Conquest

1937

as Laetitia Bonaparte

Raffles
Raffles

1939

as Lady Melrose

Devotion
Devotion

1946

as Lady Thornton

Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy

1943

as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)

The Constant Nymph
The Constant Nymph

1943

as Lady Constance Longborough

If Winter Comes
If Winter Comes

1947

as Mrs. Perch

Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen

1943

as Dame May Whitty

Slightly Dangerous
My Name Is Julia Ross
My Name Is Julia Ross

1945

as Mrs. Hughes

I Met My Love Again
I Met My Love Again

1938

as Aunt William

Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street

1947

as Mother Superior

Forever and a Day
Forever and a Day

1943

as Lucy Trimble