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Dame May Whitty

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Date of Birth:
19 June 1865, Liverpool, England, UK more
Date of Death:
29 May 1948, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA (cancer) more
Mini Biography:
Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865 to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife... more
Trivia:
Mother of actress/director Margaret Webster, who died in 1972. more
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
Alternate Names:
May Whitty
US TV Schedule:
Fri. July 2510:45 AMTCM Slightly Dangerous  
Fri. July 2510:00 PMTCM Lassie Come Home  

Filmography

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Actress:
  1. The Return of October (1948) .... Aunt Martha Grant
    ... aka A Date with Destiny (UK)
  2. The Sign of the Ram (1948) .... Clara Brastock
  3. If Winter Comes (1947) .... Mrs. Perch
  4. This Time for Keeps (1947) .... Grandmother Cambaretti
  5. Green Dolphin Street (1947) .... Mother Superior
  6. Devotion (1946) .... Lady Thornton
  7. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) .... Mrs. Hughes
  8. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) .... Nanny
  9. Gaslight (1944) .... Miss Bessie Thwaites
    ... aka Murder in Thornton Square (UK)
  10. Madame Curie (1943) .... Madame Eugene Curie
  11. Flesh and Fantasy (1943) .... Lady Pamela Hardwick
    ... aka Six Destinies
  12. Lassie Come Home (1943) .... Dally
  13. The Constant Nymph (1943) .... Lady Longborough
  14. Crash Dive (1943) .... Grandmother
  15. Slightly Dangerous (1943) .... Baba
  16. Forever and a Day (1943) .... Mrs. Lucy Trimble
    ... aka The Changing World (USA: alternative title)
  17. Thunder Birds (1942) .... Lady Jane Stackhouse
  18. Mrs. Miniver (1942) .... Lady Beldon
  19. Suspicion (1941) .... Mrs. McLaidlaw
  20. One Night in Lisbon (1941) .... Florence
  21. A Bill of Divorcement (1940) .... Aunt Hester Fairfield
    ... aka Bill of Divorcement (UK)
    ... aka Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
  22. Return to Yesterday (1940) .... Mrs Emily Truscott

  23. Raffles (1939) .... Lady Kitty Melrose
  24. Rake's Progress (1939) (TV) .... Mrs. Mead, Wilkes's mother-in-law
  25. The Royal Family of Broadway (1939) (TV) .... Fanny Cavendish
  26. Mary Rose (1939) (TV) .... Mrs. Morland
  27. The Lady Vanishes (1938) .... Miss Froy
  28. Parnell (1938) (TV) .... Aunt Caroline
  29. I Met My Love Again (1938) .... Aunt William
  30. Conquest (1937) .... Laetitia Bonaparte
    ... aka Marie Walewska (UK)
  31. The Thirteenth Chair (1937) .... Mme. Rosalie La Grange
  32. Night Must Fall (1937) .... Mrs. Bramson
  33. Keep Your Seats, Please (1936) (uncredited) .... Dowager

  34. Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman (1920) .... Mrs. Mackenzie

  35. The Little Minister (1915) .... Nanny Webster
  36. Enoch Arden (1914) (as May Whitty) .... Miriam Lane
Self:
  1. Stage Door Canteen (1943) .... Herself
  2. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Dally Fadden

Additional Details

Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography more
Genres:
Drama | Romance | Comedy | Thriller more
Plot Keywords:
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