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Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air] (1942) -- A woman stationed at an Army base in Arizona is torn between two men: the trainer with a storied past and the young pilot he has decided to groom for greatness.

Gaslight (1944) -- Trailer for this strange story of a criminals love for a great beauty

The Lady Vanishes (1938) -- While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.

Madame Curie (1943) -- Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.

Gaslight (1944) -- AllTrailers.net - Trailer (Flash)

Overview

Date of Birth:

19 June 1865, Liverpool, England, UK more

Date of Death:

29 May 1948, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865 to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife... more

Trivia:

Her father, Alfred Whitty, was a British journalist/publisher. more

STARmeter:

Down 50% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. more

Alternate Names:

May Whitty

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Self, Archive Footage

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	The Return of October (1948)	Aunt Martha Grant	1948	-	6.0 (70)
	AKAs: A Date with Destiny (UK)
2.	The Sign of the Ram (1948)	Clara Brastock	1948	-	6.0 (95)

3.	If Winter Comes (1947)	Mrs. Perch	1947	-	5.6 (116)

4.	This Time for Keeps (1947)	Grandmother Cambaretti	1947	-	5.8 (89)

5.	Green Dolphin Street (1947)	Mother Superior	1947	-	6.6 (473)

6.	Devotion (1946)	Lady Thornton	1946	-	6.6 (217)

7.	My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)	Mrs. Hughes	1945	-	7.3 (312)

8.	The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)	Nanny	1944	-	6.9 (511)

9.	Gaslight (1944)	Miss Bessie Thwaites	1944	-	7.9 (7,012)
	AKAs: Murder in Thornton Square (UK)
10.	Madame Curie (1943)	Madame Eugene Curie	1943	-	7.1 (636)

11.	Flesh and Fantasy (1943)	Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2)	1943	-	7.1 (227)
	AKAs: Six Destinies
12.	Lassie Come Home (1943)	Dally	1943	-	7.2 (1,582)

13.	The Constant Nymph (1943)	Lady Longborough	1943	-	7.7 (150)

14.	Crash Dive (1943)	Grandmother	1943	-	6.5 (399)

15.	Slightly Dangerous (1943)	Baba	1943	-	6.1 (149)

16.	Forever and a Day (1943)	Mrs. Lucy Trimble	1943	-	7.4 (242)
	AKAs: The Changing World (USA: alternative title)
17.	Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air] (1942)	Lady Jane Stackhouse	1942	-	5.9 (103)

18.	Mrs. Miniver (1942)	Lady Beldon	1942	-	7.7 (4,410)

19.	Suspicion (1941)	Mrs. McLaidlaw	1941	-	7.6 (9,091)

20.	One Night in Lisbon (1941)	Florence	1941	-	7.9 (24)

21.	A Bill of Divorcement (1940)	Aunt Hester Fairfield	1940	-	5.6 (49)
	AKAs: Bill of Divorcement (UK) Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
22.	Return to Yesterday (1940)	Mrs Emily Truscott	1940	-	-

23.	Raffles (1939)	Lady Kitty Melrose	1939	-	6.3 (196)

24.	Rake's Progress (1939) (TV)	Mrs. Mead, Wilkes's mother-in-law	1939	-	-

25.	The Royal Family of Broadway (1939) (TV)	Fanny Cavendish	1939	-	-

26.	Mary Rose (1939) (TV)	Mrs. Morland	1939	-	-

27.	The Lady Vanishes (1938)	Miss Froy	1938	-	8.1 (15,920)

28.	Parnell (1938) (TV)	Aunt Caroline	1938	-	-

29.	I Met My Love Again (1938)	Aunt William	1938	-	5.3 (36)

30.	Conquest (1937)	Laetitia Bonaparte	1937	-	6.7 (428)
	AKAs: Marie Walewska (UK)
31.	The Thirteenth Chair (1937)	Mme. Rosalie La Grange	1937	-	6.2 (51)

32.	Night Must Fall (1937)	Mrs. Bramson	1937	-	7.2 (660)

33.	Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)	(uncredited) Aunt Georgna Withers	1936	-	5.7 (27)

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

35.	The Little Minister (1915)	Nanny Webster	1915	-	-

36.	Enoch Arden (1914)	(as May Whitty) Miriam Lane	1914	-	-

			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Stage Door Canteen (1943)	Herself	1943	-	6.5 (633)

2.	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942)	Herself	1942	-	7.4 (9)

Archive Footage
	1.	50 Greatest TV Animals (2003) (TV)	(uncredited) Dally Fadden

Additional Details

Other Works:

Active on Broadway in the following productions: more

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography more

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Comedy | Thriller more

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Based On Play | WWII more

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