Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1865-06-19
- Day of Death1948-05-29 (82 years)
- Place of BirthLiverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
- Also Known AsMary Louise WhittyMary Louisa WhittyMary Louise WebsterDame Mary Louise WebsterDame Mary Louise Webster, DBEMay WhittyMiss May WhittyDame May Whitty
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1948
The Return of October
As: Aunt Martha Grant
- 1948
The Sign of the Ram
As: Clara Brastock
- 1947
If Winter Comes
As: Mrs. Perch
- 1947
This Time for Keeps
As: Grandmother Cambaretti
- 1947
Green Dolphin Street
As: Mother Superior
- 1946
Devotion
As: Lady Thornton
- 1945
My Name Is Julia Ross
As: Mrs. Hughes
- 1944
The White Cliffs of Dover
As: Nanny
- 1944
Gaslight
As: Miss Thwaites
1943Madame Curie
As: Madame Eugene Curie
- 1943
Lassie Come Home
As: Dally
1943Flesh and Fantasy
As: Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943Stage Door Canteen
As: Dame May Whitty
1943The Constant Nymph
As: Lady Constance Longborough
1943Crash Dive
As: Grandmother
1943Slightly Dangerous
As: Baba
1943Forever and a Day
As: Lucy Trimble
1942Thunder Birds
As: Lady Jane Stackhouse
- 1942
Mrs. Miniver
As: Lady Beldon
- 1941
Suspicion
As: Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941One Night In Lisbon
As: Florence
1940A Bill of Divorcement
As: Aunt Hester Fairfield
1940Return to Yesterday
As: Mrs Emily Truscott
1939Raffles
As: Lady Melrose
- 1938
The Lady Vanishes
As: Miss Froy
1938I Met My Love Again
As: Aunt William
1937Conquest
As: Laetitia Bonaparte
1937The Thirteenth Chair
As: Mme. Rosalie La Grange
1937Night Must Fall
As: Mrs. Bramson
1936Keep Your Seats, Please
As: Aunt Georgina Withers