Ethel Griffies

Born: 1878-04-25


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The Birds

as Mrs. Bundy
Released: 1963-03-28

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly...

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How Green Was My Valley

as Mrs. Nicholas
Released: 1941-10-28

A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the...

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Waterloo Bridge

as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1940-05-17

On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man...

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Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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Anna Karenina

as Mme. Kartasoff
Released: 1935-08-30

In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with...

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Werewolf of London

as Mrs. Whack
Released: 1935-05-13

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.

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Alice in Wonderland

as Miss Simpson (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-18

In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...

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Bombshell

as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-13

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

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It Happened Tomorrow

as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)
Released: 1944-03-31

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This...

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Irene

as Princess Minetti
Released: 1940-04-23

Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...

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Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole
Released: 1934-08-15

Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess...

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The Painted Veil

as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.

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Billy Liar

as Grandma Florence
Released: 1963-08-15

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-11

American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball,...

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Devotion

as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
Released: 1946-04-05

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the...

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A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Lady Fitzhugh
Released: 1941-09-26

An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to...

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Doctor Bull

as Miss Ace
Released: 1933-09-22

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers...

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Saratoga Trunk

as Clarissa Van Steed
Released: 1945-11-21

An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join...

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Great Guns

as Aunt Agatha
Released: 1941-10-10

Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick...

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Forever and a Day

as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter
Released: 1943-01-21

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the...

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Billy the Kid

as Mrs. Hanky
Released: 1941-05-30

Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended...

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Stranger on the Third Floor

as Mrs. Kane
Released: 1940-08-16

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Matron (uncredited)
Released: 1942-01-29

Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew...

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Love Me Tonight

as Second Aunt
Released: 1932-08-18

A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an...

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Union Depot

as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)
Released: 1932-01-14

Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a...

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Waterloo Bridge

as Mrs. Hobley
Released: 1931-09-01

In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking...

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Remember the Day

as Undetermined Role
Released: 1941-12-25

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...

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Are You Listening?

as Mrs. Peters
Released: 1932-03-21

WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of...

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Music for Millions

as Mrs. McGuff
Released: 1944-12-18

Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in...

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Holy Matrimony

as Lady Vale
Released: 1943-08-24

An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but...

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White Woman

as Mrs. Chisholm
Released: 1933-11-10

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to...

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Dead Men Tell

as Miss Patience Nodbury
Released: 1941-03-28

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie...

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Midnight Club

as The Duchess
Released: 1933-07-28

With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has...

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Thrill of a Romance

as Mrs. Fenway
Released: 1945-05-23

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business...

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Between Us Girls

as Gallagher
Released: 1942-09-04

A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own...

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The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Lady Stover
Released: 1945-04-28

A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael,...

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Torch Singer

as Agatha Alden
Released: 1933-09-08

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption...

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Westward Passage

as Lady Caverly
Released: 1932-05-27

A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet...

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Manhattan Parade

as Mrs. Beacon
Released: 1931-12-24

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on...

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Vigil in the Night

as Matron East
Released: 1940-02-05

A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.

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Horse Play

as Emily
Released: 1933-06-01

Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and...

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Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Winifred Trent
Released: 1935-03-01

The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.

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The Road to Singapore

as Mrs. Everard
Released: 1931-09-02

A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.

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Over the Moon

as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-12

Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in...

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Crackerjack

as Annie
Released: 1938-10-01

London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of...

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Bus Riley's Back in Town

as Mrs. Spencer
Released: 1965-03-24

Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend...

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Pardon My Rhythm

as Mrs. Martha Dean
Released: 1944-05-01

A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.

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Kathleen Mavourneen

as Hannah O'Dwyer
Released: 1937-02-01

A hugely popular, much-adapted comedy in which a Liverpool lass visits family in rural Ireland...

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

as Mrs. Field
Released: 1934-08-15

Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in...

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The Return Of Peter Grimm

as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew
Released: 1935-09-13

The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part...

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The Impatient Maiden

as Nurse Lovett
Released: 1932-03-01

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

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Enchanted April

as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
Released: 1935-02-01

Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order...

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as Miss Twinkleton
Released: 1935-02-04

A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing...

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Twice Branded

as Mrs. Etta Hamilton
Released: 1936-05-11

A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father...

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Four Frightened People

as Mrs. Ainger's Mother
Released: 1934-01-26

Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where...

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We Live Again

as Aunt Marie
Released: 1934-11-01

Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,...

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We Are Not Alone

as Mrs. Raymond
Released: 1939-11-25

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his...

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Time to Kill

as Mrs. Murdock
Released: 1942-12-24

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Mrs. Graham
Released: 1942-10-01

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...

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The Postman Didn't Ring

as Catherine Vandewater
Released: 1942-07-03

Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The...

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The Mysterious Mr. Davis

as Mabel Wilcox
Released: 1939-12-01

A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner

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Chances

as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)
Released: 1931-07-18

Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go...

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Old English

as Adela Heythorp
Released: 1930-08-12

An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.

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Molly and Me

as Mrs. Lamb
Released: 1945-05-25

A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and...

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Sing While You Dance

as Mrs. Abigail Smith
Released: 1946-07-25

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a...

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The Homestretch

as Aunt Martha
Released: 1947-05-04

A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.

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Castle in the Desert

as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
Released: 1942-02-02

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a...

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Millie's Daughter

as Aunt Katherine
Released: 1947-03-20

An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a...

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A Lady's Profession

as Lady McDougal
Released: 1933-03-03

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

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Once a Lady

as Miss Bleeker
Released: 1931-11-07

A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has...

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First Comes Courage

as Nurse
Released: 1943-07-29

Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant....

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Tonight Is Ours

as Zana
Released: 1933-01-21

A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Lulu
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Mrs. White
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Grandmother
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Merv Griffin Show

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-01

The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...

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The Trials of O'Brien

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-18

The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid...

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Lights Out

as uncredited
First aired: 1949-07-19

Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a...

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