May Robson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
A Star Is Born
as Lettie BlodgettEsther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....
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Bringing Up Baby
as Elizabeth RandomDavid Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of...
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Dinner at Eight
as Mrs. WendelAn ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband,...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Aunt PollyTom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,...
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Lady for a Day
as Apple AnnieNever-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...
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Anna Karenina
as Countess VronskyIn 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with...
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Wife vs. Secretary
as Mimi StanhopeLinda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his...
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The King of Kings
as Mother of GestasThe King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
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Dancing Lady
as Dolly TodhunterJanie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton,...
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They Made Me a Criminal
as Grandma RaffertyA boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Mary WalkerAn elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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Little Orphan Annie
as Mrs. StewartMillionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his...
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Alice in Wonderland
as Queen Of HeartsIn Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called...
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Four Daughters
as Aunt EttaMusician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live...
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Reckless
as Mrs. Granny LeslieA theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
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Nurse Edith Cavell
as Mme. RappardBritish nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the...
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Red-Headed Woman
as Aunt JaneLil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an...
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Irene
as Granny O'DareUpholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs...
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Daughters Courageous
as Penny, the HousekeeperNan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam...
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Reunion in Vienna
as Frau LucherAn exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard)...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...
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How Molly Malone Made Good
as HerselfMolly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview...
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Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Judith ParisThe Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
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Four Mothers
as Aunt EttaFour married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
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Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as SelfThis 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including...
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3 Kids and a Queen
as Mary Jane 'Queenie' BaxterAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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Straight Is the Way
as Mrs. HorowitzJust out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former...
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The Solitaire Man
as Mrs. VailAn almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are...
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That's Right – You're Wrong
as GrandmaJ. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader...
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Cecilia DangerfieldWith thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called...
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Beauty for Sale
as Mrs. MerrickA beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy...
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Joan of Paris
as Mlle. RosayAn RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the...
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Letty Lynton
as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's MothersSocialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South...
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Age of Indiscretion
as Emma ShawA book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to...
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Four Wives
as Aunt EttaIn this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as...
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One Man's Journey
as SarahDr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to...
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Breakdowns of 1939
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
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The Texans
as GrannaAfter the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a...
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Strange Interlude
as Mrs. EvansAfter Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with...
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The Captain's Kid
as Aunt Marcia PrentissIn this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the...
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The White Sister
as Mother SuperiorAn Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.
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Rubber Tires
as Mrs. StackWhen the Stack family suffers some financial setbacks, daughter Mary Ellen suggests they buy a...
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Mills of the Gods
as Mary HastingsFay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by...
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Woman in Distress
as Phoebe TuttleInvestigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in...
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You Can't Buy Everything
as Mrs. Hannah BellA scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
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Million Dollar Baby
as Cornelia WheelwrightA sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
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Rainbow on the River
as Mrs. Harriet AinsworthA young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't...
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Chicago
as Mrs. Morton - MatronBased on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he...
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Men Must Fight
as Maman SewardProphetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
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The Perfect Specimen
as Mrs. Leona WicksRaised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford...
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The Kid from Kokomo
as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' ManellGruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer...
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A Night Out
as GranmumA grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
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Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as HerselfHedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay...
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Broadway to Hollywood
as Veteran ActressIn this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife...
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The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as...
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Playmates
as Grandma KyserLulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio...
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Granny Get Your Gun
as Minerva Hildegard HattonAn elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.
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Lady by Choice
as Patricia 'Patsy' PattersonTo improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
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Strangers All
as Anna CarterDomestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
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The Angel of Broadway
as Big BerthaBabe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her...
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Grand Old Girl
as Laura BaylesAn elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
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Breakdowns of 1940
as SelfFlubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
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The She-Wolf
as uncreditedAn unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
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Pals in Paradise
as Esther LezinskyBill Harvey discovers a lost mine, rich with gold. Geraldine "Jerry" Howard has the claim to it...
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
as 'Granny' WhitmanEllen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...
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When Knights Were Bold
as uncreditedTwo noblemen fight over a lady.
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A Harp in Hock
as Mrs. BanksA Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film...
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