May Whitty

Born: 1865-06-19

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 to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy
Released: 1938-10-07

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a...

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Suspicion

as Mrs. McLaidlaw
Released: 1941-11-14

Wealthy, sheltered Lina McLaidlaw is swept off her feet by charming ne'er-do-well Johnnie...

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Mrs. Miniver

as Lady Beldon
Released: 1942-07-03

Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her...

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Gaslight

as Bessie Thwaites
Released: 1944-05-04

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

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Lassie Come Home

as Dally
Released: 1943-12-01

Hard times come for the Carraclough family and they are forced to sell their dog, Lassie, to the...

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Crash Dive

as Grandmother
Released: 1943-04-22

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German...

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Madame Curie

as Madame Eugene Curie
Released: 1943-12-16

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women...

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My Name Is Julia Ross

as Mrs. Hughes
Released: 1945-11-08

Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow...

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Nanny
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 Lady Thornton
Released: 1946-04-05

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

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Stage Door Canteen

as Dame May Whitty
Released: 1943-06-24

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous...

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Flesh and Fantasy

as Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
Released: 1943-10-29

Anthology film of three tales of the supernatural. The first story is set at the Mardi Gras in...

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Raffles

as Lady Melrose
Released: 1939-11-11

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring...

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Forever and a Day

as Lucy Trimble
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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Thunder Birds

as Lady Jane Stackhouse
Released: 1942-10-28

On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in...

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I Met My Love Again

as Aunt William
Released: 1938-01-14

In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir,...

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Green Dolphin Street

as Mother Superior
Released: 1947-01-15

Sophie loved Edmund, but he left town when her parents forced her to marry wealthy Octavius....

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Conquest

as Laetitia Bonaparte
Released: 1937-10-22

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the...

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Slightly Dangerous

as Baba
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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This Time for Keeps

as Grandmother Cambaretti
Released: 1947-10-17

An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.

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Night Must Fall

as Mrs. Bramson
Released: 1937-04-30

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's...

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The Constant Nymph

as Lady Constance Longborough
Released: 1943-06-23

The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the...

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Return to Yesterday

as Mrs Emily Truscott
Released: 1940-03-09

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small...

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The Sign of the Ram

as Clara Brastock
Released: 1948-03-03

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as uncredited
Released: 1942-10-05

Narrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...

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A Bill of Divorcement

as Aunt Hester Fairfield
Released: 1940-05-31

Father's return from the insane asylum spells calamity for the Fairfield family.

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The Return of October

as Aunt Martha Grant
Released: 1948-10-26

A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite...

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If Winter Comes

as Mrs. Perch
Released: 1947-12-31

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark,...

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Keep Your Seats, Please

as Aunt Georgina Withers
Released: 1936-08-01

Despite being on his uppers, George is still prepared to pawn his beloved banjo in order to help...

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One Night In Lisbon

as Florence
Released: 1941-06-13

Saucy screwball comedy wherein lovely Madeleine falls in love with flier Fred despite...

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The Thirteenth Chair

as Mme. Rosalie La Grange
Released: 1937-05-07

A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Miss Froy (archive footage) (uncredited)
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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