May Whitty
Actress • 1865 - 1948

May Whitty

Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

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... Read full bio →

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13 roles
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Character Miss Bessie Thwaites

Gaslight

1944

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Character Lady Jane Stackhouse
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Character Mrs. McLaidlaw

Suspicion

1941

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Character Miss Froy
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Character Mother Superior
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Character Mrs. Hughes
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Character Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
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Character Dally
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Character Madame Eugene Curie
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Character Dame May Whitty
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Character Lady Beldon
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Character Aunt Hester Fairfield
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Character Aunt Georgina Withers

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

13 titles
Green Dolphin Street
Green Dolphin Street 1947
My Name Is Julia Ross
My Name Is Julia Ross 1945
Gaslight
Gaslight 1944
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen 1943
Madame Curie
Madame Curie 1943
Lassie Come Home
Lassie Come Home 1943
Flesh and Fantasy
Flesh and Fantasy 1943
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air
Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air 1942
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. Miniver 1942
Suspicion
Suspicion 1941
A Bill of Divorcement
A Bill of Divorcement 1940
The Lady Vanishes
The Lady Vanishes 1938
Keep Your Seats, Please!
Keep Your Seats, Please! 1936

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