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 to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles.

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Known For

The Lady Vanishes

Miss Froy

Gaslight

Bessie Thwaites

Stage Door Canteen

Dame May Whitty

Madame Curie

Madame Eugene Curie

Suspicion

Mrs. McLaidlaw

My Name Is Julia Ross

Mrs. Hughes

Mrs. Miniver

Lady Beldon

Lassie Come Home

Dally

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1948	The Sign of the Ram	Clara Brastock
1948	The Return of October	Aunt Martha Grant
1947	This Time for Keeps	Grandmother Cambaretti
1947	Green Dolphin Street	Mother Superior
1947	If Winter Comes	Mrs. Perch
1946	Devotion	Lady Thornton
1945	My Name Is Julia Ross	Mrs. Hughes
1944	Gaslight	Bessie Thwaites
1944	The White Cliffs of Dover	Nanny
1943	Lassie Come Home	Dally
1943	Madame Curie	Madame Eugene Curie
1943	Crash Dive	Grandmother
1943	The Constant Nymph	Lady Constance Longborough
1943	Flesh and Fantasy	Pamela Hardwick (segment 2)
1943	Slightly Dangerous	Baba
1943	Stage Door Canteen	Dame May Whitty
1943	Forever and a Day	Lucy Trimble
1942	Mrs. Miniver	Lady Beldon
1942	Thunder Birds	Lady Jane Stackhouse
1942	Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1941	Suspicion	Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941	One Night In Lisbon	Florence
1940	A Bill of Divorcement	Aunt Hester Fairfield
1940	Return to Yesterday	Mrs Emily Truscott
1939	Raffles	Lady Melrose
1938	The Lady Vanishes	Miss Froy
1938	I Met My Love Again	Aunt William
1937	Conquest	Laetitia Bonaparte
1937	Night Must Fall	Mrs. Bramson
1937	The Thirteenth Chair	Mme. Rosalie La Grange
1936	Keep Your Seats, Please	Aunt Georgina Withers
1915	The Little Minister	Nanny Webster

Year	TV Show	Role