May Robson
Acting Born Apr 17, 1858 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 24 credits
Biography
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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.
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- Bringing Up Baby (1938) as Aunt Elizabeth
- A Star Is Born (1937) as Lettie Blodgett
- Alice in Wonderland (1933) as Queen Of Hearts
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Mrs. Wendel
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) as Aunt Polly
- Dancing Lady (1933) as Dolly Todhunter
- Anna Karenina (1935) as Countess Vronsky
- The King of Kings (1927) as Mother of Gestas
- If I Had a Million (1932) as Mrs. Mary Walker
- Lady for a Day (1933) as Apple Annie
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Wife vs. Secretary (1936) as Mimi Stanhope
- Nurse Edith Cavell (1939) as Mme. Rappard
- Red-Headed Woman (1932) as Aunt Jane
- Rainbow on the River (1936) as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
- Irene (1940) as Granny O'Dare
- 3 Kids and a Queen (1935) as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
- Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940) as Self
- Reckless (1935) as Mrs. Granny Leslie
- Four Mothers (1941) as Aunt Etta
- Four Daughters (1938) as Aunt Etta
- Letty Lynton (1932) as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
- Mills of the Gods (1934) as Mary Hastings