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May Whitty

Acting Born Jun 19, 1865 Died May 29, 1948 Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK 32 credits

Biography

May Whitty works in acting. Born June 19, 1865 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Died May 29, 1948. Archytele lists 32 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.

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Known for

Film

Gaslight

as Miss Thwaites
Film

Suspicion

as Mrs. McLaidlaw

Poker Face

as Aunt Hester Fairfield
Film

The Lady Vanishes

as Miss Froy

Frequent co-stars

Charles Boyer 1 shared title
Ingrid Bergman 1 shared title
Joseph Cotten 1 shared title
Angela Lansbury 1 shared title
Barbara Everest 1 shared title
Emil Rameau 1 shared title
Edmund Breon 1 shared title
Halliwell Hobbes 1 shared title
Tom Stevenson 1 shared title
Heather Thatcher 1 shared title

Career timeline

The Return of OctoberThe Sign of the Ram
Green Dolphin StreetIf Winter ComesThis Time for Keeps
Devotion
My Name Is Julia Ross
GaslightThe White Cliffs of Dover
Lassie Come HomeMadame CurieCrash DiveFlesh and FantasySlightly Dangerous
Mrs. MiniverThunder BirdsHedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
SuspicionOne Night In Lisbon
A Bill of DivorcementReturn to Yesterday
Raffles
The Lady VanishesI Met My Love Again
Night Must FallConquestThe Thirteenth Chair
Keep Your Seats, Please
The Little Minister

Full filmography

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