Edna May Oliver

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Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

Birth Name

Edna May Nutter

Born

Friday, 09 November 1883

Died

Monday, 09 November 1942

Actress Filmography

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl	Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929])	1999
Lydia	Sarah MacMillan	1941
Pride and Prejudice	Lady Catherine de Bourgh	1940
Drums Along the Mohawk	Mrs. Mc Klennar	1939
Nurse Edith Cavell	Countess de Mavon	1939
Second Fiddle	Aunt Phoebe	1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Maggie Sutton	1939
Little Miss Broadway	Sarah Wendling	1938
Paradise for Three	Mrs. Kunkel	1938
Rosalie	Queen / Queen of Romanza	1937

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Actress Filmography

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl	Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929])	1999
Lydia	Sarah MacMillan	1941
Pride and Prejudice	Lady Catherine de Bourgh	1940
Drums Along the Mohawk	Mrs. Mc Klennar	1939
Nurse Edith Cavell	Countess de Mavon	1939
Second Fiddle	Aunt Phoebe	1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Maggie Sutton	1939
Little Miss Broadway	Sarah Wendling	1938
Paradise for Three	Mrs. Kunkel	1938
Rosalie	Queen / Queen of Romanza	1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich	Mrs. Atherton	1937
Parnell	Aunt Ben / Aunt Ben Wood	1937
Romeo and Juliet	Nurse to Juliet / Juliet's Nurse	1936
A Tale of Two Cities	Miss Pross	1935
No More Ladies	Fanny / Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend	1935
Murder on a Honeymoon	Hildegarde Withers	1935
David Copperfield	Aunt Betsey / Aunt Betsey Trotwood	1935
We're Rich Again	Maude Stanley	1934
Murder on the Blackboard	Hildegarde Withers	1934
The Last Gentleman	Augusta Pritchard / Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister	1934
The Poor Rich	Harriet Spottiswood	1934
Alice in Wonderland	Red Queen	1933
Little Women	Aunt March	1933
Only Yesterday	Leona	1933
Meet the Baron	Dean Primrose	1933
Ann Vickers	Malvina Wormser	1933
It's Great to Be Alive	Dr. Prodwell	1933
The Great Jasper	Madame Talma	1933
Penguin Pool Murder	Miss Withers / Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers	1932
The Conquerors	Matilda Blake	1932
Hold 'Em Jail	Violet Jones	1932
Ladies of the Jury	Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane	1932
Fanny Foley Herself	Fanny Foley	1931
Caught Plastered	Bearded customer's wife	1931
Newly Rich	Bessie Tate	1931
Cracked Nuts	Aunt Minnie Van Varden / Aunt Minnie Van Arden	1931
Laugh and Get Rich	Sarah Austin / Sarah Cranston Austin	1931
Cimarron	Mrs. Tracy Wyatt	1931
Half Shot at Sunrise	Mrs. Marshall	1930
The Saturday Night Kid	Miss Streeter	1929
The Lucky Devil	Mrs. McDee	1925
Icebound	Hannah	1924