Discover
Mary Jeanette Robison, known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born American-based actress, whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25 years of age. 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 70s, usually playing cross old women with hearts of gold.
Birth Name
Mary Jeannette Robison
Born
Monday, 19 April 1858
Died
Tuesday, 20 October 1942
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Joan of Paris | Mlle. Rosay | 1942 |
| Playmates | Grandma Kyser | 1941 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Herself / Self | 1941 |
| Million Dollar Baby | Cornelia Wheelwright | 1941 |
| Four Mothers | Aunt Etta | 1941 |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | Cecilia Dangerfield | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Herself / Self | 1940 |
| Irene | Granny O'Dare | 1940 |
| Granny Get Your Gun | Minerva Hatton / Minerva Hildegard Hatton | 1940 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self | 1983 |
| Joan of Paris | Mlle. Rosay | 1942 |
| Playmates | Grandma Kyser | 1941 |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 | Herself / Self | 1941 |
| Million Dollar Baby | Cornelia Wheelwright | 1941 |
| Four Mothers | Aunt Etta | 1941 |
| Texas Rangers Ride Again | Cecilia Dangerfield | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Herself / Self | 1940 |
| Irene | Granny O'Dare | 1940 |
| Granny Get Your Gun | Minerva Hatton / Minerva Hildegard Hatton | 1940 |
| Four Wives | Aunt Etta | 1939 |
| That's Right - You're Wrong | Grandma | 1939 |
| Nurse Edith Cavell | Mme. Rappard | 1939 |
| Daughters Courageous | Penny, the Housekeeper / Penny | 1939 |
| The Kid from Kokomo | 'Ma' Manell / Margaret 'Maggie' | 1939 |
| Yes, My Darling Daughter | 'Granny' Whitman | 1939 |
| They Made Me a Criminal | Grandma Rafferty | 1939 |
| The Texans | Granna | 1938 |
| Four Daughters | Aunt Etta / Aunt Etta Lemp | 1938 |
| Bringing Up Baby | Aunt Elizabeth / Elizabeth Random | 1938 |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Aunt Polly | 1938 |
| The Perfect Specimen | Mrs. Leona Wicks | 1937 |
| A Star Is Born | Grandmother Lettie Blodgett | 1937 |
| Woman in Distress | Phoebe Tuttle | 1937 |
| Rainbow on the River | Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth | 1936 |
| The Captain's Kid | Aunt Marcia Prentiss | 1936 |
| Wife vs. Secretary | Mimi Stanhope | 1936 |
| 3 Kids and a Queen | Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter | 1935 |
| Anna Karenina | Countess Vronsky | 1935 |
| Age of Indiscretion | Emma Shaw | 1935 |
| Strangers All | Anna Carter | 1935 |
| Reckless | Granny / Mrs. Granny Leslie | 1935 |
| Vanessa, Her Love Story | Madame Judith Paris / Judith Paris | 1935 |
| Grand Old Girl | Laura Bayles | 1935 |
| Movies on Sundays | Self | 1935 |
| Mills of the Gods | Mary Hastings | 1934 |
| Lady by Choice | Patricia Patterson / Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson | 1934 |
| The Hollywood Gad-About | Self | 1934 |
| Straight Is the Way | Mrs. Horowitz | 1934 |
| You Can't Buy Everything | Mrs. Hannah Bell | 1934 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Queen of Hearts | 1933 |
| Dancing Lady | Dolly Todhunter - Tod's Grandmother / Dolly Todhunter | 1933 |
| The Solitaire Man | Mrs. Vail | 1933 |
| Lady for a Day | Apple Annie | 1933 |
| One Man's Journey | Sarah | 1933 |
| Broadway to Hollywood | Veteran Actress | 1933 |
| Beauty for Sale | Mrs. Merrick | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Mrs. Wendel | 1933 |
| Reunion in Vienna | Frau Lucher | 1933 |
| The White Sister | Mother Superior | 1933 |
| Men Must Fight | Maman Seward | 1933 |
| If I Had a Million | Mrs. Mary Walker | 1932 |
| Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Stewart | 1932 |
| Strange Interlude | Mrs. Evans | 1932 |
| Red-Headed Woman | Aunt Jane | 1932 |
| Letty Lynton | Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers | 1932 |
| The She-Wolf | Harriet Breen | 1931 |
| The Blue Danube | 1928 | |
| Chicago | Mrs. Morton - Matron | 1927 |
| A Harp in Hock | Mrs. Banks | 1927 |
| The Angel of Broadway | Big Bertha | 1927 |
| The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary | Aunt Mary Watkins | 1927 |
| The King of Kings | Mother of Gestas | 1927 |
| Rubber Tires | Mrs. Stack | 1927 |
| Pals in Paradise | Esther Lezinsky | 1926 |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Old woman outside of music hall | 1920 |
| How Molly Malone Made Good | Herself / Self | 1915 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1934 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |
