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Dame Mary Louise Webster,, 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.
Birth Name
Mary Louisa Whitty
Born
Monday, 19 June 1865
Died
Saturday, 29 May 1948
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| The Return of October | Aunt Martha Grant | 1948 |
| The Sign of the Ram | Clara Brastock | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Mrs. Perch | 1947 |
| This Time for Keeps | Grandmother Cambaretti | 1947 |
| Green Dolphin Street | Mother Superior | 1947 |
| Devotion | Lady Thornton | 1946 |
| My Name Is Julia Ross | Mrs. Hughes | 1945 |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | Nanny | 1944 |
| Gaslight | Miss Thwaites / Bessie Thwaites | 1944 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Best of British | (archive footage) | 1987 |
| The Return of October | Aunt Martha Grant | 1948 |
| The Sign of the Ram | Clara Brastock | 1948 |
| If Winter Comes | Mrs. Perch | 1947 |
| This Time for Keeps | Grandmother Cambaretti | 1947 |
| Green Dolphin Street | Mother Superior | 1947 |
| Devotion | Lady Thornton | 1946 |
| My Name Is Julia Ross | Mrs. Hughes | 1945 |
| The White Cliffs of Dover | Nanny | 1944 |
| Gaslight | Miss Thwaites / Bessie Thwaites | 1944 |
| Madame Curie | Madame Eugene Curie | 1943 |
| Lassie Come Home | Dally | 1943 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2) / Pamela Hardwick (segment 2) | 1943 |
| Stage Door Canteen | May Whitty / Dame May Whitty | 1943 |
| The Constant Nymph | Lady Longborough / Lady Constance Longborough | 1943 |
| Crash Dive | Grandmother | 1943 |
| Slightly Dangerous | Baba | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Mrs. Lucy Trimble / Lucy Trimble | 1943 |
| Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air | Lady Jane Stackhouse | 1942 |
| Mrs. Miniver | Lady Beldon | 1942 |
| Suspicion | Mrs. McLaidlaw | 1941 |
| One Night in Lisbon | Florence | 1941 |
| A Bill of Divorcement | Aunt Hester Fairfield | 1940 |
| Return to Yesterday | Mrs. Truscott / Mrs Emily Truscott | 1940 |
| Raffles | Lady Melrose | 1939 |
| The Lady Vanishes | Miss Froy | 1938 |
| I Met My Love Again | Aunt William | 1938 |
| Conquest | Laetitia Bonaparte | 1937 |
| The Thirteenth Chair | Mme. Rosalie La Grange | 1937 |
| Night Must Fall | Mrs. Bramson | 1937 |
| Keep Your Seats, Please! | Aunt Georgina Withers | 1937 |
| Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman | Mrs. Mackenzie | 1920 |
| The Little Minister | Nanny Webster | 1915 |
| Enoch Arden | Miriam Lane | 1914 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1943 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
| 1938 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
