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Ethel Griffies

Acting

Born April 25, 1878 · Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died September 9, 1975

Also known as Ethel Woods

Biography

Ethel Griffies was a British actress. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963). She appeared in stage roles in the United Kingdom and the United States, and had featured roles in around 100 motion pictures. Griffies was one of the oldest working actors in the English-speaking theatre at the time of her death at 97 years old. She acted alongside such stars as May Whitty, Ellen Terry, and Anna Neagle.

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Filmography27 titles

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as Lulu

The Birds

1963as Mrs. Bundy

Forever and a Day

1943as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter

Waterloo Bridge

1940as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

How Green Was My Valley

1941as Mrs. Nicholas

Sadie McKee

1934as Woman in Subway (uncredited)

Jane Eyre

1943as Grace Poole

Billy Liar

1963as Grandma Florence

It Happened Tomorrow

1944as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)

We Live Again

1934as Aunt Marie

Molly and Me

1945as Mrs. Lamb

Music for Millions

1944as Mrs. McGuff

Doctor Bull

1933as Miss Ace

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940as Mrs. Kane

Anna Karenina

1935as Mme. Kartasoff

Bombshell

1933as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945as Mrs. Nelson

Saratoga Trunk

1945as Clarissa Van Steed

Werewolf of London

1935as Mrs. Whack

Alice in Wonderland

1933as Miss Simpson (uncredited)

Lights Out

1949

The Return Of Peter Grimm

1935as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew

Devotion

1946as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

The Mysterious Mr. Davis

1940as Mabel Wilcox

Over the Moon

1939as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)

Billy the Kid

1941as Mrs. Hanky

Jane Eyre

1934as Grace Poole