← Back to explore
Biography
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 in 1930.
Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Awards & recognition
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 1918
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1943 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1938 · nominated
Filmography18 titles
Gaslight
1944as Miss Thwaites
1944as Miss Thwaites
Forever and a Day
1943as Lucy Trimble
1943as Lucy Trimble
The Lady Vanishes
1938as Miss Froy
1938as Miss Froy
Madame Curie
1943as Madame Eugene Curie
1943as Madame Eugene Curie
Mrs. Miniver
1942as Lady Beldon
1942as Lady Beldon
Suspicion
1941as Mrs. McLaidlaw
1941as Mrs. McLaidlaw
Night Must Fall
1937as Mrs. Bramson
1937as Mrs. Bramson
If Winter Comes
1947as Mrs. Perch
1947as Mrs. Perch
My Name Is Julia Ross
1945as Mrs. Hughes
1945as Mrs. Hughes
Lassie Come Home
1943as Dally
1943as Dally
Conquest
1937as Laetitia Bonaparte
1937as Laetitia Bonaparte
Crash Dive
1943as Grandmother
1943as Grandmother
Green Dolphin Street
1947as Mother Superior
1947as Mother Superior
Stage Door Canteen
1943as Dame May Whitty
1943as Dame May Whitty
The Constant Nymph
1943as Lady Constance Longborough
1943as Lady Constance Longborough
Raffles
1939as Lady Melrose
1939as Lady Melrose
I Met My Love Again
1938as Aunt William
1938as Aunt William
Devotion
1946as Lady Thornton
1946as Lady Thornton