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- The Lady Vanishes
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Acting · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), 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…
Known for
- The Sign of the Ram — Clara Brastock1948
- The Return of October — Aunt Martha Grant1948
- This Time for Keeps — Grandmother Cambaretti1947
- Green Dolphin Street — Mother Superior1947
- If Winter Comes — Mrs. Perch1947
- Devotion — Lady Thornton1946
- My Name Is Julia Ross — Mrs. Hughes1945
- Gaslight — Miss Thwaites1944
- The White Cliffs of Dover — Nanny1944
- Lassie Come Home — Dally1943
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Key facts
- Born
- Mary Louise Whitty , ( 1865-06-19 ) 19 June 1865, Liverpool , Lancashire, England
- Died
- 29 May 1948 (1948-05-29) (aged 82), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1881–1948
- Spouse
- Ben Webster ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1892 ; died 1947 )
- Children
- 2, including Margaret
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Dame May Whitty.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- May Whitty
- date of birth
- 1865-06-19
- date of death
- 1948-05-29
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- May Whitty
- name in native language
- May Whitty
- start of work period
- 1914-00-00
- birth name
- Mary Louise Whitty
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Dame Mary Louise Webster (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), 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.
After a successful career both on the West End stage and in British films, she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. In 1937, Whitty made her American debut in Night Must Fall, for which she earned her first Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Subsequently, Whitty starred in a string of commercial and critical successes that elevated her career and star-status. She starred in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Suspicion (1941), and earned her second Academy Award nomination for the war-drama Mrs. Miniver (1942), the highest grossing film of 1942. Her other film roles include The Constant Nymph (1943), Lassie Come Home (1943), Madame Curie (1943), Gaslight (1944), and Green Dolphin Street (1947).