May Whitty

Acting

May Whitty

Born 1865-06-19 Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK 32 films

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 to live in America, where she won awards for her film roles. …

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Filmography

32 films
Devotion poster

In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev…

Devotion

★ 5.9 1946

Gaslight poster

A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.

Gaslight

★ 7.5 1944

Madame Curie poster

Poor physics student Marie is studying at the Sorbonne in 1890s Paris. One of the few women studyin…

Madame Curie

★ 7.2 1943