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The Return of October (1948)
as Aunt Martha
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
as Clara Brastock
If Winter Comes (1948)
as Mrs. Perch
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
as Mother Superior
This Time for Keeps (1947)
as Grandma Cambaretti
Devotion (1946)
as Lady Thornton
My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)
as Mrs. Williamson Hughes
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
as Nanny
Gaslight (1944)
as Miss [Bessy] Thwaites
Madame Curie (1944)
as Mme. Eugene Curie
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 DAME MAY WHITTY
AKA: May Whitty;
Dame May Whitty;
Born: 1865-06-19
Birth place: Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Death: 1948-05-29
Profession: actor, dancer
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DAUGHTER: Margaret Webster. Actor, director, producer, playwright.

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HUSBAND: Ben Webster. Stage actor.

Milestone
Immigrated to US
Ballet debut aged 16
Stage acting debut at age 17
1937: First role in sound film "Night Must Fall"

Citizenship
United Kingdom

Notes
Named Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1918.

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