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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"

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United Kingdom

Notes

Named Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1918.

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