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Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air] (1942) -- A woman stationed at an Army base in Arizona is torn between two men: the trainer with a storied past and the young pilot he has decided to groom for greatness.
Gaslight (1944) -- Trailer for this strange story of a criminals love for a great beauty
The Lady Vanishes (1938) -- While traveling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Madame Curie (1943) -- Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
Gaslight (1944) -- AllTrailers.net - Trailer (Flash)

Overview

Date of Birth:
19 June 1865, Liverpool, England, UK more
Date of Death:
29 May 1948, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865 to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife... more
Trivia:
First toured on stage in the United States in 1895 with Sir Henry Irving. more
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Down 8% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
NewsDesk:
Alfred Hitchcock’s British Thrillers at Lacma
 (From Alternative Film Guide. 26 November 2009, 11:32 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
May Whitty

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. The Return of October (1948) .... Aunt Martha Grant
    ... aka A Date with Destiny (UK)
  2. The Sign of the Ram (1948) .... Clara Brastock
  3. If Winter Comes (1947) .... Mrs. Perch
  4. This Time for Keeps (1947) .... Grandmother Cambaretti
  5. Green Dolphin Street (1947) .... Mother Superior
  6. Devotion (1946) .... Lady Thornton
  7. My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) .... Mrs. Hughes
  8. The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) .... Nanny
  9. Gaslight (1944) .... Miss Bessie Thwaites
    ... aka Murder in Thornton Square (UK)
  10. Madame Curie (1943) .... Madame Eugene Curie
  11. Flesh and Fantasy (1943) .... Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2)
    ... aka Six Destinies
  12. Lassie Come Home (1943) .... Dally
  13. The Constant Nymph (1943) .... Lady Longborough
  14. Crash Dive (1943) .... Grandmother
  15. Slightly Dangerous (1943) .... Baba
  16. Forever and a Day (1943) .... Mrs. Lucy Trimble
    ... aka The Changing World (USA: alternative title)
  17. Thunder Birds [Soldiers of the Air] (1942) .... Lady Jane Stackhouse
  18. Mrs. Miniver (1942) .... Lady Beldon
  19. Suspicion (1941) .... Mrs. McLaidlaw
  20. One Night in Lisbon (1941) .... Florence
  21. A Bill of Divorcement (1940) .... Aunt Hester Fairfield
    ... aka Bill of Divorcement (UK)
    ... aka Never to Love (USA: reissue title)
  22. Return to Yesterday (1940) .... Mrs Emily Truscott

  23. Raffles (1939) .... Lady Kitty Melrose
  24. Rake's Progress (1939) (TV) .... Mrs. Mead, Wilkes's mother-in-law
  25. The Royal Family of Broadway (1939) (TV) .... Fanny Cavendish
  26. Mary Rose (1939) (TV) .... Mrs. Morland
  27. The Lady Vanishes (1938) .... Miss Froy
  28. Parnell (1938) (TV) .... Aunt Caroline
  29. I Met My Love Again (1938) .... Aunt William
  30. Conquest (1937) .... Laetitia Bonaparte
    ... aka Marie Walewska (UK)
  31. The Thirteenth Chair (1937) .... Mme. Rosalie La Grange
  32. Night Must Fall (1937) .... Mrs. Bramson
  33. Keep Your Seats, Please (1936) (uncredited) .... Aunt Georgna Withers

  34. Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman (1920) .... Mrs. Mackenzie

  35. The Little Minister (1915) .... Nanny Webster
  36. Enoch Arden (1914) (as May Whitty) .... Miriam Lane
Self:
  1. Stage Door Canteen (1943) .... Herself
  2. Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. 50 Greatest TV Animals (2003) (TV) (uncredited) .... Dally Fadden

Additional Details

Other Works:
Active on Broadway in the following productions: more
Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography more
Genres:
Drama | Romance | Comedy | Thriller more
Plot Keywords:
Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Based On Play | WWII more

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