Ben Webster (actor)
Search results
Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (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.
May Whitty. Actress: The Lady Vanishes. Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865, to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, she became known as May Whitty to the world.
Actress: The Lady Vanishes. Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865, to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, she became known as May Whitty to the world.
Whitty, May (1865–1948) English actress who was celebrated for her skill both on stage and, later, on screen during a career that spanned over half a century. Name variations: Dame May Whitty. Born Mary Louise Whitty in Liverpool, England, on June 19, 1865; died in Hollywood, California, on May 29, 1948; youngest of three children (a boy and ...
May 28, 2018 · DAME MAY WHITTY. Liverpool born actress Dame May Whitty, who did not become a Hollywood star until she was in her seventies, was the first film and stage actress to be made a Dame of the British Empire. Whitty was born Mary Whitty at 8 Catharine Street on 19th June 1865.
West End actress Dame May Whitty (the first theatre and film actress to ever achieve damehood) officially entered Hollywood with her role as Mrs. Bramson in the 1937 film "Night Must Fall," for...
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.
After a distinguished stage career, British actress May Whitty, made her first Hollywood film at age 72, and largely stayed in Hollywood for the last 11 years of her life, exuding kindliness, resourcefulness and British common sense. She was most memorable as the disappearing Miss Fray in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes".
May 14, 2015 · Whitty has the title role of the old lady who disappears on a train traveling through continental Europe just prior to the outbreak of World War II. Margaret Lockwood is the star as the young woman who suspects foul play.
Dame May Whitty DBE (also known as Mary Louise Whitty; June 19, 1865 – May 29, 1948) was an English actress. She acted in many movies. She played Miss Froy in the 1938 comedy-thriller movie The Lady Vanishes. She also played Lady Beldon in Mrs. Miniver four years later; she received an Academy Award nomination for that performance. Whitty was ...
