The English actress Dame May Whitty was born in Liverpool on 19th June 1865; she was the first film and stage actress to receive a dame-hood in 1918.
In addition to her stage career she had a very successful film career appearing in productions on either side of the Atlantic. Her first appearance in a talking film was in George Formby’s Keep Your Seats, Please in 1936. The following year in 1937 she appeared in the Hollywood film production of Night Must Fall where she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1938 she appeared as Miss Froy (pictured) in the title role of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.
Other films that she appeared in include, amongst many others, Raffles 1939, One Night in Lisbon 1941, Suspicion 1941, Mrs Miniver 1942, The Constant Nymph 1943, Madame Curie 1943, Gaslight 1944, The White Cliffs of Dover 1944, Devotion 1946, This Time For Keeps 1947 and The Sign of the Ram 1948.
She died on 29th May 1948.
In addition to her stage career she had a very successful film career appearing in productions on either side of the Atlantic. Her first appearance in a talking film was in George Formby’s Keep Your Seats, Please in 1936. The following year in 1937 she appeared in the Hollywood film production of Night Must Fall where she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1938 she appeared as Miss Froy (pictured) in the title role of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.
Other films that she appeared in include, amongst many others, Raffles 1939, One Night in Lisbon 1941, Suspicion 1941, Mrs Miniver 1942, The Constant Nymph 1943, Madame Curie 1943, Gaslight 1944, The White Cliffs of Dover 1944, Devotion 1946, This Time For Keeps 1947 and The Sign of the Ram 1948.
She died on 29th May 1948.
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