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May Robson

Actor

May Robson

Born April 17, 1858 in Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDied October 20, 194263 films

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May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.

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Bringing Up Baby posterFirst watchBringing Up Baby19387.5as Aunt ElizabethDavid Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
A Star Is Born poster7.2A Star Is Born1937Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster6.7Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1920Dinner at Eight poster6.8Dinner at Eight1933Lady for a Day poster7.1Lady for a Day1933Anna Karenina poster6.6Anna Karenina1935Wife vs. Secretary poster6.7Wife vs. Secretary1936The King of Kings poster6.4The King of Kings1927Red-Headed Woman poster6.6Red-Headed Woman1932

Filmography

63 films as actor
  1. 1942Joan of ParisMlle. Rosay
  2. 1941PlaymatesGrandma Kyser
  3. 1941Million Dollar BabyCornelia Wheelwright
  4. 1941Four MothersAunt Etta
  5. 1940The Texas Rangers Ride AgainCecilia Dangerfield
  6. 1940IreneGranny O'Dare
  7. 1940Granny Get Your GunMinerva Hildegard Hatton
  8. 1939Four WivesAunt Etta
  9. 1939That's Right – You're WrongGrandma
  10. 1939Nurse Edith CavellMme. Rappard
  11. 1939Daughters CourageousPenny, the Housekeeper
  12. 1939The Kid from KokomoMargaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
  13. 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter'Granny' Whitman
  14. 1939They Made Me a CriminalGrandma Rafferty
  15. 1938The TexansGranna
  16. 1938Four DaughtersAunt Etta
  17. 1938Bringing Up BabyAunt Elizabeth
  18. 1938The Adventures of Tom SawyerAunt Polly
  19. 1937The Perfect SpecimenMrs. Leona Wicks
  20. 1937A Star Is BornLettie Blodgett
  21. 1937Woman in DistressPhoebe Tuttle
  22. 1936Rainbow on the RiverMrs. Harriet Ainsworth
  23. 1936The Captain's KidAunt Marcia Prentiss
  24. 1936Wife vs. SecretaryMimi Stanhope
  25. 19353 Kids and a QueenMary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
  26. 1935Anna KareninaCountess Vronsky
  27. 1935Age of IndiscretionEmma Shaw
  28. 1935RecklessMrs. Granny Leslie
  29. 1935Strangers AllAnna Carter
  30. 1935Vanessa: Her Love StoryJudith Paris
  31. 1935Grand Old GirlLaura Bayles
  32. 1934Mills of the GodsMary Hastings
  33. 1934Lady by ChoicePatricia 'Patsy' Patterson
  34. 1934Straight Is the WayMrs. Horowitz
  35. 1934You Can't Buy EverythingMrs. Hannah Bell
  36. 1933Dinner at EightMrs. Wendel
  37. 1933Alice in WonderlandQueen Of Hearts
  38. 1933Dancing LadyDolly Todhunter
  39. 1933The Solitaire ManMrs. Vail
  40. 1933Broadway to HollywoodVeteran Actress
  41. 1933Lady for a DayApple Annie
  42. 1933Beauty for SaleMrs. Merrick
  43. 1933One Man's JourneySarah
  44. 1933Reunion in ViennaFrau Lucher
  45. 1933The White SisterMother Superior
  46. 1933Men Must FightMaman Seward
  47. 1932Strange InterludeMrs. Evans
  48. 1932If I Had a MillionMrs. Mary Walker
  49. 1932Little Orphan AnnieMrs. Stewart
  50. 1932Red-Headed WomanAunt Jane
  51. 1932Letty LyntonMrs. Lynton, Letty's Mother
  52. 1931The She-Wolf
  53. 1927ChicagoMrs. Morton - Matron
  54. 1927Turkish DelightTsakran
  55. 1927A Harp in HockMrs. Banks
  56. 1927The Angel of BroadwayBig Bertha
  57. 1927The Rejuvenation of Aunt MaryAunt Mary Watkins
  58. 1927The King of KingsMother of Gestas
  59. 1927Rubber TiresMrs. Stack
  60. 1926Pals in ParadiseEsther Lezinsky
  61. 1920Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeProstitute at Clinic (uncredited)
  62. 1916A Night OutGranmum
  63. 1908When Knights Were Bold