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In Alfred Hitchcock's most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming spinster (Dame May Whitty), who then seems to disappear into thin air. The younger woman turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure. Also starring Michael Redgrave, The Lady Vanishes remains one ...
Sort by IMDb Rating - Highest Rated Feature Films With May Whitty. 33 titles. 1. Gaslight (1944) Passed | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery. Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband.
28 de may. de 2018 · May 28, 2018 By Steven Horton. 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. Her paternal grandfather was Michael James Whitty, the first ...
May Whitty. Dama Mary Louise Webster DBE ( 19 de xunu de 1865 – 29 de mayu de 1948 ), conocida profesionalmente como May Whitty y más tarde como Dama May Whitty, foi una actriz teatral y de cine de nacionalidá británica.
Dame May Whitty, född 19 juni 1865 i Liverpool i Storbritannien, död 29 maj 1948 i Beverly Hills i Kalifornien, var en brittisk skådespelare. Whitty är främst känd för titelrollen i Alfred Hitchcocks En dam försvinner från 1938. May Whitty var dotter till en tidningsredaktör vid Liverpool Post.
Eminente attrice teatrale, May Whitty esordì sul palcoscenico nel 1882 e al cinema nel 1914. Fu candidata due volte all' Oscar come migliore attrice non protagonista, per Notturno tragico (1937) di Richard Thorpe e La signora Miniver (1942) di William Wyler, senza vincerlo. Si ricorda inoltre la sua partecipazione a due film diretti da Alfred ...
24 de ago. de 2016 · Dame May Whitty, 1865–1948, English actress.She made her London debut in 1881. In 1892 she married Ben Webster, an actor, and in 1895 she first appeared in the United States, becoming a favorite on the stage and in films.Her notable films include Night Must Fall (1938), The Lady Vanishes (1938), and Mrs. Miniver (1942). Her forte was the portrayal of kind but strong-minded old ladies.
