May Robson

May Robson

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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Movies starring May Robson (70)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)

Self (Archive Footage) (Uncredited)

Joan of Paris (1942)

Mlle. Rosay

Playmates (1941)

Grandma Kyser

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941)

Self (Uncredited)

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

Cornelia Wheelwright

Four Mothers (1941)

Aunt Etta

Breakdowns of 1940 (1940)

Self

The Texas Rangers Ride Again (1940)

Cecilia Dangerfield

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Self

Irene (1940)

Granny O'dare

Granny Get Your Gun (1940)

Minerva Hildegard Hatton

Breakdowns of 1939 (1939)

Self

Four Wives (1939)

Aunt Etta

That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)

Grandma

Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)

Mme. Rappard

Daughters Courageous (1939)

Penny, The Housekeeper

The Kid from Kokomo (1939)

Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939)

'Granny' Whitman

They Made Me a Criminal (1939)

Grandma Rafferty

The Texans (1938)

Granna

Four Daughters (1938)

Aunt Etta

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Aunt Elizabeth

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)

Aunt Polly

The Perfect Specimen (1937)

Mrs. Leona Wicks

A Star Is Born (1937)

Lettie Blodgett

Woman in Distress (1937)

Phoebe Tuttle

Rainbow on the River (1936)

Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

The Captain's Kid (1936)

Aunt Marcia Prentiss

Wife vs. Secretary (1936)

Mimi Stanhope

3 Kids and a Queen (1935)

Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter

Anna Karenina (1935)

Countess Vronsky

Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Emma Shaw

Reckless (1935)

Mrs. Granny Leslie

Strangers All (1935)

Anna Carter

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935)

Judith Paris

Grand Old Girl (1935)

Laura Bayles

Movies on Sundays (1935)

Herself (Uncredited)

Mills of the Gods (1934)

Mary Hastings

Lady by Choice (1934)

Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson

The Hollywood Gad-About (1934)

Self (Uncredited)

Straight Is the Way (1934)

Mrs. Horowitz

You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Mrs. Hannah Bell

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Mrs. Wendel

Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Queen Of Hearts

Dancing Lady (1933)

Dolly Todhunter

The Solitaire Man (1933)

Mrs. Vail

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

Veteran Actress

Lady for a Day (1933)

Apple Annie

Beauty for Sale (1933)

Mrs. Merrick

One Man's Journey (1933)

Sarah

Reunion in Vienna (1933)

Frau Lucher

The White Sister (1933)

Mother Superior

Men Must Fight (1933)

Maman Seward

Strange Interlude (1932)

Mrs. Evans

If I Had a Million (1932)

Mrs. Mary Walker

Little Orphan Annie (1932)

Mrs. Stewart

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Aunt Jane

Letty Lynton (1932)

Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers

The She-Wolf (1931)
Chicago (1927)

Mrs. Morton - Matron

A Harp in Hock (1927)

Mrs. Banks

The Angel of Broadway (1927)

Big Bertha

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (1927)

Aunt Mary Watkins

The King of Kings (1927)

Mother Of Gestas

Rubber Tires (1927)

Mrs. Stack

Pals in Paradise (1926)

Esther Lezinsky

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Prostitute At Clinic (Uncredited)

A Night Out (1916)

Granmum

How Molly Malone Made Good (1915)

Herself

When Knights Were Bold (1908)

Movies Made by May Robson (1)

A Night Out (1916)

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