May Robson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1858-04-17

Deathday 1942-10-20 (84 years old)

Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Also Known As Mary Jeanette Robison

May Robson

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Known For

Actor

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942
Joan of Paris

as Mlle. Rosay

1941
Playmates

as Grandma Kyser

1941
Million Dollar Baby

as Cornelia Wheelwright

1941
Four Mothers

as Aunt Etta

1940
1940
The Texas Rangers Ride Again

as Cecilia Dangerfield

1940
Irene

as Granny O'Dare

1940
Granny Get Your Gun

as Minerva Hildegard Hatton

1939
1939
Four Wives

as Aunt Etta

1939
Nurse Edith Cavell

as Mme. Rappard

1939
Daughters Courageous

as Penny, the Housekeeper

1939
The Kid from Kokomo

as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter

as 'Granny' Whitman

1939
They Made Me a Criminal

as Grandma Rafferty

1938
The Texans

as Granna

1938
Four Daughters

as Aunt Etta

1938
Bringing Up Baby

as Elizabeth Random

1937
The Perfect Specimen

as Mrs. Leona Wicks

1937
A Star Is Born

as Lettie Blodgett

1937
Woman in Distress

as Phoebe Tuttle

1936
Rainbow on the River

as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

1936
The Captain's Kid

as Aunt Marcia Prentiss

1936
Wife vs. Secretary

as Mimi Stanhope

1935
3 Kids and a Queen

as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter

1935
Anna Karenina

as Countess Vronsky

1935
Age of Indiscretion

as Emma Shaw

1935
Reckless

as Mrs. Granny Leslie

1935
Strangers All

as Anna Carter

1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Judith Paris

1935
Grand Old Girl

as Laura Bayles

1935
Movies on Sundays

as Herself (uncredited)

1934
Mills of the Gods

as Mary Hastings

1934
Lady by Choice

as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson

1934
The Hollywood Gad-About

as Self (uncredited)

1934
Straight Is the Way

as Mrs. Horowitz

1934
You Can't Buy Everything

as Mrs. Hannah Bell

1933
Dinner at Eight

as Mrs. Wendel

1933
Alice in Wonderland

as Queen Of Hearts

1933
Dancing Lady

as Dolly Todhunter

1933
The Solitaire Man

as Mrs. Vail

1933
Broadway to Hollywood

as Veteran Actress

1933
Lady for a Day

as Apple Annie

1933
Beauty for Sale

as Mrs. Merrick

1933
1933
Reunion in Vienna

as Frau Lucher

1933
The White Sister

as Mother Superior

1933
Men Must Fight

as Maman Seward

1932
Strange Interlude

as Mrs. Evans

1932
If I Had a Million

as Mrs. Mary Walker

1932
Little Orphan Annie

as Mrs. Stewart

1932
Red-Headed Woman

as Aunt Jane

1932
Letty Lynton

as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers

1927
Chicago

as Mrs. Morton - Matron

1927
A Harp in Hock

as Mrs. Banks

1927
The Angel of Broadway

as Big Bertha

1927
The King of Kings

as Mother of Gestas

1927
Rubber Tires

as Mrs. Stack

1926
Pals in Paradise

as Esther Lezinsky

1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)

1916
A Night Out

as Granmum

Writer

1916
A Night Out

as Theatre Play