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((short description|English actress (1865–1948)))
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((Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [[Dame]]
| name          = May Whitty
| honorific_suffix = ((post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE))
| image         = Dame May Whitty.jpg
| caption       = 
| birth_name    = Mary Louise Whitty 
| birth_date    = ((birth date|df=yes|1865|6|19)) 
| birth_place   = ((nowrap|[[Liverpool]], Lancashire, England))
| death_date    = ((death date and age|df=yes|1948|5|29|1865|6|19))
| death_place   = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S.
| years_active  = 1881–1948
| occupation    = Actress
| spouse        = ((marriage|[[Ben Webster (actor)|Ben Webster]]|1892|1947|end=died))
| children      = 2, including [[Margaret Webster|Margaret]]
))

'''Dame Mary Louise Webster''', ((post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE)) (née '''Whitty'''; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as '''May Whitty''' and later, for her charity work, '''Dame May Whitty''', was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors' union [[Equity (British trade union)|Equity]] was established in her home in 1930. 

Her film roles included [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s thriller ''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938) in which she played Miss Froy, a British spy posing as a governess who disappears on a train. After a successful career both on the [[West End theatre|West End stage]] and in British films, she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72.

==Background==
Whitty was born in [[Liverpool]], England, to William Alfred Whitty (circa 1837–1876), a newspaper proprietor,<ref>L.H.J., "Histrionic Geography", ''The Stage'' (2 March 1893), p. 9.</ref> and Mary Louisa (née Ashton, circa 1837–1894). Her grandfather was [[Michael James Whitty]], Chief Constable in Liverpool and founder of the ''[[Liverpool Daily Post]]''.((sfn|Casson|2004)) She made her first stage appearance in Liverpool in 1881, later moving to London to appear in the [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref>Parker, pp. 869−870</ref> 

She married the actor-manager [[Ben Webster (actor)|Ben Webster]] on 3 August 1892 in St Giles's Parish Church, London.<ref>Grimalkin, "Chit Chat", ''The Stage'' (4 August 1892), p. 11.</ref> In 1895 they visited the United States, where Whitty appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. Their first child, a son, died at birth. Their only surviving child, a daughter born in New York in 1905, [[Margaret Webster]], was a producer who held dual US and UK citizenship. She was chair of the [[Actresses' Franchise League]] (AFL).((sfn|Casson|2004))

Whitty's stage career continued for the rest of her life. In March 1910, she made her transition to middle-aged and elderly character roles, playing Amelia Madras in [[Harley Granville-Barker]]'s four-act comedy ''The Madras House''.((sfn|Nissen|2007|p=)) During [[World War I]] she was active in the AFL, working there to help organize the [[Women's Emergency Corps]].<ref name="Law2000">((cite book|author=Cheryl Law|title=Women, A Modern Political Dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/womenmodernpolit0000lawc|url-access=registration|year=2000|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-1-86064-502-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/womenmodernpolit0000lawc/page/156 156]))</ref> In March 1922, she played the role of Mrs. Bennet before [[Mary of Teck|the Queen]] in a benefit performance of ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''. She acted opposite her husband, who played Mr. Darcy.<ref name="Looser106">((cite book |last=Looser |first=Devoney |title=The Making of Jane Austen |url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1421422824 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |location=Baltimore, MD |year=2017 |page=106 |isbn=978-1421422824))</ref>

==Honours ==
In the [[1918 New Year Honours]], she was made a [[Order of the British Empire|Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (DBE, gazetted under her legal married name Mary Louise Webster) in recognition of her charitable work during the [[First World War]] for the Three Arts Women's Employment Fund and the British Women's Hospitals Committee.((sfn|Casson|2004)) She was the first stage and film actress to receive a damehood, along with the opera singer [[Nellie Melba]], who was also thus honoured in 1918.<ref>Gaye, p. 1579; and "War Honours", ''The Times'', 8 January 1918, p. 7</ref>

==Film career and death==
((quote box
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Whitty made her Hollywood film debut at the age of 72, recreating her 1935 stage role in the Hollywood film ''[[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|Night Must Fall]]'' (1937), which also starred [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] and [[Rosalind Russell]]. She received an [[Oscar nomination]]. This led to several supporting roles in films, including that of the vanishing lady, Miss Froy, in [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938).((sfn|Casson|2004))

In 1939, Whitty permanently moved  to the United States - although she never became a [[US citizen]]; and appeared both on stage and in Hollywood films, usually playing wealthy dowagers. It was one such part, as Lady Beldon in ''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942), that brought her a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.((sfn|Casson|2004))

She continued to act for the remainder of her life, and died on 29 May 1948 in [[Beverly Hills]], California, from cancer at the age of 82;((sfn|Casson|2004)) her husband had died the previous year during surgery. She is commemorated with a plaque at [[St Paul's, Covent Garden|St Paul's parish church]] in [[Covent Garden]], London, alongside the plaque to her husband.

==Stage roles==
Dates are of the first performance.
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
! style="width:5%; text-align:center;"  |Date (year, month, day)
! style="width:12%; text-align:center;" |Title
! style="width:15%; text-align:center;" |Author(s)
! style="width:5%; text-align:center;"  |City
! style="width:5%; text-align:center;"  |Theatre
! style="width:10%; text-align:center;" |Role
|-
|1890-02-14 ||''The Home Feud'' ||[[Walter Frith]]||London||[[Comedy Theatre|Comedy]]|| Helen Joliffe((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=11))
|-
|1890-07-04||''Vanity of Vanities''||[[Justin Huntly McCarthy]]||London||[[Shaftesbury Theatre|Shaftesbury]]||Princess Nicholas((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=52))
|-
|1891-01-07||''Private Enquiry''||[[F. C. Burnand]] (based on Albert Valabrègue’s ''La Sécurité des Familles'')||London||[[Royal Strand Theatre|Royal Strand]]||Mrs. Buckleigh((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=87))
|-
|1891-02-14||''Turned Up''||[[Mark Melford]]||London||Royal Strand||Sabina Medway((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=95))
|-
|1891-04-01||''Linda Grey''||Sir Charles L. Young||London||Princes||Lady Broughton((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=109))
|-
|1891-04-15||''Our Daughters'' ||T.G. Warren & [[Willie Edouin]]||London||Royal Strand||Nellie Mayhew((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=112))
|-
|1891-07-01||''Mrs. Annesley''||J. F. Cooke||London||[[Criterion Theatre|Criterion]]|| Estelle Brandreth((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=141))
|-
|1891-07-27||''Fate and Fortune, or, The Junior Partner''||James J. Blood||London||[[Princess's Theatre, London|Princess's]]||Grace Hasluck((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=148))
|-
|1892-01-06 ||''The Showman’s Daughter''||[[Frances Hodgson Burnett]]||London||[[Royalty Theatre|Royalty]]||Linda Hurst((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=185))
|-
|1892-02-16 ||''The Silver Shield'' ||[[Sydney Grundy]]||London||[[Vaudeville Theatre|Vaudeville]]||Lucy Preston((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=194-195))
|-
|1892-05-10 ||''A Caprice''||Justin Huntly McCarthy, adapted from [[Alfred de Musset]]'s ''Un Caprice''||London||Vaudeville||Mathilde((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=216))
|-
|1892-05-25 ||''The Noble Art''||[[Eille Norwood]]||London||[[Terry's Theatre|Terry's]]||Gertie Fullalove((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=221))
|-
|1892-05-26 ||''In the Season''||[[Langdon Elwyn Mitchell]]||London||Vaudeville||Sybil March((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=222))
|-
|1892-09-14 ||''Our Boys''||[[Henry James Byron]]||London||Vaudeville||Mary Melrose((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=250))
|-
|1893-01-28||''The Guv’Nor''|| [[Robert Reece]] (writing under the pseudonym ''E.G. Lankester'')||London||Vaudeville||Aurelia((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=284))
|-
|1893-02-16||''Flight''||Walter Frith||London||Terry's||Mrs. Amherst((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=288))
|-
|1893-06-09||''The Younger Son''||R.S. Sievier||London||[[Gaiety Theatre, London|Gaiety]]||Evelyn Brookfield((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=319))
|-
|1893-06-19||''The Adventures of a Night''||Meyrick Milton, adaptated from ''Los Empenos de Seis Horas'' by [[Pedro Calderón de la Barca]]||London||Royal Strand||Donna Bianca((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=341))
|-
|1893-12-21||''Beauty’s Toils''||Charles S. Fawcett, founded on ''Her Fatal Beauty'' by W.B. Maxell||London||Royal Strand||Ethel Cumming((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=367))
|-
|1894-07-02||''Our Flot''||Mrs. H. Musgrave||London||Royal Strand||Margery Sylvester((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=413))
|-
|1895-03-12||''A Loving Legacy''||Fred W. Sidney||London||Royal Strand||Kitty O'Rourke((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=463))
|-
|1895-04-15||''Fanny''||[[George Robert Sims]] and [[Cecil Raleigh]]||London||Royal Strand||Grace Dormer((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=468))
|-
|1895-04-15||''The Backslider''||Osmond Shillingford||London||Royal Strand||Mrs. Agatha Dolomite((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=469))
|-
|1895-06-27||''Louis XI''||[[Dion Boucicault]], adaptated by Saimir Delavigne||London||[[Lyceum Theatre, London|Lyceum]]||Marie((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=492-493))
|-
|1895-07-12||''The Lyons Mail''||Charles Reader, adaptation of ''Le Courrier de Lyon'' by [[Émile Moreau (playwright)|Émile Moreau]], Giraudin & Delacour||London||Lyceum||Julie Lesurques((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=499-500))
|-
|1895-07-15||''The Corsican Brothers''||Dion Boucicault, adaptation of [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s ''[[The Corsican Brothers]]''||London||Lyceum||Emelie de l'Esparre((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=500))
|-
|1895-07-24||''[[Macbeth]]''||[[William Shakespeare]]||London||Lyceum||A gentlewoman((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=502))
|-
|1896-12-03||''A Princess of Orange''||Fred James ||London||Lyceum||Louise, Princess of Orange((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=614))
|-
|1896-12-10||''An Old Song''||Rev. Freeman Wills and A. Fitzmaurice King||London||Criterion||Signora Sara Rosetti((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=618)) 
|-
|1897-12-23||''Secret Service: A Romance of the Southern Confederacy''||[[William Gillette]]||London||[[Adelphi Theatre|Adelphi]]||Edith Varney((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=708-709))
|-
|1898-12-03||''Cupboard Love''||[[Henry V. Esmond]]||London||Court||Rosamond Pilliner((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=773))
|-
|1899-06-06||The Heather Field||[[Edward Martyn]]||London||Terry's||Grace Tyrrell((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=811))
|-
|1899-09-04||''The Last Chapter''||George H. Broadhurst||London||Royal Strand||Katherine Blake((sfn|Wearing|1976|p=827))
|-
|1901-05-11||''Toff Jim''||[[Fred Wright (actor)|Fred Wright]]||London||[[Apollo Theatre|Apollo]]||Primrose((sfn|Wearing|1981|p=91))
|-
|1908-01-20||''Irene Wycherley''||Anthony P. Wharton||New York||[[Astor Theatre (New York City)|Astor]]||Carrie Hardinge((sfn|Wearing|1981|p=597))
|-
|1910-03-01||''The Sentimentalists''||George Meredith||London||[[Duke of York's Theatre|Duke of York's]]||Dame Dresden((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=13))
|-
|1910-03-10||''The Madras House''||[[Harley Granville-Barker]]||London||Duke of York's||Amelia Madras((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=14))
|-
|1910-04-05||''Trelawny of the Wells''||[[Arthur Wing Pinero]]||London||Duke of York's||Miss Trafalgar Gower((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=16))
|-
|1910-11-18||''The Home Coming''||[[Cicely Hamilton]]||London||[[Aldwych Theatre|Aldwych]]||Mrs. Daly((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=85))
|-
|1911-05-08||''The First Actress''||[[Christabel Marshall]]||London||[[Novelty Theatre|Kingsway]]||Peg Woffington((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=130))
|-
|1911-05-12||''The Baron’s Wager''||Charles Young||London||[[Playhouse Theatre|Playhouse]]||Clothislde, Marquise de Marsay((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=132))
|-
|1912-02-01||''The Bear-Leaders''||[[R. C. Carton]]||London||Comedy||Dowager Countess of Grimsdal((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=207-208))
|-
|1912-02-09||''Edith''||Elizabeth Baker||London||Princess's||Mrs. Stott((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=211))
|-
|1912-08-12||''Ready Money''||James Montgomery||London||[[Noël Coward Theatre|New]]||Mrs. John Tyler((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=273))
|-
|1913-03-31||''A Matter of Money'' (first played in [[Glasgow]] under the title ''The Cutting of the Know'')||Cicely Hamilton||London||Little||Mrs. Channing((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=313))
|-
|1913-03-11||''Open Windows''||[[A.E.W. Mason]]||London||[[St James's Theatre|St. James's]]||Lady Cluffe((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=323))
|-
|1913-10-04||''The Grand Seigneur''||Edward Ferris and Bertram P. Matthews||London||[[Savoy Theatre|Savoy]]||Comtesse Malise((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=389))
|-
|1914-09-08||''The Impossible Woman''||C. Haddon Chambers||London||Savoy||Mrs. Talcot((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=489))
|-
|1915-04-15||''The Green Flag''||[[Keble Howard]]||London||Vaudeville||Mrs. Kesteven((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=562))
|-
|1915-10-16||''Iris Intervenes''||[[John Hastings Turner]]||London||Kingsway||Mary Cumbers((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=586))
|-
|1916-02-28||''The Arm of the Law''||Arthur Bourchier, adapted from ''La Robe Rouge'' by [[Eugène Brieux]]||London||[[Her Majesty's Theatre|His Majesty's]]||Mme. Vagret((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=619))
|-
|1916-05-28||''The Eternal Snows''||Michael Orme [pseudonym of Alix Augusta Grein]||London||Criterion||Mary Chartwell((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=642))
|-
|1917-04-09||''The Passing of the Third Floor Back''||[[Jerome K. Jerome]]||London||Playhouse||Cheat, Mrs. Sharpe, Lady of the House((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=715))
|-
|1917-07-27 ||''Trelawny of the Wells''||Arthur W. Pinero||London||New||Miss Trafalgar Gower((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=740))
|-
|1917-09-07 ||''Trelawny of the Wells''||Arthur W. Pinero||London||New||Miss Trafalgar Gower((sfn|Wearing|1982|p=743-744))
|-
|1922-03-01||''The Enchanted Cottage''||Arthur Pinero||London||Duke of York's||Mrs. Corsellis((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=249))
|-
|1922-03-24||''[[Pride and Prejudice]]''||Eileen H.A. Squire & [[J.C. Squire]], adapted from [[Jane Austen]]'s novel||London||[[Palace Theatre, London|Palace]]||Mrs. Bennett((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=258))
|-
|1922-05-18 ||''Life's a Game''||Michael Orme [pseud. Alix Augusta Grein]||London||Kingsway||Lady Raunds((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=277))
|-
|1922-12-04||''Destruction''||Agnese de Llana||London||Royalty||Ella Singleton((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=328))
|-
|1924-09-18||''The Fool''||Channing Pollock||London||Apollo||Mrs. Henry Gilliam((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=531-532))
|-
|1925-05-11||''My Lady's Dress''||Edward Knblock||London||Adelphi||La Grisa((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=604))
|-
|1925-06-22||''March Hares'' (''The Temperamentalists'')||Harry Wagstaff Gribble||London||Little||Mrs. Janet Rodney((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=623))
|-
|1925-09-22||''[[The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (play)|The Last of Mrs. Cheyney]]''||[[Frederick Lonsdale]]||London||St. James's||Mrs. Ebley((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=645))
|-
|1927-12-27||''Sylvia''||James Dyrenforth||London||Vaudeville||Mrs. Considine((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=933-934))
|-
|1928-04-19||''Come With Me''||[[Basil Dean]] and [[Margaret Kennedy]]||London||New||Lady Alethea Zaidner((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=985))
|-
|1929-06-01||''Sybarites''||H. Dennis Bradley||London||[[Arts Theatre|Arts]]||Lady Byfleet((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=1141))
|-
|1929-07-24||''Gentlemen of the Jury''||Francis A. Campton||London||Arts||Lady Blakeney((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=1169))
|-
|1929-09-05||''Dear Brutus''||[[J. M. Barrie]]||London||Playhouse||Mrs. Coade((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=1175))
|-
|1929-12-03||''The Major Explains''||W.R. Walkes||London||[[Prince of Wales Theatre|Prince of Wales]]||[unnamed role]((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=1210))
|-
|1929-12-03||''The Amorists''||H. Dennis Bradley||London||Royalty||Lady Byfleet((sfn|Wearing|1984|p=1210-1211))
|-
|1930-12-26||''A Business Marriage''||''Anonymous''||London||Court||Mrs. Mabley Jones((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=127-128))
|-
|1931-10-12||''[[There's Always Juliet]]''||[[John Van Druten]]||London||Apollo||Florence((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=250))
|-
|1931-10-12||''There's Always Juliet''||John Van Druten||New York||Empire||Florence<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/11491 |title=''There's Always Juliet'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ))</ref> 
|-
|1932-08-16||''[[Behold, We Live]]''||John van Druten||London||St. James's||Dame Frances Evers((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=364))
|-
|1932-10-02||''Please Don’t Be Nervous''||Ann Stephenson||London||Shaftesbury||Mother((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=377))
|-
|1933-08-08||''In Vino Veritas''||[[Walter Hudd]]||London||Arts||Oakley((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=425))
|-
|1933-08-08||''The Long Christmas Dinner''||[[Thornton Wilder]]||London||Arts||Mother Bayard((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=425))
|-
|1933-08-01||''The Lake''||[[Dorothy Massingham]] (with Murray Macdonald)||London||Arts||Mildred Surrege((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=442))
|-
|1933-08-01||''The Lake''||Dorothy Massingham (with Murray Macdonald)||London||[[Westminster Theatre|Westminster]]||Mildred Surrege((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=446))
|-
|1933-11-29||''Man Proposes''||[[Warren Chetham-Strode]]||London||[[Wyndham's Theatre|Wyndham's]]||Mary Railton((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=530))
|-
|1934-05-03||''The Voysey Inheritance''||Harley Granville-Barker||London||[[Sadler's Wells Theatre|Sadler's Wells]]||Mrs. Voysey((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=588-589))
|-
|1934-06-14||''Meeting At Night''||Marjorie Sharp||London||[[Gielgud Theatre|Globe]]||Mrs. Crowborough((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=608))
|-
|1934-07-04||''The Maitlands''||Ronald Mackenzie||London||Wyndham's||May Maitland((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=615))
|-
|1934-11-08||''It Happened To Adam''||David Boehm||London||Duke of York's||Mrs. Sloane((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=650))
|-
|1935-03-11||''Ringmaster''||Keith Winter||London||Shaftesbury||Mrs. West((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=701))
|-
|1935-04-07||''One Must Go On''||George Porter||London||Comedy||Mrs. John Brown((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=710))
|-
|1935-05-31||''[[Night Must Fall]]''||[[Emlyn Williams]]||London||[[Duchess Theatre|Duchess]]||Mrs. Bramson((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=731))
|-
|1935-12-01||''Farm of Three Echoes''||[[Noel Langley]]||London||Wyndham's||Ouma Gerart((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=801))
|-
|1936-09-28||''Night Must Fall''||Emlyn Williams||New York||[[Ethel Barrymore Theatre|Ethel Barrymore]]||Mrs. Bramson((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=731))
|-
|1938-01-10||''Your Obedient Husband''||Horace Jackson||New York||[[Broadhurst Theatre|Broadhurst]]||Mrs. Scurlock<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/10709 |title=''Your Obedient Husband'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ))</ref> 
|-
|1938-05-23||''Here's To Our Enterprise''||[[Edward Knoblock]]||London||Lyceum||[herself]((sfn|Wearing|1990|p=1124))
|-
|1940-05-09||''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''||William Shakespeare||New York||[[Mark Hellinger Theatre|51st Street]]||Nurse to Juliet<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/13257 |title=''Romeo and Juliet'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ))</ref> 
|-
|1941-04-08||''The Trojan Women''||[[Euripides]]||New York||[[Cort Theatre|Cort]]||Hecuba<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1087 |title=''The Trojan Women'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ))</ref> 
|-
|1945-10-09||''Therese''||Thomas Job, based on ''[[Thérèse Raquin]]'' by [[Émile Zola]]||New York||[[Samuel J. Friedman Theatre|Biltmore]]||Madame Raquin<ref>((cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/1731 |title=''Therese Raquin'' |website=IBDB.com |publisher=[[Internet Broadway Database]] ))</ref> 
|}

==Filmography==
((unreferenced section|date=June 2020))
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*''[[Enoch Arden (1914 film)|Enoch Arden]]'' (1914) as Miriam Lane
*''[[The Little Minister (1915 film)|The Little Minister]]'' (1915) as Nanny Webster
*''[[Colonel Newcombe, the Perfect Gentleman]]'' (1920) as Mrs. Mackenzie
*''[[Keep Your Seats, Please]]'' (1936) as Aunt Georgina Withers (uncredited)
*''[[Night Must Fall (1937 film)|Night Must Fall]]'' (1937) as Mrs. Bramson
*''[[Conquest (1937 film)|Conquest]]'' (1937) as Maria Letizia Buonaparte
*''[[I Met My Love Again]]'' (1938) as Aunt William
*''Parnell'' (1938, TV movie) as Aunt Caroline
*''[[The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938) as Miss Froy
*''Mary Rose'' (1939, TV movie) as Mrs. Morland
*''The Royal Family of Broadway'' (1939, TV movie) as Fanny Cavendis
*''Rake's Progress'' (1939, TV movie) as Mrs. Mead, Wilkes's mother-in-law
*''[[Raffles (1939 film)|Raffles]]'' (1939) as Lady Melrose
*''[[Return to Yesterday]]'' (1940) as Mrs. Truscott
*''[[A Bill of Divorcement (1940 film)|A Bill of Divorcement]]'' (1940) as Aunt Hester Fairfield
*''[[One Night in Lisbon]]'' (1941) as Florence
*''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]'' (1941) as Mrs. Martha McLaidlaw
*''[[Mrs. Miniver]]'' (1942) as Lady Beldon
*''[[Thunder Birds (1942 film)|Thunder Birds]]'' (1942) as Lady Jane Stackhouse
*''[[Forever and a Day (1943 film)|Forever and a Day]]'' (1943) as Mrs. Lucy Trimble
*''[[Slightly Dangerous]]'' (1943) as Baba
*''[[Crash Dive]]'' (1943) as Grandmother
*''[[The Constant Nymph (1943 film)|The Constant Nymph]]'' (1943) as Lady Constance Longborough
*''[[Stage Door Canteen (film)|Stage Door Canteen]]'' (1943) as herself
*''[[Lassie Come Home]]'' (1943) as Dally
*''[[Flesh and Fantasy]]'' (1943) as Lady Pamela Hardwick (Episode 2)
*''[[Madame Curie (film)|Madame Curie]]'' (1943) as Madame Eugene Curie
*''[[Gaslight (1944 film)|Gaslight]]'' (1944) as Miss Bessie Thwaites
*''[[The White Cliffs of Dover (1944 film)|The White Cliffs of Dover]]'' (1944) as Nanny
*''[[My Name Is Julia Ross]]'' (1945) as Mrs. Hughes
*''[[Devotion (1946 film)|Devotion]]'' (1946) as Lady Thornton
*''[[Green Dolphin Street (film)|Green Dolphin Street]]'' (1947) as Mother Superior
*''[[This Time for Keeps]]'' (1947) as Grandmother Cambaretti
*''[[If Winter Comes]]'' (1947) as Mrs. Perch
*''[[The Sign of the Ram]]'' (1948) as Clara Brastock
*''[[The Return of October]]'' (1948) as Aunt Martha Grant (final film role)
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==See also==
((portal|Biography))
*[[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]

==References==
((reflist))

==Works consulted==
*((cite encyclopedia |last=Casson |first=Lewis |author-link=Lewis Casson |title=Webster, Benjamin (1864–1947) |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36806 |encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |year=2004 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36806|isbn=978-0-19-861412-8 ))
*((cite book | editor-last = Gaye | editor-first = Freda  | year = 1967 | title = Who's Who in the Theatre | edition = fourteenth | location = London | publisher = Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons | oclc = 5997224 ))
*((cite book |last=Nissen |first=Axel |title=Actresses of a Certain Character: forty familiar Hollywood faces from the thirties to the fifties |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IbpwDl1nt0MC |location=Jefferson, NC |publisher=McFarland & Co. |date=2007 |page=209 |isbn=978-0786427468))
* ((cite book | editor-last = Parker | editor-first = John  | year = 1922 | title = Who's Who in the Theatre | location = London | edition = fourth | publisher = Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons | oclc = 473894893))
*((cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.P. |title=The London Stage, 1890–1899: a Calendar of Plays and Players |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear |url-access=registration |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, NJ |date=1976 |isbn=9780810809109))
*((cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.P. |title=The London Stage, 1900–1909: a Calendar of Plays and Players |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, NJ |date=1981 |isbn=9780810814035))
*((cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.P. |title=The London Stage, 1910–1919: a Calendar of Plays and Players |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, NJ |date=1982 |isbn=9780810815964))
*((cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.P. |title=The London Stage, 1920–1929: a Calendar of Plays and Players |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, NJ |date=1984 |isbn=9780810817159))
*((cite book |last=Wearing |first=J.P. |title=The London Stage, 1930–1939: a Calendar of Plays and Players |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Metuchen, NJ |date=1990 |isbn=9780810823495))

==Further reading==
* ((cite book |last=Alistair |first=Rupert |title=The Name Below the Title: 65 Classic Movie Character Actors from Hollywood's Golden Age |chapter=May Whitty |publisher=independently published |location=Great Britain |edition=first |type=softcover |date=2018 |pages=252–254 |isbn=978-1-7200-3837-5))

==External links==
((Commons category|May Whitty))
*((IMDb name|0926599))
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* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=May&surname=WHITTY&job=Actor&pid=441&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Stage performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]
* [http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=563625&word= May Whitty] photo gallery at NY Public Library Billy Rose Collection

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