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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 17, 1858
Died
October 20, 1942
Place of Birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also Known As
- Mary Jeanette Robison
May Robson
1.4 Popularity
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
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.5
Mlle. Rosay
Joan of Paris
1942
5.2
Grandma Kyser
Playmates
1941
0.0
Self (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
6.0
Cornelia Wheelwright
Million Dollar Baby
1941
6.2
Aunt Etta
Four Mothers
1941
4.0
Self
Breakdowns of 1940
1940
5.5
Cecilia Dangerfield
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
6.5
Self
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
6.0
Granny O'Dare
Irene
1940
Credits
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Joan of Paris
as Mlle. Rosay
1942
6.5
Playmates
as Grandma Kyser
1941
5.2
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
as Self (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Million Dollar Baby
as Cornelia Wheelwright
1941
6.0
Four Mothers
as Aunt Etta
1941
6.2
Breakdowns of 1940
as Self
1940
4.0
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Cecilia Dangerfield
1940
5.5
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
as Self
1940
6.5
Irene
as Granny O'Dare
1940
6.0
Granny Get Your Gun
as Minerva Hildegard Hatton
1940
3.5
Breakdowns of 1939
as Self
1939
7.0
Four Wives
as Aunt Etta
1939
5.3
That's Right – You're Wrong
as Grandma
1939
5.7
Nurse Edith Cavell
as Mme. Rappard
1939
6.4
Daughters Courageous
as Penny, the Housekeeper
1939
6.2
The Kid from Kokomo
as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
1939
6.0
Yes, My Darling Daughter
as 'Granny' Whitman
1939
3.3
They Made Me a Criminal
as Grandma Rafferty
1939
6.1
The Texans
as Granna
1938
5.6
Four Daughters
as Aunt Etta
1938
6.6
Bringing Up Baby
as Elizabeth Random
1938
7.5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
1938
6.6
The Perfect Specimen
as Mrs. Leona Wicks
1937
5.7
A Star Is Born
as Lettie Blodgett
1937
7.2
Woman in Distress
as Phoebe Tuttle
1937
6.0
Rainbow on the River
as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
1936
9.0
The Captain's Kid
as Aunt Marcia Prentiss
1936
6.0
Wife vs. Secretary
as Mimi Stanhope
1936
6.7
3 Kids and a Queen
as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
1935
6.0
Anna Karenina
as Countess Vronsky
1935
6.5
Age of Indiscretion
as Emma Shaw
1935
4.5
Reckless
as Mrs. Granny Leslie
1935
5.0
Strangers All
as Anna Carter
1935
5.5
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Judith Paris
1935
6.0
Grand Old Girl
as Laura Bayles
1935
6.5
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Movies on Sundays
as Herself (uncredited)
1935
0.0
Mills of the Gods
as Mary Hastings
1934
0.0
Lady by Choice
as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
1934
6.3
The Hollywood Gad-About
as Self (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Straight Is the Way
as Mrs. Horowitz
1934
5.5
You Can't Buy Everything
as Mrs. Hannah Bell
1934
7.0
Dinner at Eight
as Mrs. Wendel
1933
6.7
Alice in Wonderland
as Queen Of Hearts
1933
6.1
Dancing Lady
as Dolly Todhunter
1933
6.8
The Solitaire Man
as Mrs. Vail
1933
6.5
Broadway to Hollywood
as Veteran Actress
1933
4.6
Lady for a Day
as Apple Annie
1933
7.1
Beauty for Sale
as Mrs. Merrick
1933
7.0
One Man's Journey
as Sarah
1933
6.5
Reunion in Vienna
as Frau Lucher
1933
6.6
The White Sister
as Mother Superior
1933
4.9
Men Must Fight
as Maman Seward
1933
5.7
Strange Interlude
as Mrs. Evans
1932
5.3
If I Had a Million
as Mrs. Mary Walker
1932
6.6
Little Orphan Annie
as Mrs. Stewart
1932
5.8
Red-Headed Woman
as Aunt Jane
1932
6.5
Letty Lynton
as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
1932
6.8
The She-Wolf
1931
0.0
Chicago
as Mrs. Morton - Matron
1927
5.5
A Harp in Hock
as Mrs. Banks
1927
0.0
The Angel of Broadway
as Big Bertha
1927
0.0
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
as Aunt Mary Watkins
1927
0.0
The King of Kings
as Mother of Gestas
1927
6.4
Rubber Tires
as Mrs. Stack
1927
6.0
Pals in Paradise
as Esther Lezinsky
1926
6.0
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
1920
6.7
A Night Out
as Granmum
1916
0.0
How Molly Malone Made Good
as Herself
1915
5.0
When Knights Were Bold
1908
3.2