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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 25, 1878
Died
September 9, 1975
Place of Birth
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Ethel Woods
Ethel Griffies
0.5 Popularity
Known For
6.8
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
5.2
Mrs. Spencer
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965
6.8
Grandma Florence
Billy Liar
1963
7.5
Mrs. Bundy
The Birds
1963
6.2
Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
7.8
Lulu
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
5.8
Lights Out
1949
6.3
Mrs. White
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
Grandmother
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
0.0
Aunt Martha
The Homestretch
1947
Credits
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
6.8
Bus Riley's Back in Town
as Mrs. Spencer
1965
5.2
Billy Liar
as Grandma Florence
1963
6.8
The Birds
as Mrs. Bundy
1963
7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Lulu
1962
7.8
Lights Out
1949
5.8
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Mrs. White
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Grandmother
1948
6.3
The Homestretch
as Aunt Martha
1947
0.0
Millie's Daughter
as Aunt Katherine
1947
1.0
Sing While You Dance
as Mrs. Abigail Smith
1946
0.0
Devotion
as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
1946
6.0
Saratoga Trunk
as Clarissa Van Steed
1945
5.7
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
as Mrs. Nelson
1945
6.2
Molly and Me
as Mrs. Lamb
1945
6.4
Thrill of a Romance
as Mrs. Fenway
1945
6.2
The Horn Blows at Midnight
as Lady Stover
1945
5.7
Music for Millions
as Mrs. McGuff
1944
6.0
The White Cliffs of Dover
as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Pardon My Rhythm
as Mrs. Martha Dean
1944
5.5
It Happened Tomorrow
as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)
1944
6.7
Jane Eyre
as Grace Poole
1943
6.9
Holy Matrimony
as Lady Vale
1943
6.6
First Comes Courage
as Nurse
1943
6.6
Forever and a Day
as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter
1943
7.4
Time to Kill
as Mrs. Murdock
1942
5.9
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Graham
1942
0.0
Between Us Girls
as Gallagher
1942
6.0
The Postman Didn't Ring
as Catherine Vandewater
1942
0.0
Castle in the Desert
as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
1942
7.0
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
as Matron (uncredited)
1942
7.2
Remember the Day
as Undetermined Role
1941
6.6
How Green Was My Valley
as Mrs. Nicholas
1941
7.3
Great Guns
as Aunt Agatha
1941
5.9
A Yank in the R.A.F.
as Lady Fitzhugh
1941
5.5
Billy the Kid
as Mrs. Hanky
1941
5.0
Dead Men Tell
as Miss Patience Nodbury
1941
6.3
Stranger on the Third Floor
as Mrs. Kane
1940
6.4
Waterloo Bridge
as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)
1940
7.5
Irene
as Princess Minetti
1940
6.0
Vigil in the Night
as Matron East
1940
5.5
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
as Mabel Wilcox
1939
5.0
We Are Not Alone
as Mrs. Raymond
1939
6.1
Over the Moon
as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)
1939
5.3
I'm from Missouri
as Miss Wildhack
1939
0.0
Crackerjack
as Annie
1938
5.9
Kathleen Mavourneen
as Hannah O'Dwyer
1937
7.0
Twice Branded
as Mrs. Etta Hamilton
1936
6.0
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew
1935
5.2
Anna Karenina
as Mme. Kartasoff
1935
6.5
Werewolf of London
as Mrs. Whack
1935
6.0
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Winifred Trent
1935
6.0
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
as Miss Twinkleton
1935
5.6
Enchanted April
as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
1935
4.5
The Painted Veil
as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)
1934
6.4
We Live Again
as Aunt Marie
1934
6.6
Jane Eyre
as Grace Poole
1934
4.9
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Mrs. Field
1934
5.3
Sadie McKee
as Woman in Subway (uncredited)
1934
6.9
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Stolen Sweets
as Ship Passenger
1934
2.8
Four Frightened People
as Mrs. Ainger's Mother
1934
5.9
Alice in Wonderland
as Miss Simpson (uncredited)
1933
6.1
White Woman
as Mrs. Chisholm
1933
5.7
Bombshell
as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
1933
6.5
Doctor Bull
as Miss Ace
1933
6.5
Torch Singer
as Agatha Alden
1933
5.2
Midnight Club
as The Duchess
1933
0.0
Horse Play
as Emily
1933
0.0
Looking Forward
as Miss Judd
1933
6.2
A Lady's Profession
as Lady McDougal
1933
0.0
Tonight Is Ours
as Zana
1933
0.0
Love Me Tonight
as Second Aunt
1932
6.5
Westward Passage
as Lady Caverly
1932
5.8
Are You Listening?
as Mrs. Peters
1932
5.0
The Impatient Maiden
as Nurse Lovett
1932
0.0
Union Depot
as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)
1932
5.8
Manhattan Parade
as Mrs. Beacon
1931
1.8
Once a Lady
as Miss Bleeker
1931
2.7
The Road to Singapore
as Mrs. Everard (uncredited)
1931
5.2
Waterloo Bridge
as Mrs. Hobley
1931
6.9
Chances
as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)
1931
7.0
Old English
as Adela Heythorp
1930
4.0