Person · Actress · Active since 1914
May Whitty
1865–1948, Liverpool
British actress, born in Liverpool. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Appeared in 23 films on this site, including Mrs. Miniver (1942), Gaslight (1944) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). Of the actors and directors on this site, May Whitty shares the most films with Charles Boyer (4 films), Peter Lawford (4) and Edmund Gwenn (3) (65 in all).
Partners by shared films
Who May Whitty made films with
- 4Charles BoyerConquest, Flesh and Fantasy, The Constant Nymph and 1 more
- 4Peter LawfordMrs. Miniver, Thunder Birds, Flesh and Fantasy and 1 more
- 3Edmund GwennOne Night in Lisbon, Lassie Come Home, Green Dolphin Street
- 3Walter PidgeonMrs. Miniver, Madame Curie, If Winter Comes
- 2Alfred HitchcockThe Lady Vanishes, Suspicion
- 2Elizabeth TaylorLassie Come Home, The White Cliffs of Dover
- 2Olivia de HavillandRaffles, Devotion
- 2Joan FontaineSuspicion, The Constant Nymph
- 2Angela LansburyGaslight, If Winter Comes
- 2George CukorI Met My Love Again, Gaslight
- 2Lana TurnerSlightly Dangerous, Green Dolphin Street
- 2Greer GarsonMrs. Miniver, Madame Curie
- 2Roddy McDowallLassie Come Home, The White Cliffs of Dover
- 2Frank MorganThe White Cliffs of Dover, Green Dolphin Street
- 2Gladys CooperThe White Cliffs of Dover, Green Dolphin Street
- 2Clarence BrownConquest, The White Cliffs of Dover
- 1Ingrid BergmanGaslight
- 1Greta GarboConquest
- 1Henry FondaI Met My Love Again
- 1Cary GrantSuspicion
- 1Barbara StanwyckFlesh and Fantasy
- 1William WylerMrs. Miniver
- 1Deborah KerrIf Winter Comes
- 1Anne BaxterCrash Dive
- 1David NivenRaffles
- 1Janet LeighIf Winter Comes
- 1Maureen O'HaraA Bill of Divorcement
- 1Donna ReedGreen Dolphin Street
- 1Teresa WrightMrs. Miniver
- 1Peter LorreThe Constant Nymph
- 1Edward G. RobinsonFlesh and Fantasy
- 1Ida LupinoDevotion
- 1Walter BrennanSlightly Dangerous
- 1Gene TierneyThunder Birds
- 1Rosalind RussellNight Must Fall
- 1Irene DunneThe White Cliffs of Dover
- 1Fay BainterA Bill of Divorcement
- 1Elsa LanchesterLassie Come Home
- 1Tyrone PowerCrash Dive
- 1Thomas MitchellFlesh and Fantasy
- 1Joan BennettI Met My Love Again
- 1Paul LukasThe Lady Vanishes
- 1Esther WilliamsThis Time for Keeps
- 1Joseph CottenGaslight
- 1Michael RedgraveThe Lady Vanishes
- 1Van HeflinGreen Dolphin Street
- 1Donald CrispLassie Come Home
- 1Billie BurkeOne Night in Lisbon
- 1Dana AndrewsCrash Dive
- 1Arthur KennedyDevotion
- 1Fred MacMurrayOne Night in Lisbon
- 1June LockhartThe White Cliffs of Dover
- 1Charles CoburnThe Constant Nymph
- 1Sam WoodRaffles
- 1William A. WellmanThunder Birds
- 1Mervyn LeRoyMadame Curie
- 1Julien DuvivierFlesh and Fantasy
- 1Jimmy DuranteThis Time for Keeps
- 1Alexander KnoxThe Sign of the Ram
- 1Anne FrancisThis Time for Keeps
- 1Adolphe MenjouA Bill of Divorcement
- 1John SturgesThe Sign of the Ram
- 1Robert CummingsFlesh and Fantasy
- 1Robert MontgomeryNight Must Fall
- 1Robert BenchleyFlesh and Fantasy
Other regulars
Films in this guide
- Conquest (1937)actress, as Maria Letizia Buonaparte
- Night Must Fall (1937)actress
- I Met My Love Again (1938)actress
- The Lady Vanishes (1938)actress
- Raffles (1939)actress
- A Bill of Divorcement (1940)actress
- One Night in Lisbon (1941)actress
- Suspicion (1941)actress
- Mrs. Miniver (1942)actress
- Thunder Birds (1942)actress
- Crash Dive (1943)actress
- Flesh and Fantasy (1943)actress
- Lassie Come Home (1943)actress
- Madame Curie (1943)actress
- Slightly Dangerous (1943)actress
- The Constant Nymph (1943)actress
- Gaslight (1944)actress
- The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)actress
- Devotion (1946)actress
- Green Dolphin Street (1947)actress
- If Winter Comes (1947)actress
- This Time for Keeps (1947)actress
- The Sign of the Ram (1948)actress