
Edna May Oliver
Biography
Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. She was born Edna May Nutter in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 6th American president John Quincy Adams. Miss Oliver took an early interest in the stage, and she would quit school at the age of 14 to pursue …
Known For
Pride and Prejudice
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Little Women
Aunt March
Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Mc Klennar
A Tale of Two Cities
Miss Pross
David Copperfield
Aunt Betsey Trotwood
Cimarron
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Maggie Sutton
Alice in Wonderland
Red Queen
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Filmography
Acting (50)
Movies (50)
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
1999as Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970as Self (archive footage)
Lydia
1941as Sarah MacMillan
Pride and Prejudice
1940as Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939as Mrs. Mc Klennar
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939as Maggie Sutton
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939as Countess de Mavon
Second Fiddle
1939as Aunt Phoebe
Little Miss Broadway
1938as Sarah Wendling
Paradise for Three
1938as Mrs. Kunkel
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937as Mrs. Atherton
Rosalie
1937as Queen of Romanza
Parnell
1937as Aunt Ben Wood
Romeo and Juliet
1936as Juliet's Nurse
David Copperfield
1935as Aunt Betsey Trotwood
A Tale of Two Cities
1935as Miss Pross
No More Ladies
1935as Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935as Hildegarde Withers
We're Rich Again
1934as Maude Stanley
The Last Gentleman
1934as Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister
The Poor Rich
1934as Harriet Spottiswood
Murder on the Blackboard
1934as Hildegarde Withers
Ann Vickers
1933as Malvina Wormser
Alice in Wonderland
1933as Red Queen
The Great Jasper
1933as Madame Talma
Little Women
1933as Aunt March
Only Yesterday
1933as Leona
Meet the Baron
1933as Dean Primrose
It's Great to Be Alive
1933as Dr. Prodwell
The Conquerors
1932as Matilda Blake
Ladies of the Jury
1932as Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932as Hildegarde Withers
Hold 'Em Jail
1932as Violet Jones
Cimarron
1931as Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
Cracked Nuts
1931as Aunt Minnie Van Varden
Laugh and Get Rich
1931as Sarah Cranston Austin
Newly Rich
1931as Bessie Tate
Fanny Foley Herself
1931as Fanny Foley
Half Shot at Sunrise
1930as Mrs. Marshall
The Saturday Night Kid
1929as Miss Streeter
Let's Get Married
1926as J.W. Smith
The American Venus
1926as Mrs. Niles
The Lucky Devil
1925as Mrs. McDee
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Lovers in Quarantine
1925as Amelia Pincent
Icebound
1924as Hannah
Manhattan
1924as Mrs. Trapes
Restless Wives
1924as Benson's Secretary
Wife in Name Only
1923as Mrs. Dornham
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923as Hetty
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