May Robson

ActorWriter 1908–1983 (75 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Highest Rated

Rainbow on the River

1936 · as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

9.0

Bringing Up Baby

1938 · as Elizabeth Random

7.5

A Star Is Born

1937 · as Lettie Blodgett

7.2

Known For

Film

Bringing Up Baby

Elizabeth Random

Film

A Star Is Born

Lettie Blodgett

Film

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)

Film

Dinner at Eight

Mrs. Wendel

Film

Lady for a Day

Apple Annie

Film

Anna Karenina

Countess Vronsky

Film

Wife vs. Secretary

Mimi Stanhope

Film

The King of Kings

Mother of Gestas

Filmography

Acting (71)

Movies (71)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Joan of Paris

as Mlle. Rosay

Four Mothers

as Aunt Etta

Million Dollar Baby

as Cornelia Wheelwright

6.0

Playmates

1941

as Grandma Kyser

5.2

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1

1941

as Self (uncredited)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

as Self

Irene

as Granny O'Dare

Granny Get Your Gun

as Minerva Hildegard Hatton

3.5

The Texas Rangers Ride Again

1940

as Cecilia Dangerfield

5.5

Breakdowns of 1940

1940

as Self

4.0

Yes, My Darling Daughter

1939

as 'Granny' Whitman

3.3

Daughters Courageous

1939

as Penny, the Housekeeper

6.2

The Kid from Kokomo

1939

as Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell

6.0

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939

as Mme. Rappard

6.4

They Made Me a Criminal

1939

as Grandma Rafferty

6.2

That's Right – You're Wrong

as Grandma

Breakdowns of 1939

as Self

Four Wives

as Aunt Etta

Bringing Up Baby

as Elizabeth Random

Four Daughters

as Aunt Etta

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Aunt Polly

The Texans

as Granna

A Star Is Born

as Lettie Blodgett

The Perfect Specimen

as Mrs. Leona Wicks

Woman in Distress

as Phoebe Tuttle

Wife vs. Secretary

as Mimi Stanhope

Rainbow on the River

as Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth

9.0

The Captain's Kid

1936

as Aunt Marcia Prentiss

6.0

Movies on Sundays

1935

as Herself (uncredited)

Grand Old Girl

as Laura Bayles

Anna Karenina

as Countess Vronsky

Reckless

as Mrs. Granny Leslie

Age of Indiscretion

as Emma Shaw

Strangers All

as Anna Carter

Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935

as Judith Paris

6.2

3 Kids and a Queen

1935

as Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter

6.0

Mills of the Gods

1934

as Mary Hastings

Lady by Choice

1934

as Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson

6.3

The Hollywood Gad-About

1934

as Self (uncredited)

5.0

You Can't Buy Everything

as Mrs. Hannah Bell

Straight Is the Way

as Mrs. Horowitz

The Solitaire Man

as Mrs. Vail

Alice in Wonderland

as Queen Of Hearts

Lady for a Day

as Apple Annie

Dinner at Eight

as Mrs. Wendel

Beauty for Sale

as Mrs. Merrick

The White Sister

as Mother Superior

Dancing Lady

as Dolly Todhunter

Broadway to Hollywood

as Veteran Actress

One Man's Journey

as Sarah

Reunion in Vienna

as Frau Lucher

Men Must Fight

as Maman Seward

Red-Headed Woman

as Aunt Jane

If I Had a Million

as Mrs. Mary Walker

Letty Lynton

as Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers

Little Orphan Annie

as Mrs. Stewart

Strange Interlude

as Mrs. Evans

The She-Wolf

The King of Kings

as Mother of Gestas

Rubber Tires

as Mrs. Stack

Chicago

as Mrs. Morton - Matron

5.5

The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary

1927

as Aunt Mary Watkins

Turkish Delight

1927

as Tsakran

A Harp in Hock

1927

as Mrs. Banks

The Angel of Broadway

1927

as Big Bertha

Pals in Paradise

1926

as Esther Lezinsky

6.0

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920

as Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)

6.7

A Night Out

1916

as Granmum

How Molly Malone Made Good

1915

as Herself

5.0

When Knights Were Bold

1908

3.2

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

A Night Out

1916

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