Filmography
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Known For
You Can't Take It with You Mrs. Anthony Kirby (1938) -
The Awful Truth Mrs. Vance (1937) -
The Picture of Dorian Gray Lady Agatha (1945) -
Known For
Captain Blood Mrs. Steed (1935) -
Actress
Houseboat British Society Woman (1958) -
Suspicion Mrs. Merton (1958) -
The Ford Television Theatre (1955) -
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mrs. Herbert Winthrop (1955) -
Front Row Center Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1955) -
Fireside Theatre (1954) -
Les Miserables Nun (1952) -
Pest Man Wins Party Guest (1951) -
You Gotta Stay Happy Aunt Martha (1948) -
The Black Arrow Nun (1948) -
![The Judge Steps Out]( "The Judge Steps Out")
The Judge Steps Out Margaret (1948) -
![It Had to Be You]( "It Had to Be You")
It Had to Be You Mrs. Kimberly (1947) -
![The Exile]( "The Exile")
The Exile Second Court Lady (1947) -
![Song of Love]( "Song of Love")
Song of Love Woman at Party (1947) -
![Down to Earth]( "Down to Earth")
Down to Earth Mrs. Fenimore Hume (1947) -
![The Secret Life of Walter Mitty]( "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty")
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Mrs. Pierce (1947) -
![Ivy]( "Ivy")
Ivy Lady Crail (1947) -
![The Other Love]( "The Other Love")
The Other Love Madame Gruen - Sanitarium Patient (1947) -
![Cigarette Girl]( "Cigarette Girl")
Cigarette Girl Mrs. Halstead (1947) -
![Half-Wits Holiday]( "Half-Wits Holiday")
Half-Wits Holiday Countess Shpritzvasser (1947) -
![A Stolen Life]( "A Stolen Life")
A Stolen Life Art Patron (1946) -
![The Kid from Brooklyn]( "The Kid from Brooklyn")
The Kid from Brooklyn Garden Party Guest (1946) -
![Terror by Night]( "Terror by Night")
Terror by Night Lady Margaret Carstairs (1946) -
![One Way to Love]( "One Way to Love")
One Way to Love Distinguished Woman (1946) -
![That Night with You]( "That Night with You")
That Night with You Mrs. Brock (1945) -
![Lady on a Train]( "Lady on a Train")
Lady on a Train Waring Cousin (1945) -
![Guest Wife]( "Guest Wife")
Guest Wife Dinner Guest (1945) -
![That's the Spirit]( "That's the Spirit")
That's the Spirit Undetermined Role (1945) -
![Earl Carroll Vanities]( "Earl Carroll Vanities")
Earl Carroll Vanities Queen Mother Elena (1945) -
![I'll Remember April]( "I'll Remember April")
I'll Remember April Mrs. Barrington (1945) -
![A Guy, a Gal and a Pal]( "A Guy, a Gal and a Pal")
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal Mrs. Breckenridge (1945) -
![The Picture of Dorian Gray]( "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
The Picture of Dorian Gray Lady Agatha (1945) -
![Ladies Courageous]( "Ladies Courageous")
Ladies Courageous Sister Rose (1944) -
![Tender Comrade]( "Tender Comrade")
Tender Comrade Mrs. Flanagan - Jo's Mother (1943) -
![What a Woman!]( "What a Woman!")
What a Woman! Senator's Wife (1943) -
![Jane Eyre]( "Jane Eyre")
Jane Eyre Mrs. Eshton (1943) -
![Women in Bondage]( "Women in Bondage")
Women in Bondage Gladys Bracken (1943) -
![Flesh and Fantasy]( "Flesh and Fantasy")
Flesh and Fantasy Lady Thomas (1943) -
![Dangerous Blondes]( "Dangerous Blondes")
Dangerous Blondes Isabel Fleming (1943) -
![Two Tickets to London]( "Two Tickets to London")
Two Tickets to London Dame Dunne Hartley (1943) -
![Mr. Lucky]( "Mr. Lucky")
Mr. Lucky War Relief Worker (1943) -
![Sherlock Holmes in Washington]( "Sherlock Holmes in Washington")
Sherlock Holmes in Washington Mother Pettibone (1943) -
![The Great Impersonation]( "The Great Impersonation")
The Great Impersonation Lady Leslie Clayfair (1942) -
![Almost Married]( "Almost Married")
Almost Married Mrs. Marvin (1942) -
![This Above All]( "This Above All")
This Above All Vicar's Wife (1942) -
![Twin Beds]( "Twin Beds")
Twin Beds (1942) -
![Klondike Fury]( "Klondike Fury")
Klondike Fury Mrs. Langton (1942) -
![We Were Dancing]( "We Were Dancing")
We Were Dancing Mrs. Louise Sandys (1942) -
![Paris Calling]( "Paris Calling")
Paris Calling Lady Guest (1941) -
![Nothing But the Truth]( "Nothing But the Truth")
Nothing But the Truth Mrs. Ralston (1941) -
![When Ladies Meet]( "When Ladies Meet")
When Ladies Meet Freddie's Mother (1941) -
![Back Street]( "Back Street")
Back Street Mrs. Williams (1941) -
![South of Suez]( "South of Suez")
South of Suez Mrs. Putnam (1940) -
![Girl from Avenue A]( "Girl from Avenue A")
Girl from Avenue A Minor Role (1940) -
![Private Affairs]( "Private Affairs")
Private Affairs Mrs. Stanley (1940) -
![All This, and Heaven Too]( "All This, and Heaven Too")
All This, and Heaven Too Lady at the Theatre (1940) -
![Blame It on Love]( "Blame It on Love")
Blame It on Love Mrs. Wadsworth (1940) -
![Florian]( "Florian")
Florian Grandmother (1940) -
![Laddie]( "Laddie")
Laddie Mrs. Anna Pryor (1940) -
![Ninotchka]( "Ninotchka")
Ninotchka Lady Lavenham - Indignant Woman in Doorway (1939) -
![Hollywood Cavalcade]( "Hollywood Cavalcade")
Hollywood Cavalcade Mrs. Gaynes (1939) -
![The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]( "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes")
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Lady Conyngham (1939) -
![These Glamour Girls]( "These Glamour Girls")
These Glamour Girls Mrs. Van Reichton (1939) -
![I Stole a Million]( "I Stole a Million")
I Stole a Million Customer in Flower Shop (1939) -
![Should Husbands Work?]( "Should Husbands Work?")
Should Husbands Work? Mrs. Barnes (1939) -
![It Could Happen to You]( "It Could Happen to You")
It Could Happen to You Mrs. Quigley (1939) -
![The Sun Never Sets]( "The Sun Never Sets")
The Sun Never Sets Mrs. Randolph (1939) -
![Outside These Walls]( "Outside These Walls")
Outside These Walls Gertrude Bishop (1939) -
![Three Smart Girls Grow Up]( "Three Smart Girls Grow Up")
Three Smart Girls Grow Up Mrs. Withers (1939) -
![The Ice Follies of 1939]( "The Ice Follies of 1939")
The Ice Follies of 1939 Lady Hilda (1939) -
![Risky Business]( "Risky Business")
Risky Business Mrs. Jameson (1939) -
![You Can't Cheat an Honest Man]( "You Can't Cheat an Honest Man")
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Mrs. Bel-Goodie (1939) -
![Fast and Loose]( "Fast and Loose")
Fast and Loose Mrs. Torrent (1939) -
![Just Around the Corner]( "Just Around the Corner")
Just Around the Corner Miss Vincent (1938) -
![Three Loves Has Nancy]( "Three Loves Has Nancy")
Three Loves Has Nancy Mrs. Hansen (1938) -
![You Can't Take It with You]( "You Can't Take It with You")
You Can't Take It with You Mrs. Anthony Kirby (1938) -
![Always Goodbye]( "Always Goodbye")
Always Goodbye Aunt Martha Marshall (1938) -
![The Rage of Paris]( "The Rage of Paris")
The Rage of Paris Woman in Opera Box (1938) -
![Outside of Paradise]( "Outside of Paradise")
Outside of Paradise Mrs. Stonewall (1938) -
![Everybody Sing]( "Everybody Sing")
Everybody Sing Miss Colvin (1938) -
What Do You Think? (Number Three) Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (1938)
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![The Awful Truth]( "The Awful Truth")
The Awful Truth Mrs. Vance (1937) -
![Stage Door]( "Stage Door")
Stage Door Cast of Stage Play (1937) -
![One Hundred Men and a Girl]( "One Hundred Men and a Girl")
One Hundred Men and a Girl Concert Hall Patron (1937) -
![The Life of the Party]( "The Life of the Party")
The Life of the Party Mrs. Saunders (1937) -
![Wee Willie Winkie]( "Wee Willie Winkie")
Wee Willie Winkie Mrs. MacMonachie (1937) -
![Another Dawn]( "Another Dawn")
Another Dawn Mrs. Lydia Benton (1937) -
![Women of Glamour]( "Women of Glamour")
Women of Glamour Mrs. Stark (1937) -
![Theodora Goes Wild]( "Theodora Goes Wild")
Theodora Goes Wild Mrs. Wyatt (1936) -
![Wedding Present]( "Wedding Present")
Wedding Present Mrs. Dodacker (1936) -
![The White Angel]( "The White Angel")
The White Angel First Lady Disapproving of Florence (1936) -
![The Widow from Monte Carlo]( "The Widow from Monte Carlo")
The Widow from Monte Carlo Lady Holloway (1935) -
![Captain Blood]( "Captain Blood")
Captain Blood Mrs. Steed (1935) -
![The Perfect Gentleman]( "The Perfect Gentleman")
The Perfect Gentleman Lady Clyffe-Pembrook (1935) -
![Rendezvous]( "Rendezvous")
Rendezvous Lady Cavendish (1935) -
![Anna Karenina]( "Anna Karenina")
Anna Karenina Princess Sorokina (1935) -
![Stranded]( "Stranded")
Stranded Grace Dean (1935) -
![Dizzy Dames]( "Dizzy Dames")
Dizzy Dames Mrs. Stokes (1935) -
![Les Misérables]( "Les Misérables")
Les Misérables Mlle. Baptiseme (1935) -
![Laddie]( "Laddie")
Laddie Mrs. Anna Pryor (1935) -
![McFadden's Flats]( "McFadden's Flats")
McFadden's Flats (1935) -
![Roberta]( "Roberta")
Roberta Mrs. Teale (1935) -
![The Painted Veil]( "The Painted Veil")
The Painted Veil Mrs. Braithwaite (1934) -
![We Live Again]( "We Live Again")
We Live Again Mrs. Kortchagin (1934) -
![Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round]( "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round")
Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Passenger Campbell Sits Next To (1934) -
![Happiness Ahead]( "Happiness Ahead")
Happiness Ahead Mrs. Travis (1934) -
![Two Heads on a Pillow]( "Two Heads on a Pillow")
Two Heads on a Pillow Mrs. Caroline Devonshire (1934) -
![A Lost Lady]( "A Lost Lady")
A Lost Lady Mrs. Hardy (1934) -
![British Agent]( "British Agent")
British Agent Lady Catherine Trehearne (1934) -
Oh Sailor Behave (1934)
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![She Was a Lady]( "She Was a Lady")
She Was a Lady Lady Diana Vane (1934) -
![Shock]( "Shock")
Shock Lady Heatherly (1934) -
![Blind Date]( "Blind Date")
Blind Date Mrs. Hartwell (1934) -
![Now I'll Tell]( "Now I'll Tell")
Now I'll Tell Mrs. Drake (1934) -
![Most Precious Thing in Life]( "Most Precious Thing in Life")
Most Precious Thing in Life Mrs. Kelsey (1934) -
![Born to Be Bad]( "Born to Be Bad")
Born to Be Bad Admirer at Nightclub (1934) -
![Sadie McKee]( "Sadie McKee")
Sadie McKee Mrs. Alderson (1934) -
![Carolina]( "Carolina")
Carolina Aunt Catherine (1934) -
![You Can't Buy Everything]( "You Can't Buy Everything")
You Can't Buy Everything Kate Farley (1934) -
![Bombshell]( "Bombshell")
Bombshell Mrs. Middleton (1933) -
![The Masquerader]( "The Masquerader")
The Masquerader Eve Chilcote's friend in Paris hotel (1933) -
![Cavalcade]( "Cavalcade")
Cavalcade Duchess of Churt (1933) -
![A Farewell to Arms]( "A Farewell to Arms")
A Farewell to Arms Miss Van Campen (1932) -
![Vanity Fair]( "Vanity Fair")
Vanity Fair Mrs. Sedley (1932) -
![The Silent Witness]( "The Silent Witness")
The Silent Witness Lady Howard (1932) -
![Stepping Sisters]( "Stepping Sisters")
Stepping Sisters Mrs. Tremaine (1932) -
![Working Girls]( "Working Girls")
Working Girls Mrs. Johnstone (1931) -
![The Brat]( "The Brat")
The Brat Mrs. Mary Forrester (1931) -
![Chances]( "Chances")
Chances Mrs. Ingleside (1931) -
![Born to Love]( "Born to Love")
Born to Love The Duchess (1931) -
![The Man Who Came Back]( "The Man Who Came Back")
The Man Who Came Back Mrs. Gaynes (1931) -
![The Devil to Pay!]( "The Devil to Pay!")
The Devil to Pay! Mrs. Hope (1930) -
![East Is West]( "East Is West")
East Is West Mrs. Benson (1930) -
![Abraham Lincoln]( "Abraham Lincoln")
Abraham Lincoln Actress (1930) -
![Holiday]( "Holiday")
Holiday Mrs. Pritchard Ames (1930) -
![So This Is London]( "So This Is London")
So This Is London Lady Worthing (1930) -
![Strictly Unconventional]( "Strictly Unconventional")
Strictly Unconventional Mrs. Anna Shenstone (1930) -
![The Trespasser]( "The Trespasser")
The Trespasser Mrs. Ferguson (1929) -
![The Thirteenth Chair]( "The Thirteenth Chair")
The Thirteenth Chair Lady Crosby (1929) -
![Sunny Side Up]( "Sunny Side Up")
Sunny Side Up Mrs. Cromwell (1929) -
![Her Private Life]( "Her Private Life")
Her Private Life Ladu Wildering (1929) -
![Tillie the Toiler]( "Tillie the Toiler")
Tillie the Toiler Mrs. Fish - Pennington's Mother (1927) -
Inheritance Lady Isabel (1920)
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Nance Felicia Damarche (1920)
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The Lady Clare Lady Julia Medwin (1919)
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Actress
![Women Who Win]( "Women Who Win")
Women Who Win Ella Graham (1919) -
Archive footage
![Hey Moe, Hey Dad!]( "Hey Moe, Hey Dad!")
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015)
All Filmography
Personal Details
Born
Ethel Louise Young
Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Died
(age 91)
Beaumont, California, USA
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