List of the best Dame May Whitty movies: The Lady Vanishes(1938), Mrs. Miniver(1942), Night Must Fall(1937), Lassie Come Home(1943), I Met My Love Again(1938), Gaslight(1944), Raffles(1940), Slightly Dangerous(1943), Suspicion(1941), Crash Dive(1943), The Constant Nymph(1943), One Night in Lisbon(1941) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1938
97 Minutes
Miss Froy, Governess
Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave Dame May Whitty Paul Lukas Googie Withers Cecil Parker Linden Travers Catherine Lacey Naunton Wayne Basil Radford Mary Clare
musicologist governess doctor spy suspenseful charming witty thrilling central europe train london hotel kidnapping espionage disappearance conspiracy mystery rescue adventure love
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Drama
USA
1942
134 Minutes
Lady Beldon
Greer Garson Walter Pidgeon Dame May Whitty Teresa Wright Reginald Owen Henry Travers Richard Ney Henry Wilcoxon
mother soldier father daughter architect emotional touching sad england household airplane family home bombing air raids class distinctions world war ii death rise transformation discovery
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1937
117 Minutes
Mrs. Bramson
Robert Montgomery Rosalind Russell Dame May Whitty Alan Marshall Merle Tottenham Kathleen Harrison Matthew Boulton Eily Malyon E.E. Clive Beryl Mercer Winifred Harris
widow maid fiancé niece police officer dark suspenseful household countryside cottage murder disappearance class distinctions missing persons dark secrets mystery 1930s
When a rich but cantankerous dowager on an isolated estates hires an engaging handyman, her niece/companion becomes suspicious of his motives.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1943
88 Minutes
Dally
Roddy McDowall Donald Crisp Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Nigel Bruce Elsa Lanchester Elizabeth Taylor Ben Webster J. Pat O'Malley Alan Napier Arthur Shields
lassie young boy mother father duke grandchild heartwarming family home yorkshire scotland countryside estate dogs family class distinctions journey escape quest 1940s
After her destitute family is forced to sell her, a collie named Lassie (Pal) escapes from her new owner and begins the long trek from Scotland to her Yorkshire home.
Romance
USA
1938
77 Minutes
Joan Bennett Joshua Logan Henry Fonda Dame May Whitty Alan Marshal
professor love interest writer aunt daughter college student melodramatic emotional vermont paris small town college dance floor car love bohemian lifestyle small-town life family attempted suicide pursuit
College sweethearts Julie and Ives have planned to marry. Their plans go amiss when Julie meets a weak writer and runs off to marry him. After her husband dies, she's left in Paris, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1944
114 Minutes
Miss Thwaites
Charles Boyer Ingrid Bergman Joseph Cotten Dame May Whitty Angela Lansbury Terry Moore
singer husband inspector maid dark uneasy brooding london italy household tower of london deception treasure murder opera revenge mystery pursuit 1880s
Years after her aunt was murdered in her home, a young woman moves back into the house with her new husband. However, he has a secret that he will do anything to protect, even if it means driving his wife insane.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
72 Minutes
Lady Melrose
David Niven Olivia de Havilland Dudley Digges Dame May Whitty Douglas Walton Lionel Pape E.E. Clive Peter Godfrey Margaret Seddon Gilbert Emery Hilda Plowright
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend... See full summary »
Comedy
1943
94 Minutes
Baba
Lana Turner Robert Young Walter Brennan Dame May Whitty Eugene Pallette Alan Mowbray Florence Bates Howard Freeman Millard Mitchell Ward Bond Adele Pearce
soda jerk boss millionaire nanny publisher coworker airy heartwarming amusing small town hotchkiss falls, n.y. drugstore new york city mansion new life misunderstanding deception wealth unlikely romance transformation
The former boss (Robert Young) of a small-town soda jerk (Lana Turner) finds her posing as an heiress in New York.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1941
99 Minutes
Mrs. Martha McLaidlaw
Cary Grant Joan Fontaine Cedric Hardwicke Nigel Bruce Dame May Whitty Isabel Jeans Heather Angel Leo G. Carroll
wife husband best friend father chilling creative family home highway mansion hotel death wealth marriage mystery pursuit 1940s
A shy young heiress marries a charming gentleman, and soon begins to suspect he is planning to murder her.
War
USA
1943
105 Minutes
Grandmother
Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Dana Andrews James Gleason Dame May Whitty Harry Morgan
sailor teacher military officer emotional thrilling tense tender atlantic ocean connecticut military base naval base love triangle world war ii duty military adventure love sacrifice rivalry 1940s
A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.
Drama
USA
1943
106 Minutes
Lady Constance Longborough
Charles Boyer Joan Fontaine Alexis Smith Charles Coburn Brenda Marshall Dame May Whitty Peter Lorre Joyce Reynolds Jean Muir Montagu Love Edward Ciannelli
The daughter of a musical mentor is hopelessly in love with her cousin's husband, a handsome composer.
Romance
USA
1941
97 Minutes
Florence
Fred MacMurray Madeleine Carroll Patricia Morison Billie Burke John Loder Dame May Whitty Edmund Gwenn Reginald Denny Billy Gilbert Marcel Dalio
A Texas pilot courts a British aristocrat in London amid bombing and in Portugal amid spies.
Romance
USA
1948
97 Minutes
Mrs. Perch
Walter Pidgeon Deborah Kerr Angela Lansbury Binnie Barnes Janet Leigh Dame May Whitty Rene Ray Virginia Kelley Reginald Owen John Abbott Rhys Williams
writer wife widow pregnant woman townsperson ex-lover melodramatic powerful touching small town england publishing house front lines house small-town life world war ii scandal rumors suicide false accusations
It's 1939 in the small English town of Penny Green, and events in Poland are about to change lives. Mark Sabre (Walter Pidgeon), a writer of school text books, has married Mabel (Dame ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1947
105 Minutes
Grandmother Cambaretti
Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Jimmy Durante Johnnie Johnston Dame May Whitty Sharon McManus Dick Simmons Mary Stuart Ludwig Stossel Dorothy Porter Nella Walker
soldier synchronized swimmer opera singer suitor bodyguard parent lighthearted amusing emotional theater swimming pool city michigan island show business synchronized swimming father/son relationship determination love rivalry
Expected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life; a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic-ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Nanny
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
Biography
USA
1946
107 Minutes
Lady Thornton
Ida Lupino Paul Henreid Olivia de Havilland Sydney Greenstreet Nancy Coleman Arthur Kennedy Dame May Whitty Victor Francen Montagu Love Ethel Griffies Odette Myrtil
author artist sister brother melodramatic emotional england household writing romance emily bronte charlotte bronte anne bronte love 19th century
Genius authors Emily and Charlotte Bronte fall in love with their curate as they seek to get their work published.
Drama, History
1937
112 Minutes
Dame May Whitty
Greta Garbo Charles Boyer Reginald Owen Alan Marshall Henry Stephenson Leif Erickson Dame May Whitty C. Henry Gordon Maria Ouspenskaya Claude Gillingwater
napoleon bonaparte countess marie walewska count politician son patriotic melodramatic poland isle of elba france historical events affair imprisonment divorce love sacrifice wretched excess forbidden love 1800s
Married Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo) becomes Napoleon's (Charles Boyer) mistress, followed by the battle of Waterloo.