List of the best Ethel Griffies movies: Waterloo Bridge(1931), Billy Liar(1963), The Birds(1963), Stranger on the Third Floor(1940), The Man With 100 Faces(1938), Love Me Tonight(1932), Castle in the Desert(1942), The Homestretch(1947), Vigil in the Night(1940), Saratoga Trunk(1945), Devotion(1946), Great Guns(1941) ... ...
Drama
USA
1931
72 Minutes
Mrs. Hobley
Mae Clarke Douglass Montgomery Doris Lloyd Ethel Griffies Enid Bennett Frederick Kerr Bette Davis Rita Carlyle Ruth Handforth Billy Bevan
A prostitute's self-loathing makes her reluctant to marry an idealistic soldier during World War I.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1963
98 Minutes
Tom Courtenay Julie Christie Wilfred Pickles Mona Washbourne Ethel Griffies Finlay Currie
clerk friend hero waitress police officer quirky england cemetery restaurant playground jail imagination escape friendship wedding aspirations singing adventure escape discovery
A lazy, irresponsible young clerk (Sir Tom Courtenay) in provincial Northern England lives in his own fantasy world and makes emotionally immature decisions as he alienates friends and family.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1963
119 Minutes
Mrs. Bundy
Rod Taylor Tippi Hedren Suzanne Pleshette Jessica Tandy Veronica Cartwright Ethel Griffies Charles McGraw Joe Mantell Elizabeth Wilson Doodles Weaver Richard Deacon
socialite love interest victim bird scientist teacher chilling frightening suspenseful san francisco shop street family home vehicle school killer animals birds death regret darkness
A wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
64 Minutes
Mrs. Kane
Peter Lorre John McGuire Margaret Tallichet Charles Waldron Elisha Cook Jr. Charles Halton Ethel Griffies Cliff Clark Oscar O'Shea Alec Craig Otto Hoffman
reporter girlfriend convict stranger lawyer neighbor eerie tense courtroom crime scene household false accusations investigation guilt murder dreams paranoia mystery quest discovery
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1938
79 Minutes
Annie
Tom Walls Lilli Palmer Noel Madison Edmond Breen Leon M. Lion Charles Heslop Ethel Griffies Henry Longhurst Michael Shepley Edmund Dalby Tarver Penna
Jack Drake,a man with a hundred faces and in reality a modern-day Robin Hood known only as Crackerjack, thrills all England with his exploits of stealing from the rich and giving to the ... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1932
104 Minutes
Second Aunt
Maurice Chevalier Jeanette MacDonald Charles Ruggles Charles Butterworth Myrna Loy C. Aubrey Smith Elizabeth Patterson Ethel Griffies Joseph Cawthorn Ethel Wales Marion Byron
tailor princess viscount widow countess amusing engaging playful france paris castle countryside love deception social standing royalty love forbidden love discovery 1930s
A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an aristocrat, only to fall in love with an aloof young princess.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
62 Minutes
Madame Saturnia
Sidney Toler Arleen Whelan Douglas Dumbrille Richard Derr Henry Daniell Edmund MacDonald Lenita Lane Ethel Griffies
Charlie Chan investigates apparent poisonings at a mystery mansion in the Mojave Desert.
Romance
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Aunt Martha
Cornel Wilde Maureen O'Hara Glenn Langan Helen Walker James Gleason Henry Stephenson Margaret Bannerman Ethel Griffies Tommy Cook
A film that qualifies as a Travelogue Documentary in that it contains footage of world-famous race tracks such as England's Ascot, Palermo in South America, and Churchill Downs, Jamaica, ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1940
96 Minutes
Matron East
Carole Lombard Brian Aherne Dawn O'Day Julien Mitchell Robert Coote Brenda Forbes Rita Page Peter Cushing Ethel Griffies Doris Lloyd Emily Fitzroy
nurse doctor boss nun sister engaging emotional touching london hospital medicine love guilt sexual harassment redemption pursuit rise sacrifice 1940s
A nurse loses her job after selflessly taking the blame for a fatal mistake her sister and co-worker made; she is subsequently employed at a poorly-equipped hospital, where she finds romance and tragedy.
Drama, History
USA
1945
135 Minutes
Clarissa Van Steed
Gary Cooper Ingrid Bergman Flora Robson Jerry Austin John Warburton Florence Bates Curt Bois John Abbott Ethel Griffies Marla Shelton Helen Freeman
gambler aristocrat businessman socialite pretty woman dwarf melodramatic mushy new orleans new york state hotel docks restaurant romance gambling class conflict secret blackmail revenge love
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces to achieve justice from the society that has ostracized them.
Biography
USA
1946
107 Minutes
Aunt Branwell
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.
Comedy
USA
1941
74 Minutes
Aunt Agatha
Stan Laurel Oliver Hardy Sheila Ryan Dick Nelson Edmund MacDonald Charles Trowbridge Ludwig Stossel Kane Richmond Mae Marsh Ethel Griffies Paul Harvey
wealthy man gardener chauffeur sergeant photographer aunt madcap cheery mansion training camp photography lab apartment guard house bridge military life wealth servitude impersonation war games romance
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer will need them now he's drafted.
Horror
1935
75 Minutes
Mrs. Whack
Henry Hull Warner Oland Valerie Hobson Lester Matthews Lawrence Grant Spring Byington Clark Williams J.M. Kerrigan Charlotte Granville Ethel Griffies Zeffie Tilbury
botanist assistant wife scientist nephew police chief dark frightening melodramatic london laboratory street estate hotel tibet werewolves flowers murder investigation metamorphosis
An Asian werewolf (Warner Oland) bites a botanist (Henry Hull) in Tibet and rivals him for the antidote in London.
Comedy
USA
1945
78 Minutes
Jack Benny Alexis Smith Guy Kibbee Dolores Moran Allyn Joslyn Reginald Gardiner John Alexander Franklin Pangborn Margaret Dumont Robert Blake Ethel Griffies
musician angel thief campy cheeky hedonistic quirky earth new york city radio station restaurant dreams radio performers hedonism fall quest temptation transformation 1940s
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Frances Gifford Henry Travers Spring Byington Carleton G. Young Helene Stanley Donald Curtis Billy House Ethel Griffies
swimming instructor businessman war hero opera singer hotel manager husband lighthearted charming sierra nevada mountains resort wilderness los angeles swimming pool love triangle marrying for money honeymoon newlyweds romance forbidden love adventure
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
Drama
USA
1944
96 Minutes
Joan Fontaine Orson Welles Margaret O'Brien Peggy Ann Garner John Sutton Sara Allgood Henry Daniell Agnes Moorehead Aubrey Mather Edith Barrett Barbara Everest
governess pretty woman aristocrat housekeeper maid young girl emotional melodramatic dark england countryside estate yorkshire moors forbidden love romance may-december romance poverty class distinctions forbidden love love
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.
Romance
USA
1935
76 Minutes
Helen Hayes Robert Montgomery May Robson Otto Kruger Lewis Stone Henry Stephenson Violet Kemble Cooper Donald Crisp Jessie Ralph Lionel Belmore Lawrence Grant
The only person that Vanessa wants to marry is Benjamin and they are finally engaged. When a fire sweeps through her fathers house, Benjie is able to save Vanessa, but he cannot save her ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1934
95 Minutes
Joan Crawford Gene Raymond Franchot Tone Esther Ralston Edward Arnold Earl Oxford Jean Dixon Leo G. Carroll Akim Tamiroff Zelda Sears Helen Ware
A working girl's fortunes improve when she marries into money, but happiness is not so easily won.