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May Robson

May Robson

Highest Rated: 100% Lady for a Day (1933)

Lowest Rated: 60% Alice in Wonderland (1933)

Birthday: Apr 19, 1858

Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

May Robson was an actress who had a successful Hollywood career. Robson's earliest roles were in film, including "Pals in Paradise" (1926), "Rubber Tires" (1927) with Bessie Love and the H. B. Warner drama "King of Kings" (1927). She also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "Chicago" (1928) with Phyllis Haver, "Little Orphan Annie" (1932) and the dramedy "If I Had a Million" (1932) with Gary Cooper. She continued to act in productions like "Reunion in Vienna" (1933) with John Barrymore, "One Man's Journey" (1933) and the Helen Hayes drama "The White Sister" (1933). She also appeared in "Lady By Choice" (1934). In the latter part of her career, she continued to act in the Randolph Scott romance "The Texans" (1938), the Tommy Kelly adventure "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1938) and "They Made Me a Criminal" (1939). She also appeared in the comedy "The Kid From Kokomo" (1939) with Pat O'Brien and "Nurse Edith Cavell" (1939) with Anna Neagle. Robson more recently acted in the drama "Joan of Paris" (1942) with Michèle Morgan. Robson passed away in October 1942 at the age of 84.

Highest rated movies

100% Four Daughters
100% A Star Is Born
100% Lady for a Day
100% Red Headed Woman
100% If I Had a Million
97% Bringing Up Baby
91% Dinner at Eight
86% Anna Karenina

Photos

May Robson A HARP IN HOCK, May Robson, 1927 THE TEXANS, May Robson, Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, 1938 LADY FOR A DAY, May Robson (right), 1933 NURSE EDITH CAVELL, from left: Anna Neagle, May Robson, 1939, nec1939-fsct07, Photo by: (nec1939-fsct07) IRENE, from left: May Robson, Roland Young, Anna Neagle, 1940 FOUR WIVES, from left: May Robson, Priscilla Lane, Gale Page, 1939 LADY FOR A DAY, Guy Kibbee, Jean Parker, May Robson, 1933 ANNA KARENINA, Greta Garbo, May Robson & Fredric March, 1935 THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER, May Robson, David Holt, 1938 IF I HAD A MILLION, (standing) Tempe Pigott, Margaret Mann, Emma Tansey, Effie Ellsler, May Robson, Ida Lewis (seated) Clara Bracy, Edith Yorke, 1932 THE TEXANS, Walter Brennan, May Robson, 1938 ALICE IN WONDERLAND, May Robson as the Queen of Hearts, Alec B. Francis as the King of Hearts, 1933 THE WHITE SISTER, Helen Hayes presents screenwriter Donald Ogden Stewert with a doll to honor his impersonation of a horse while from left: May Robson, director Victor Fleming, Clark Gable, visitor Gary Cooper observe on set, 1933 IRENE, Anna Neagle, May Robson, Ray Milland, 1940 LADY FOR A DAY, Jean Parker, May Robson, Warren William, Glenda Farrell, Guy Kibbe, 1933 STRANGE INTERLUDE, from left: Norma Shearer, May Robson, 1932 VANESSA: HER LOVE STORY, from left: May Robson, Helen Hayes, 1935 LADY BY CHOICE, Roger Pryor, May Robson, Carole Lombard, 1934 FOUR WIVES, Eddie Albert, Rosemary Lane, Claude Rains, Henry O'Neill, May Robson, 1939

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 60% Joan of Paris Mlle. Rosay (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 44% Four Mothers Aunt Etta (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Playmates Grandma Kyser (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 47% Million Dollar Baby Cornelia Wheelwright (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 40% Irene Granny O'Dare (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Texas Rangers Ride Again Cecilia Dangerfield (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Granny Get Your Gun Minerva Hildegarde Hatton (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 67% Four Wives Aunt Etta (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Daughters Courageous Penny (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 60% Nurse Edith Cavell Mme. Rappard (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 61% They Made Me a Criminal Grandma Rafferty (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yes, My Darling Daughter Granny Whitman (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet That's Right -- You're Wrong Grandma (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kid From Kokomo Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell (Character) - 1939
100% 79% Four Daughters Aunt Etta (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 57% The Texans Granna (Character) - 1938
97% 89% Bringing Up Baby Aunt Elizabeth Random (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 85% The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Aunt Polly (Character) - 1938
100% 78% A Star Is Born Lettie Blodgett (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Perfect Specimen Mrs. Leona Wicks (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet It Happened in New Orleans Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 70% Wife vs. Secretary Mimi (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grand Old Girl Laura Bayles (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Captain's Kid Aunt Marcia Prentiss (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vanessa, Her Love Story Madame Judith Paris (Character) - 1935
86% 70% Anna Karenina Countess Vronsky (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 44% Reckless Mrs. Granny Leslie (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mills of the Gods Mary Hastings (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Age of Indiscretion Emma Shaw (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three Kids and a Queen Mary Jane "Queenie" Baxter (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Strangers All Anna Carter (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 47% Lady by Choice Patricia "Patsy" Patterson (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet You Can't Buy Everything Mrs. Hannah Bell (Character) - 1934
80% 70% Dancing Lady Dolly Todhunter (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet The White Sister Mother Superior (Character) - 1933
100% 80% Lady for a Day Apple Annie/Mrs. E. Worthington Manville (Character) - 1933
91% 74% Dinner at Eight Mrs. Wendel (Character) - 1933
60% 58% Alice in Wonderland Queen of Hearts (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Beauty for Sale Mrs. Merrick (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 20% One Man's Journey Sarah (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 33% Men Must Fight Maman Seward (Character) - 1933
100% 70% Red Headed Woman Aunt Jane (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 80% Little Orphan Annie Mrs. Stewart (Character) - 1932
100% 69% If I Had a Million Mrs. Mary Walker (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 30% Strange Interlude Mrs. Evans (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rubber Tires Mrs. Stack (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet 80% Chicago Mrs. Morton (Character) - 1927