May Whitty

Dame May Whitty

Dame May Whitty DBE (also known as Mary Louise Whitty; June 19, 1865 – May 29, 1948) was an English actress. She acted in many movies. She played Miss Froy in the 1938 comedy-thriller movie The Lady Vanishes. She also played Lady Beldon in Mrs. Miniver four years later; she received an Academy Award nomination for that performance.

Whitty was born in Liverpool, England. She died in Beverly Hills, California from cancer at age eighty-two.