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May Whitty

1865 - 1948

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Dame Mary Louise Webster (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors' union Equity was established in her home in 1930. After a successful career both on the West End stage and in British films, she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. May Whitty is the 3,705th most popular actor (up from 4,268th in 2019), the 3,243rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,333rd in 2019) and the 448th most popular British Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, May Whitty ranks 3,705 out of 13,578. Before her are Sandy Martin, Roger Carel, Dixie Carter, Engin Akyürek, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, and Donald Sumpter. After her are Ioan Gruffudd, George Lam, Manu Bennett, Harrison Ford, Cassady McClincy, and Bo Hopkins.

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Among people born in 1865, May Whitty ranks 123. Before her are Pekka Halonen, Jacques Mieses, Kristjan Raud, Yevgeni Bauer, Henri Lebasque, and Gustaf Söderström. After her are Robert Henri, Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Sakina Akhundzadeh, William Birdwood, Pierre Weiss, and Charles Champaud. Among people deceased in 1948, May Whitty ranks 140. Before her are Subhadra Kumari Chauhan, Marcel Brillouin, Jāzeps Vītols, Alfred Kerr, Alfred Lacroix, and Emmy Hennings. After her are Elsa Brändström, Ernst Herzfeld, Yellapragada Subbarow, Alfredo Baldomir, George Horine, and Yevgeniy Abalakov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, May Whitty ranks 3,244 out of 8,785. Before her are Michael Berry (1941), Alan White (1949), Mark Sheppard (1964), Andrea Arnold (1961), Donald Sumpter (1943), and John Hadley (1682). After her are Ioan Gruffudd (1973), Kiki Dee (1947), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), N. E. Brown (1849), Stella McCartney (1971), and Tim Pigott-Smith (1946).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, May Whitty ranks 448. Before her are Stanley Baker (1928), Henry Travers (1874), Simon McBurney (1957), Reginald Owen (1887), Mark Sheppard (1964), and Donald Sumpter (1943). After her are Ioan Gruffudd (1973), Stella McCartney (1971), Tim Pigott-Smith (1946), Leo G. Carroll (1886), Madeleine Carroll (1906), and Adrian Paul (1959).

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