May Robson
Date of birth: 1858-04-17
Place of birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Mary Jeanette Robison
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
Movie Credits
Bringing Up Baby
1938-02-18
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strang
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938-02-11
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending t
A Star Is Born
1937-04-27
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at
Alice in Wonderland
1933-12-18
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderla
They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Lady for a Day
1933-09-13
Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanis
Dancing Lady
1933-11-24
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the r
Joan of Paris
1942-01-20
An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact t
Wife vs. Secretary
1936-02-28
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his att
Four Daughters
1938-08-09
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily to
When Knights Were Bold
1908-05-20
Two noblemen fight over a lady.
Lady by Choice
1934-10-15
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Reckless
1935-04-19
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Anna Karenina
1935-08-30
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her
Million Dollar Baby
1941-05-31
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair
Broadway to Hollywood
1933-09-15
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville
If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st
A Night Out
1916-01-31
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
The Solitaire Man
1933-09-22
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered
The Texans
1938-08-12
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpe
Little Orphan Annie
1932-11-04
Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his adopted da
Four Wives
1939-12-22
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she fa
Irene
1940-04-23
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mr
The Perfect Specimen
1937-10-23
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wic
Daughters Courageous
1939-06-23
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane,
Strange Interlude
1932-12-30
After Nina Leeds finds out that insanity runs in her husband's family, she has a love child with a h
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Letty Lynton
1932-04-30
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South Ame
That's Right – You're Wrong
1939-11-24
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Ky
The White Sister
1933-03-17
An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.
Men Must Fight
1933-02-17
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Strangers All
1935-04-01
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Beauty for Sale
1933-09-01
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen
Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfr
Reunion in Vienna
1933-06-16
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now w
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war
You Can't Buy Everything
1934-01-26
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
Grand Old Girl
1935-01-15
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
One Man's Journey
1933-08-31
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have
Age of Indiscretion
1935-05-10
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939-02-25
Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year j
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940-12-13
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in.
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939-08-31
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son o
Mills of the Gods
1934-12-15
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her ir
Rubber Tires
1927-02-07
When the Stack family suffers some financial setbacks, daughter Mary Ellen suggests they buy a car a
The Angel of Broadway
1927-10-02
Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her custo
Dinner at Eight
1933-12-22
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver
Chicago
1927-12-23
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he lea
Movies on Sundays
1935-01-01
A short, introduced in Pennsylvania when the state had laws disallowing the screening of films on Su
The King of Kings
1927-04-19
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, w
Playmates
1941-12-26
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program
Woman in Distress
1937-01-17
Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the po
The Captain's Kid
1936-11-14
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town d
Granny Get Your Gun
1940-02-10
An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.
Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941-10-02
Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kys
The Kid from Kokomo
1939-05-23
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston
How Molly Malone Made Good
1915-10-25
Molly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview of
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934-10-04
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master
Breakdowns of 1939
1939-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Breakdowns of 1940
1940-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirl
Pals in Paradise
1926-11-22
Bill Harvey discovers a lost mine, rich with gold. Geraldine "Jerry" Howard has the claim to it left
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920-03-18
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq
The She-Wolf
1931-05-01
An unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
A Harp in Hock
1927-10-10
A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed