Ethel Griffies
Date of birth: 1878-04-25
Place of birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ethel Woods
Biography
Movie Credits
The Birds
1963-03-28
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attac
The Postman Didn't Ring
1942-07-03
Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The let
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess livi
Bombshell
1933-10-13
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Alice in Wonderland
1933-12-18
In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderla
Billy Liar
1963-08-15
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertake
Werewolf of London
1935-05-13
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
Castle in the Desert
1942-02-02
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle
Stranger on the Third Floor
1940-08-16
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has s
Dead Men Tell
1941-03-28
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an
Torch Singer
1933-09-08
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and
Devotion
1946-04-05
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935-02-04
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to po
A Lady's Profession
1933-03-03
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
Waterloo Bridge
1931-09-01
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up me
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
1942-01-29
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Ben
Over the Moon
1939-10-12
Young Jane Benson just about manages to make ends meet running the large family house in Yorkshire.
The Impatient Maiden
1932-03-01
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Holy Matrimony
1943-08-24
An artist returning from years abroad takes the identity of his dead valet and gets married, but the
Are You Listening?
1932-03-21
WBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of commercial
Tonight Is Ours
1933-01-21
A princess is torn between her royal obligations and her love for a handsome Frenchman.
Vigil in the Night
1940-02-05
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
Jane Eyre
1934-08-15
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
White Woman
1933-11-10
A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his e
Enchanted April
1935-02-01
Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to p
We Live Again
1934-11-01
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, i
The Homestretch
1947-05-04
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
Crackerjack
1938-10-01
London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad gu
Union Depot
1932-01-14
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metr
Thrill of a Romance
1945-05-23
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business mee
Once a Lady
1931-11-07
A young Russian woman marries a wealthy Englishman, and has a daughter with him. After she has an af
Old English
1930-08-12
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942-10-01
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of chi
The Road to Singapore
1931-09-02
A woman's life falls to pieces when she's caught cheating on her husband.
Westward Passage
1932-05-27
A struggling writer divorces his wife to pursue his career without interference, but they meet in Eu
Horse Play
1933-06-01
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934-08-15
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the m
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935-09-13
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by
A Yank in the R.A.F.
1941-09-26
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impres
The Painted Veil
1934-11-23
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
Manhattan Parade
1931-12-24
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the o
Billy the Kid
1941-05-30
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1939-12-01
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife
First Comes Courage
1943-07-29
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When
Stolen Sweets
1934-03-15
Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-lov
Great Guns
1941-10-10
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nel
Kathleen Mavourneen
1937-02-01
Kathleen O'Moore returns to her home in rural Ireland and becomes torn between the affections of Mic
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings
Between Us Girls
1942-09-04
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mothe
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fir
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935-03-01
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he
Saratoga Trunk
1945-11-21
An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join forces
Irene
1940-04-23
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mr
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral
Molly and Me
1945-05-25
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives hi
How Green Was My Valley
1941-10-28
A man in his fifties reminisces about his childhood growing up in a Welsh mining village at the turn
Doctor Bull
1933-09-22
In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portr
Time to Kill
1942-12-24
Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.
Remember the Day
1941-12-25
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him
The White Cliffs of Dover
1944-05-11
American Susan travels with her father to England for a vacation. Invited to a society ball, Susan m
Bus Riley's Back in Town
1965-03-24
Bus Riley returns to his small town after time in the army. On his return, his ex-girlfriend wants t
Anna Karenina
1935-08-30
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the w
Midnight Club
1933-07-28
With a sparkling script by Leslie Charteris, creator of "The Saint" - the latest crime wave has Scot
Chances
1931-07-18
Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to
Jane Eyre
1943-12-24
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
Pardon My Rhythm
1944-05-01
A high school bandleader captures the interest of a popular co-ed.
Sing While You Dance
1946-07-25
Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a youn
Twice Branded
1936-05-11
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is
Four Frightened People
1934-01-26
Malaya tropical island romantic love triangle adventure thriller, about a cruise ship where Bubonic
Music for Millions
1944-12-18
Six-year-old "Mike" goes to live with her pregnant older sister, Babs, who plays string bass in José
Millie's Daughter
1947-03-20
An errant mother tries to teach her daughter to avoid the same errors she made by choosing a differe
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry
1945-08-17
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
I'm from Missouri
1939-04-06
Sweeney Bliss, champion mule raiser in Missouri, takes his prize mule Samson to London, where the Br