Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

Person

Edna May Oliver

Actor 1883-11-08 Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. She was born Edna May Nutter in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 6th American president John Quincy Adams. Miss Oliver took an early interest in the stage, and she would quit school at the age of 14 to pursue her ambitions in the...

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FILMOGRAPHY

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Cimarron

Cimarron

1931 · Mrs. Tracy Wyatt

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1940 · Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Little Women

Little Women

1933 · Aunt March

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939 · Mrs. Mc Klennar

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1935 · Miss Pross

David Copperfield

David Copperfield

1935 · Aunt Betsey Trotwood

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · Red Queen

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 · Maggie Sutton

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1936 · Juliet's Nurse

The Penguin Pool Murder

The Penguin Pool Murder

1932 · Hildegarde Withers

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938 · Sarah Wendling

Half Shot at Sunrise

Half Shot at Sunrise

1930 · Mrs. Marshall

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon

1935 · Hildegarde Withers

Lydia

Lydia

1941 · Sarah MacMillan

Ann Vickers

Ann Vickers

1933 · Malvina Wormser

The Saturday Night Kid

The Saturday Night Kid

1929 · Miss Streeter

Nurse Edith Cavell

Nurse Edith Cavell

1939 · Countess de Mavon

Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard

1934 · Hildegarde Withers

Parnell

Parnell

1937 · Aunt Ben Wood

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury

1932 · Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane