Deceased

How Did May Robson Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 84

Also known asMary Jeanette RobisonGenderFemaleNationalityUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandBorn17/04/1858Born inMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDied20/10/1942 (aged 84)Died inBeverly HillsCausediseaseWikidataQ259600 ↗Buried atFlushing CemeteryTMDb#13816 ↗

Mary Jeanette Robison, known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born America-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is remembered for the dozens of films she appeared in during the 1930s, when she was in her 70s.

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Filmography53 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare FootageMovie	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	125
1942	Joan of ParisMovie	Mlle. Rosay	84
1941	Million Dollar BabyMovie	Cornelia Wheelwright	83
1941	PlaymatesMovie	Grandma Kyser	83
1941	Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1Movie	Self (uncredited)	83
1940	Cavalcade of the Academy AwardsMovie	Self	82
1940	Granny Get Your GunMovie	Minerva Hildegard Hatton	82
1939	Nurse Edith CavellMovie	Mme. Rappard	81
1939	Four WivesMovie	Aunt Etta	81
1939	They Made Me a CriminalMovie	Grandma Rafferty	81
1939	Breakdowns of 1939Movie	Self	81
1939	The Kid from KokomoMovie	Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell	81
1938	Bringing Up BabyMovie	Aunt Elizabeth	80
1938	Four DaughtersMovie	Aunt Etta	80
1938	The Adventures of Tom SawyerMovie	Aunt Polly	80
1938	The TexansMovie	Granna	80
1937	The Perfect SpecimenMovie	Mrs. Leona Wicks	79
1937	Woman in DistressMovie	Phoebe Tuttle	79
1936	Wife vs. SecretaryMovie	Mimi Stanhope	78
1936	Rainbow on the RiverMovie	Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth	78
1936	The Captain's KidMovie	Aunt Marcia Prentiss	78
1935	Vanessa: Her Love StoryMovie	Judith Paris	77
1935	RecklessMovie	Mrs. Granny Leslie	77
1935	Age of IndiscretionMovie	Emma Shaw	77
1935	Anna KareninaMovie	Countess Vronsky	77
1935	Grand Old GirlMovie	Laura Bayles	77
1935	Strangers AllMovie	Anna Carter	77
1935	Movies on SundaysMovie	Herself (uncredited)	77
1934	Lady by ChoiceMovie	Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson	76
1934	You Can't Buy EverythingMovie	Mrs. Hannah Bell	76
1934	The Hollywood Gad-AboutMovie	Self (uncredited)	76
1933	Dancing LadyMovie	Dolly Todhunter	75
1933	Lady for a DayMovie	Apple Annie	75
1933	Broadway to HollywoodMovie	Veteran Actress	75
1933	Dinner at EightMovie	Mrs. Wendel	75
1933	Alice in WonderlandMovie	Queen Of Hearts	75
1933	One Man's JourneyMovie	Sarah	75
1933	Men Must FightMovie	Maman Seward	75
1933	Beauty for SaleMovie	Mrs. Merrick	75
1933	The White SisterMovie	Mother Superior	75
1933	Reunion in ViennaMovie	Frau Lucher	75
1932	If I Had a MillionMovie	Mrs. Mary Walker	74
1932	Letty LyntonMovie	Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers	74
1932	Red-Headed WomanMovie	Aunt Jane	74
1932	Strange InterludeMovie	Mrs. Evans	74
1932	Little Orphan AnnieMovie	Mrs. Stewart	74
1931	The She-WolfMovie	—	73
1927	Rubber TiresMovie	Mrs. Stack	69
1927	The King of KingsMovie	Mother of Gestas	69
1927	The Angel of BroadwayMovie	Big Bertha	69
1927	A Harp in HockMovie	Mrs. Banks	69
1927	Turkish DelightMovie	Tsakran	69
1927	The Rejuvenation of Aunt MaryMovie	Aunt Mary Watkins	69