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Edna May Oliver was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.
Birth Name
Edna May Nutter
Born
Friday, 09 November 1883
Died
Monday, 09 November 1942
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) | 1999 |
| Lydia | Sarah MacMillan | 1941 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1940 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Mrs. Mc Klennar | 1939 |
| Nurse Edith Cavell | Countess de Mavon | 1939 |
| Second Fiddle | Aunt Phoebe | 1939 |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Maggie Sutton | 1939 |
| Little Miss Broadway | Sarah Wendling | 1938 |
| Paradise for Three | Mrs. Kunkel | 1938 |
| Rosalie | Queen / Queen of Romanza | 1937 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) | 1999 |
| Lydia | Sarah MacMillan | 1941 |
| Pride and Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 1940 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Mrs. Mc Klennar | 1939 |
| Nurse Edith Cavell | Countess de Mavon | 1939 |
| Second Fiddle | Aunt Phoebe | 1939 |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Maggie Sutton | 1939 |
| Little Miss Broadway | Sarah Wendling | 1938 |
| Paradise for Three | Mrs. Kunkel | 1938 |
| Rosalie | Queen / Queen of Romanza | 1937 |
| My Dear Miss Aldrich | Mrs. Atherton | 1937 |
| Parnell | Aunt Ben / Aunt Ben Wood | 1937 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Nurse to Juliet / Juliet's Nurse | 1936 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Miss Pross | 1935 |
| No More Ladies | Fanny / Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend | 1935 |
| Murder on a Honeymoon | Hildegarde Withers | 1935 |
| David Copperfield | Aunt Betsey / Aunt Betsey Trotwood | 1935 |
| We're Rich Again | Maude Stanley | 1934 |
| Murder on the Blackboard | Hildegarde Withers | 1934 |
| The Last Gentleman | Augusta Pritchard / Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister | 1934 |
| The Poor Rich | Harriet Spottiswood | 1934 |
| Alice in Wonderland | Red Queen | 1933 |
| Little Women | Aunt March | 1933 |
| Only Yesterday | Leona | 1933 |
| Meet the Baron | Dean Primrose | 1933 |
| Ann Vickers | Malvina Wormser | 1933 |
| It's Great to Be Alive | Dr. Prodwell | 1933 |
| The Great Jasper | Madame Talma | 1933 |
| Penguin Pool Murder | Miss Withers / Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers | 1932 |
| The Conquerors | Matilda Blake | 1932 |
| Hold 'Em Jail | Violet Jones | 1932 |
| Ladies of the Jury | Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane | 1932 |
| Fanny Foley Herself | Fanny Foley | 1931 |
| Caught Plastered | Bearded customer's wife | 1931 |
| Newly Rich | Bessie Tate | 1931 |
| Cracked Nuts | Aunt Minnie Van Varden / Aunt Minnie Van Arden | 1931 |
| Laugh and Get Rich | Sarah Austin / Sarah Cranston Austin | 1931 |
| Cimarron | Mrs. Tracy Wyatt | 1931 |
| Half Shot at Sunrise | Mrs. Marshall | 1930 |
| The Saturday Night Kid | Miss Streeter | 1929 |
| Lovers in Quarantine | Amelia Pincent | 1925 |
| The Lucky Devil | Mrs. McDee | 1925 |
| Icebound | Hannah | 1924 |
| Restless Wives | Benson's Secretary | 1924 |
| Three O'Clock in the Morning | Hetty | 1923 |
| Wife in Name Only | Mrs. Dornham | 1923 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1940 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
