May Robson

May Robson

Рождение : 1858-04-19, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Смерть : 1942-10-20

История

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.

Профиль

May Robson

Фильмы

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Herself (archive footage)
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Жанна Парижская
Mlle. Rosay
Нацистские войска вторгаются во Францию. Пять бомбардировщиков английской эскадрильи оказываются на земле и лётчики вынуждены скрываться. Они должны добраться до британской разведки в Париже. Гестапо уже разыскивает их, и пилоты нуждаются в гражданской одежде. В поисках они находят бар на окраине Парижа. По случайности, там работает барменшей девушка, чьей святой покровительницей является Жанна д’Арк…
Playmates
Grandma Kyser
Lulu Monahan, the press agent for John Barrymore, is attempting to get a sponsor for a radio program. To that end, she and the agent for bandleader Kay Kyser, plant a story that the great Shakespearean actor, over his heartfelt objections, will teach Kyser how to play Shakespeare, which isn't the same as playing Paducah, which soon becomes evident.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
Herself
Hedda Hopper guides us through some of Hollywood's sights; the home of William S. Hart and a Kay Kyser recording-session being among them.
Девушка на миллион
Cornelia Wheelwright
Когда богатая стареющая Корнелия Уилрайт узнает, что отец обманул своего бывшего партнера, она возвращается в США, намереваясь исправить ошибки отца, передав 1 миллион долларов единственной родственнице партнера Памеле Макаллистер. Но богатство лишь приносит Памеле неприятности, потому что гордый любовник отказывается жениться на женщине, у которой денег больше, чем у него. Пэм придется искать равновесие между деньгами и любовью.
Four Mothers
Aunt Etta
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Cecilia Dangerfield
With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 with recipients and presenters including Vivien Leigh, Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Fay Bainter, Mickey Rooney, Thomas Mitchell, Sinclair Lewis, and more, with host Bob Hope.
Irene
Granny O'Dare
Upholsterer's assistant Irene O'Dare meets wealthy Don Marshall while she is measuring chairs for Mrs. Herman Vincent at her Long Island estate. Charmed by her, Don anonymously purchases Madame Lucy's, an exclusive Manhattan boutique, and instructs newly hired manager Mr. Smith to offer Irene a job as a model. She soon catches the eye of socialite Bob Vincent, whose mother is hosting a ball at the family mansion. To promote Madame Lucy's dress line, Mr. Smith arranges for his models to be invited to the ball.
Бабуля, возьми своё ружьё
Minerva Hildegard Hatton
Минерва Хаттон вернулась в Неваду, где она собрала свое состояние несколько лет назад. Её внучка Джули Уэсткотт посещает при разводе. Их шантажирует муж Джули, Филипп, который имеет две азартные игры, которые Джули дала ему в казино. Минерва, пытаясь их вернуть, наткнулась на убитое тело Филиппа. Полагая, что Джулия виновна, она заменяет свои отпечатки пальцев и признает себя виновной. Когда она узнает, что Джулия невиновна в убийстве, она меняет личность, выступая в суде в качестве сладкой старушки вместо обычно своей суровой внешности, чтобы сыграть на симпатии присяжных. Освободившись, она всё равно должна найти убийцу, чтобы очистить Джули, на которую указывают доказательства. После небольшого детективного расследования она убеждена в личности убийцы. Она сама присягнула в качестве временного шерифа, запрыгнув в свой Форд модели - Т, и использует свою меткость, чтобы поймать убийцу.
Breakdowns of 1939
Herself
Flubs and bloopers that occurred ont the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939.
Breakdowns of 1940
Herself
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940.
Four Wives
Aunt Etta
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
That's Right - You're Wrong
Grandma
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
Nurse Edith Cavell
Mme. Rappard
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Daughters Courageous
Penny, the Housekeeper
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her 1st husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
The Kid from Kokomo
Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
Gruff boxing manager "Square Shooting Murph" Murphy manages a naive boxer from Indiana, Homer Baston.Homer is willing to give up his boxing career searching for his parents, so Murphy hires two jailbirds to play his long lost parents to keep him in the ring.
Yes, My Darling Daughter
'Granny' Whitman
Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two year job in Belgium. Ellen and Doug decide to spend their last weekend together in a tourist cabin at a rural lake. Her family is shocked that a young unmarried woman would engage in such amoral activity. The comic plot develops as Ellen argues her case for women's freedom and independence, trying to win over her mother, grandmother, and other dubious relatives.
They Made Me a Criminal
Grandma Rafferty
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
The Texans
Granna
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Four Daughters
Aunt Etta
Musician Adam Lemp and his four equally musical daughters, Emma, Ann, Kay, and Thea, live happily together. Each daughter has an upstanding young man for whom she cares. However, the arrival of a cynical, slovenly young composer named Mickey Borden turns the household upside-down, and romantic and tragic complications ensue.
Воспитание крошки
Elizabeth Random
Дэвид Хаксли — чудаковатый палеонтолог, последние четыре года жизни по косточке воссоздающий скелет бронтозавра. За день до свадьбы злодейка-судьба сталкивает его со Сьюзан, неуемной молодой девицей, которая тут же положила на него глаз и начала причинять бесконечные неприятности, пытаясь заполучить его. Венцом всеобщего кавардака является постоянно путающийся под ногами леопард ее тетушки по кличке Крошка. Дэвид, пытаясь вырваться из сетей Сьюзан, попадает во все более и более смешные ситуации.
Приключения Тома Сойера
Aunt Polly
Это четвертая адаптация на экране знаменитого романа Марка и первая снятая в цвете. Типичная для Голливуда, хотя, оригинальная сюжетная линия Твена иногда изменена для усиления драматической линии. Например, в фильме индеец Джо падает в пропасть, куда его ногой толкает Том, а в романе, индеец Джо теряется в пещере и умирает от голода к сожалению, некоторые сцены с глубоким юмором из романа, например, когда Гекельбери Финн, дает Тому свою трубку, чтобы тот покурил, не была использована в фильме из-за страха цензуры.
The Perfect Specimen
Mrs. Leona Wicks
Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford Wicks is resigned to following his grandmother's wishes until a chance encounter with Mona Carter leads him into the outside world.
Звезда родилась
Lettie Blodgett
История теряющего популярность актера, предлагающего официантке сделать из нее знаменитость. Через некоторое время карьера девушки взлетает до небес, а его слава окончательно угасает.
Woman in Distress
Phoebe Tuttle
Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.
Rainbow on the River
Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
The Captain's Kid
Aunt Marcia Prentiss
In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
Wife vs. Secretary
Mimi Stanhope
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.
3 Kids and a Queen
Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
Анна Каренина
Countess Vronsky
Фильм рассказывает о двух тонко чувствующих людях, потерявших себя из-за огромной любви. Их обреченная любовь завладевает властью над их жизнью, навсегда меняет их семьи и взаимоотношения с друзьями, решает их судьбу. Анна Каренина – аристократка, юная жена и мать, но, несмотря на светские обязанности дамы высшего общества в имперской России, она остается одинокой и несчастной до своего скандального сумасшедшего романа с графом Вронским.
Age of Indiscretion
Emma Shaw
A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert him for a society millionaire, leaving him with their young son. The publisher's fortunes improve dramatically, however, when a best-selling romance novelist decides to publish her new book with his firm. In the meantime, his ex-wife has married the millionaire, and she and her new mother-in-law come up with a plan to sue her ex-husband for custody of the boy.
Безрассудные
Mrs. Granny Leslie
A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.
Strangers All
Anna Carter
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Judith Paris
The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.
Grand Old Girl
Laura Bayles
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Movies on Sundays
Herself (uncredited)
A short, introduced in Pennsylvania when the state had laws disallowing the screening of films on Sunday, to sway voters on a referendum to allow such screenings.
Mills of the Gods
Mary Hastings
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her irrepressible grandmother. Sparks fly when Jean meets Jim Devlin, the labor leader who’s spearheading a tense worker’s strike against the factory. After circumstances force Jean and Jim to spend a night together in his cabin, she begins questioning her family’s ruthless tactics. This hard-to-see Columbia film by British director Roy William Neill not only features Wray as a brunette but also includes an explosive depiction of labor strife. (Block Cinema)
Lady by Choice
Patricia 'Patsy' Patterson
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
The Hollywood Gad-About
Herself (uncredited)
A parade highlights the Screen Actors Guild's Film Stars Frolic, hosted by Walter Winchell as Master of Ceremonies.
Straight Is the Way
Mrs. Horowitz
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.
You Can't Buy Everything
Mrs. Hannah Bell
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
Ужин в восемь
Mrs. Wendel
Оливер Джордан неделю планировала ужин в честь лорда и леди Фернклифф. Она наняла оркестр и дополнительную прислугу, постаралась, чтобы даже гарниры не остались незамеченными. Чего м-с Джордан не знает, так это что ее модному ужину предстоит запомниться как катастрофе.
Алиса в стране чудес
Queen Of Hearts
Фантастическая причудливая сказка Льюиса Кэрролла о маленькой девочке Алисе, которая провалилась в кроличью нору и попала в Страну Чудес, вот уже почти сто лет остается одной из самых любимых сказок для детей, а также для их родителей. В кроличьей норе Алиса открыла странный мир, населенный необыкновенными существами. Она попала в стремительный водоворот волшебного приключения!
Танцующая леди
Dolly Todhunter
1933 год. Экономический кризис поразил США, и на подмостках стриптиз-варьете оказалась профессиональная балерина и танцовщица Джейни Барлоу. Однажды во время шоу полиция арестовала участниц представления за непристойное поведение на публике и увезла всех в ночной суд. На счастье героини в театральном зале оказался молодой и очень богатый Тод Ньютон, которому понравилась Джейни, и он заплатил за нее штраф в полицейском участке. Так началось их знакомство. Решив завоевать расположение девушки, Тод принимает горячее участие в устройстве ее карьеры. Престижный бродвейский продюсер и антрепренер Патч Галлахер ставит очередное грандиозное шоу, но, к сожалению, он испытывает денежно-кредитные трудности и к тому же давно ищет солистку.
The Solitaire Man
Mrs. Vail
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
Broadway to Hollywood
Veteran Actress
In this through-the-years saga about a show business family, the fame of husband and wife vaudeville headliners of the 1880s is eclipsed by their son.
Леди на один день
Apple Annie
Эта невероятная история произошла в начале 20-х годов XX столетия в районе Бруклин города Нью-Йорка. В канун Рождества бывшая аристократка, а ныне уличная торговка яблоками «Яблочная Энни» получает известие из Европы о приезде дочери Луизы с женихом Карлосом и отцом жениха — графом по происхождению Каунт Ромеро, помешанном на титулах и богатстве.Естественно, они и не подозревают, в каком положении находится Энни. Дочь не видела свою мать двенадцать лет, а «богатая американка», в своих письмах лгала дочурке, что она живет в достатке и роскоши. Друзья Энни, такие же, как и она, бедняки и уличные попрошайки, решили прийти на помощь. Они разыгрывают перед графом иего сыном забавный и трогательный спектакль, в котором Энни становится «леди на один день».Руководит всей постановкой симпатизирующий Энни мафиози по имени Дэйв. В его импровизированном шоу героиня мастерски сыграет роль — богатой светской дамы, а ее друзья из бедных кварталов светское общество…
Beauty for Sale
Mrs. Merrick
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
One Man's Journey
Sarah
Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but always something gets in the way: an epidemic, his children's needs, or the needs of his generally ungrateful patients. Only with the passing years does he come to find that his future isn't over and his past isn't quite the failure he believed.
Reunion in Vienna
Frau Lucher
An exiled archduke (John Barrymore) tries to renew romance with a former lover (Diana Wynyard) now wed to a psychiatrist (Frank Morgan).
The White Sister
Mother Superior
An Italian aristocrat enters a nunnery, thinking her pilot lover has been killed in the war.
Men Must Fight
Maman Seward
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Странная интерлюдия
Mrs. Evans
Сюжет основан на жизни Нины Лидс, дочери профессора, которая совершенно опустошена, когда ее обожаемый жених убит на полях сражений Первой Мировой войны. Проходит время. Она не обращает внимания на явную любовь своего друга и писателя Чарли, поскольку он не просто скромен, а робок и застенчив, и никогда не скажет о своих чувствах. Нина в итоге выходит замуж за любезного, но странноватого ухажера Сэма Эванса, хотя рядом находится врач Нед Даррелл, который хотя и влюблен в Нину, но хочет посвятить себя врачебной практике. В медовый месяц Нина узнает ужасную тайну от матери Эванса, что она не может родить ребенка от мужа, поскольку в их семье есть сумасшедшие и ребенок может унаследовать плохую генетику. Она вынуждена прервать беременность. Но ребенок необходим для спокойствия мужа и мать настаивает на том, чтобы она зачала его с другим. Нина принимает решение «привлечь» к этому делу Неда…
Если бы у меня был миллион
Mrs. Mary Walker
Умирающий миллионер, окруженный толпой жадных наследников, придумывает способ употребить свои деньги с пользой: раздать случайным людям, выбранным наугад из телефонной книги. Однако не каждому из «счастливчиков», среди которых затюканный женой продавец, проститутка, мошенник, пара бывших цирковых артистов, приговорённый к смерти, клерк, легкомысленный вояка и пожилая дама, деньги пойдут впрок.
Little Orphan Annie
Mrs. Stewart
Millionaire Daddy Warbucks goes bust in the Great Depression and is forced to abandon his adopted daughter, Annie. While he's out west working on another fortune, Annie finds an orphaned boy on the streets and helps him find a home.
Red-Headed Woman
Aunt Jane
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
Letty Lynton
Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South America, when she strikes up a shipboard romance with Jerry Darrow. Renault is waiting for her in New York and will not leave her alone, so she poisons him. When detectives take her to the D.A.s office, Jerry cooks up an alibi.
The She-Wolf
An unprincipled female financier tries to get even with a rival railroad buyer.
Чикаго
Mrs. Morton - Matron
Основанный на реальной истории, фильм рассказывает о любительнице джаза и пьянице Рокси Харт (Филлис Хэвер), которая хладнокровно убивает своего парня после того, как он бросил её, и о том, как ей удается найти выход, будучи осужденной.
A Harp in Hock
Mrs. Banks
A Harp in Hock, also known as The Samaritan, is a lost 1927 American silent melodrama film directed by Renaud Hoffman, produced by DeMille Pictures, and distributed by Pathé Exchange. The film starred Rudolph Schildkraut, Junior Coghlan, May Robson, and Bessie Love, and was based on the short story by Evelyn Campbell.
The Angel of Broadway
Big Bertha
Babe Scott, a cabaret dancer who is constantly searching for sensational material to shock her customers, conceives of burlesquing a Salvation Army girl and attends mission meetings on the East Side for atmosphere. There she meets Jerry Wilson, an honest truckdriver and friend of the Army captain. Although the act is a success, Babe is disillusioned to find Lonnie, a fellow worker who has been romancing her, stealing her money and making overtures to Big Bertha, the hard-boiled club hostess.
The King of Kings
Mother of Gestas
The King of Kings is the Greatest Story Ever Told as only Cecil B. DeMille could tell it. In 1927, working with one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history, DeMille spun the life and Passion of Christ into a silent-era blockbuster. Featuring text drawn directly from the Bible, a cast of thousands, and the great showman’s singular cinematic bag of tricks, The King of Kings is at once spectacular and deeply reverent—part Gospel, part Technicolor epic.
Rubber Tires
Mrs. Stack
When the Stack family suffers some financial setbacks, daughter Mary Ellen suggests they buy a car and relocate to California. Unbeknownst to them, their used car is worth more than they ever could have imagined.
Pals in Paradise
Esther Lezinsky
Bill Harvey discovers a lost mine, rich with gold. Geraldine "Jerry" Howard has the claim to it left her by her father. Bill tells her that the death of the claimant, her father, makes a claim void. Infuriated, she goes to John Kenton, a crooked lawyer, for aid. Kenton sees an opportunity for wealth if he marries Geraldine, but Bill tells her that Kenton is only after her money. She gets more infuriated. While Bill and a posse are raiding an immoral cabaret, Kenton raids the Paradise freight depot to steal the money. The depot catches fire and Kenton shoots his henchman to save himself. The town and Geraldine think Kenton is a hero. It is up to Bill to prove otherwise.
Доктор Джекилл и мистер Хайд
Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
Научное исследование корней зла превращает доктора в ужасного порочного демона
A Night Out
Granmum
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
A Night Out
Theatre Play
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
How Molly Malone Made Good
Herself
Molly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview of celebrities that must be accomplished within a set amount of time. She goes through innumerable paths and obstacles to achieve the goal.
When Knights Were Bold
Two noblemen fight over a lady.