- Films
- 25
- Avg rating
- 7.01
- Peak run
- 1937’42
- Oscar noms
- 2
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
May by the numbers
Average
7.01
16 rated films
Vote weighted
7.06
bigger films count more
Median
7.0
half are better
Consistency
±0.44
rating spread
Career
12y
1937 to 1948
Total votes
205K
across every film
Best
7.8
Gaslight
Worst
7.1
Lassie Come Home
Newest first
Filmography
| 1948 | The Return of October | Aunt Martha Grant | · | 318 |
| 1948 | The Sign of the Ram | Clara Brastock | · | 948 |
| 1947 | Green Dolphin Street | Mother Superior | 6.8 | 2,008 |
| 1947 | If Winter Comes | Mrs. Perch | · | 917 |
| 1947 | This Time for Keeps | Grandmother Cambaretti | · | 488 |
| 1946 | Devotion | Lady Thornton | 6.6 | 1,161 |
| 1945 | My Name Is Julia Ross | Mrs. Hughes | 7.0 | 4,245 |
| 1944 |  Gaslight | Miss Thwaites | 7.8 | 38,507 |
| 1944 | The White Cliffs of Dover | Nanny | 7.0 | 2,028 |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Lady Longborough | 6.7 | 1,765 |
| 1943 | Crash Dive | Grandmother | 6.4 | 1,958 |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Lady Pamela Hardwick (segment: episode 2) | 6.9 | 1,408 |
| 1943 | Lassie Come Home | Dally | 7.1 | 6,520 |
| 1943 | Madame Curie | Madame Eugene Curie | 7.2 | 3,671 |
| 1943 | Slightly Dangerous | Baba | · | 998 |
| 1942 |  Mrs. Miniver | Lady Beldon | 7.6 | 21,620 |
| 1942 | Thunder Birds: Soldiers of the Air | Lady Jane Stackhouse | · | 658 |
| 1941 |  Suspicion | Mrs. McLaidlaw | 7.2 | 45,753 |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement | Aunt Hester Fairfield | · | 266 |
| 1939 | Raffles | Lady Melrose | 6.4 | 1,401 |
Better together?
May Whitty's regulars
- George CukorDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.80 avg▲+0.90
- Alfred HitchcockDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.45 avg▲+0.51
- Richard ThorpeDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.20 avg▲+0.44
- William WylerDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▼−0.23
- Joseph H. LewisDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.00 avg▲+0.24
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On May Whitty
2 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1943Dame May Whitty
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1938Dame May Whitty
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.