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Zeffie Tilbury

Zeffie Tilbury

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Born November 18, 1863 in Paddington, London, England, UK

Died July 24, 1950

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress.

Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England.

She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Grandma Lester in Tobacco Road.

She appeared in over 70 films. Her earliest surviving silent film is the Valentino / Nazimova 1921 production of Camille. Tilbury is probably best remembered as the old lady who is befriended by Spanky and his friends on her birthday and, as a result, is transformed from a lonely, disagreeable recluse to a happy and loving carefree soul in the 1936 Hal Roach Our Gang comedy Second Childhood. In the same year she also portrayed the Gypsy Queen in the Laurel and Hardy film The Bohemian Girl.

Tilbury was married twice. First to Arthur Frederick Lewis in June, 1887, and later to L. E. Woodthorpe, who died on April 8, 1915. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1950 at the age of 86.

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The Laurel and Hardy Show Poster

The Laurel and Hardy Show TV Series1986Gypsy Queen

Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse Documentary1984Grandma

Rascal Dazzle Poster

Rascal Dazzle TV Movie1981Grandma

Flying with Music Poster

Flying with Music Feature Film1942Fortune teller

Sheriff of Tombstone Poster

Sheriff of Tombstone Feature Film1941Granny Carson

Tobacco Road Poster

Tobacco Road Feature Film1941Grandma

Comin' Round the Mountain Poster

Comin' Round the Mountain Feature Film1940Granny Stokes

Emergency Squad Poster

Emergency Squad Feature Film1940Mrs. Cobb

She Couldn't Say No Poster

She Couldn't Say No Feature Film1940Ma Hawkins

The Earl of Chicago Poster

The Earl of Chicago Feature Film1940Miss Nana

The Grapes of Wrath Poster

The Grapes of Wrath Feature Film1940Grandma Joad

Balalaika Poster

Balalaika Feature Film1939Princess Natalya Petrovna

Boy Trouble Poster

Boy Trouble Feature Film1939Mrs. Jepson

Lady of the Tropics Poster

Lady of the Tropics Feature Film1939Woman Congratulating Manon

Tell No Tales Poster

Tell No Tales Feature Film1939Miss Mary

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Poster

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Feature Film1939Mrs. Sanders

Arrest Bulldog Drummond Poster

Arrest Bulldog Drummond Feature Film1938Aunt Meg

Block-Heads Poster

Block-Heads Feature Film1938Dowager Seated Near Stairs

Bulldog Drummond's Peril Poster

Bulldog Drummond's Peril Feature Film1938Mrs. Weevens

Hunted Men Poster

Hunted Men Feature Film1938Flower Woman

Kidnapped Poster

Kidnapped Feature Film1938Old woman

Marie Antoinette Poster

Marie Antoinette Feature Film1938Dowager at Birth of Dauphin

Woman Against Woman Poster

Woman Against Woman Feature Film1938Grandma

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Poster

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back Feature Film1937Effie

Bulldog Drummond Escapes Poster

Bulldog Drummond Escapes Feature Film1937Jail Cell Drunk

Federal Bullets Poster

Federal Bullets Feature Film1937Mrs. Crippen

Fit for a King Poster

Fit for a King Feature Film1937Duchess Louise - Reception Guest

Hideaway Poster

Hideaway Feature Film1937Mrs. Beamish

It Happened in Hollywood Poster

It Happened in Hollywood Feature Film1937Miss Gordon

Maid of Salem Poster

Maid of Salem Feature Film1937Goody Hodgers

Midnight Taxi Poster

Midnight Taxi Feature Film1937Mrs. Lane

Parnell Feature Film1937Old Lady

Rhythm in the Clouds Poster

Rhythm in the Clouds Feature Film1937Maggie Conway - the Duchess de Lovely

The King Without a Crown Poster

The King Without a Crown Short Film1937Dying Duchess Marie

Under Cover of Night Poster

Under Cover of Night Feature Film1937Mrs. Nash

After the Thin Man Poster

After the Thin Man Feature Film1936Aunt Lucy

Anthony Adverse Poster

Anthony Adverse Feature Film1936Old Woman at Chalet

Camille Feature Film1936Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs

Desire Feature Film1936Aunt Olga

Give Me Your Heart Poster

Give Me Your Heart Feature Film1936Esther Warren

Grandma's Buoys Short Film1936Grandma

Old Hutch Poster

Old Hutch Feature Film1936Elderly Woman in Bank

Parole! Feature Film1936Molly Smith

Second Childhood Poster

Second Childhood Short Film1936Grandma

The Bohemian Girl Poster

The Bohemian Girl Feature Film1936Gypsy Queen

The Gorgeous Hussy Poster

The Gorgeous Hussy Feature Film1936Mrs. Daniel Beall

The White Angel Poster

The White Angel Feature Film1936Woman Donating Sheets

Vamp Till Ready Poster

Vamp Till Ready Short Film1936Mrs. Sutton

Alice Adams Poster

Alice Adams Feature Film1935Mrs. Dresser

Bad Boy Feature Film1935Deaf Woman

Mystery of Edwin Drood Poster

Mystery of Edwin Drood Feature Film1935The Opium Woman

Navy Wife Poster

Navy Wife Feature Film1935Bridge Player

Public Hero Number 1 Poster

Public Hero Number 1 Feature Film1935Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar

Stranded Poster

Stranded Feature Film1935Old Hag

The Farmer Takes a Wife Poster

The Farmer Takes a Wife Feature Film1935Old Townswoman

The Last Days of Pompeii Poster

The Last Days of Pompeii Feature Film1935The Wise Woman

Werewolf of London Poster

Werewolf of London Feature Film1935Mrs. Moncaster

Women Must Dress Poster

Women Must Dress Feature Film1935Peg Martin

Bachelor Bait Poster

Bachelor Bait Feature Film1934Miss Turner - a Chaperone

Mystery Liner Poster

Mystery Liner Feature Film1934Granny Plimpton

Ocean Swells Poster

Ocean Swells Short Film1934Auntie aka Mrs. Harrington

The Fuller Gush Man Short Film1934Grandma

Two Alone Poster

Two Alone Feature Film1934Rogers' Neighbor

Blind Adventure Poster

Blind Adventure Feature Film1933

Made on Broadway Poster

Made on Broadway Feature Film1933Aunt Ada

Charlie Chan Carries On Poster

Charlie Chan Carries On Feature Film1931Mrs. Luce

The Ship from Shanghai Poster

The Ship from Shanghai Feature Film1930Lady Daley

The Single Standard Poster

The Single Standard Feature Film1929Mrs. Handley

The Night of Love Poster

The Night of Love Feature Film1927Lady in Waiting

Another Scandal Poster

Another Scandal Feature Film1924Brownie

Big Game Poster

Big Game Feature Film1921Aunt Sarah Winthrop

Camille Feature Film1921Prudence

The Marriage of William Ashe Poster

The Marriage of William Ashe Feature Film1921Lady Tranmore

Clothes Feature Film1920Mrs. Cathcart

Mothers of Men Poster

Mothers of Men Feature Film1920Mrs. De La Motte

A Society Exile Poster

A Society Exile Feature Film1919Mrs. Stanley Shelby

The Avalanche Poster

The Avalanche Feature Film1919Mrs. Ruyler

Blind Man's Luck Poster

Blind Man's Luck Feature Film1917Mrs. Guerton

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