May Whitty

Dame May Whitty DBE
Born	Mary Louise Whitty (1865-06-19)19 June 1865 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died	29 May 1948(1948-05-29) (aged 82) Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1881–1948
Spouse	Ben Webster ​ ​ (m. 1892; died 1947)​
Children	2, including Margaret

Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors' union Equity was established in her home in 1930.

Her film roles included Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Lady Vanishes (1938) in which she played Miss Froy, a British spy posing as a governess who disappears on a train. After a successful career both on the West End stage and in British films, she moved over to Hollywood films at the age of 72.