Born Mary Jeanette Robison. She was the youngest daughter of Henry Robison of Penrith, Cumberland, England and Julia Schelesinger of Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Her father died in 1860 and her mother remarried. In 1866/67 they were living in St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and moved back to London, England in 1871. She ran away from ...
Edward Gore, Edward Hyde Leveson Gore, 2 others who died during their childhood, Edward Hyde Leveson Gore 2 others who died during their childhood
Star Sign
Aries
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Quote
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"Both professions are so irregular that each always would feel sorry for the other, and then there would be perfect harmony." [1935, explaining her advice that actresses should marry doctors]
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Fact
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Her son Edward died on September 23, 1954 in Los Angeles, California at age 77.
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She was known as "The Grand Old Lady of the American Stage".
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Although she was a prolific actress who appeared in many major movies and was once nominated for an Oscar, she does not have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.
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The earliest-born actress to receive an Oscar nomination.
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Gave birth to her 1st child at age 18, a son Edward Gore on December 2, 1876. Child's father was her 1st husband, Charles Gore/.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Joan of Paris
1942
Mlle. Rosay
Playmates
1941
Grandma Kyser
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Cornelia Wheelwright
Four Mothers
1941
Aunt Etta
Texas Rangers Ride Again
1940
Cecilia Dangerfield
Irene
1940
Granny O'Dare
Granny Get Your Gun
1940
Minerva Hatton
Four Wives
1939
Aunt Etta
That's Right - You're Wrong
1939
Grandma
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
Mme. Rappard
Daughters Courageous
1939
Penny, the Housekeeper
The Kid from Kokomo
1939
Margaret 'Maggie' / 'Ma' Manell
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
'Granny' Whitman
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
Grandma
Four Daughters
1938
Aunt Etta
The Texans
1938
Granna
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Aunt Elizabeth
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
Aunt Polly
The Perfect Specimen
1937
Mrs. Leona Wicks
A Star Is Born
1937
Grandmother Lettie Blodgett
Woman in Distress
1937
Phoebe Tuttle
Rainbow on the River
1936
Mrs. Harriet Ainsworth
The Captain's Kid
1936
Aunt Marcia Prentiss
Wife vs. Secretary
1936
Mimi
Three Kids and a Queen
1935
Mary Jane 'Queenie' Baxter
Anna Karenina
1935
Countess Vronsky
Age of Indiscretion
1935
Emma Shaw
Strangers All
1935
Anna Carter
Reckless
1935
Granny
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
Madame Judith Paris
Grand Old Girl
1935
Laura Bayles
Mills of the Gods
1934
Mary Hastings
Lady by Choice
1934
Patricia Patterson
Straight Is the Way
1934
Mrs. Horowitz
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
Mrs. Hannah Bell
Alice in Wonderland
1933
Queen of Hearts
Dancing Lady
1933
Dolly Todhunter - Tod's Grandmother
The Solitaire Man
1933
Mrs. Vail
Lady for a Day
1933
Apple Annie
Beauty for Sale
1933
Mrs. Merrick
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
Veteran Actress
One Man's Journey
1933
Sarah
Dinner at Eight
1933
Mrs. Wendel
Reunion in Vienna
1933
Frau Lucher
The White Sister
1933
Mother Superior
Men Must Fight
1933
Maman Seward
If I Had a Million
1932
Mrs. Mary Walker
Little Orphan Annie
1932
Mrs. Stewart
Strange Interlude
1932
Mrs. Evans
The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge
1932
Short
The Widow James
Red-Headed Woman
1932
Aunt Jane
Letty Lynton
1932
Mrs. Lynton, Letty's Mothers
Mother's Millions
1931
Harriet Breen
The Blue Danube
1928
Chicago
1927
Mrs. Morton - Matron
Turkish Delight
1927
Tsakran
A Harp in Hock
1927
Mrs. Banks
The Angel of Broadway
1927
Big Bertha
The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
1927
Aunt Mary Watkins
The King of Kings
1927
Mother of Gestas
Rubber Tires
1927
Mrs. Stack
Pals in Paradise
1926
Esther Lezinsky
A Night Out
1916
Granmum
A Night Out; or, He Couldn't Go Home in the Morning
1908
Short
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
performer: "The Girl Friend of the Whirling Dervish" 1938 - uncredited
The Captain's Kid
1936
performer: "When You and I Were Young, Maggie" - uncredited
Lady by Choice
1934
performer: "M-O-T-H-E-R, a Word That Means the World to Me" 1915 - uncredited
One Man's Journey
1933
performer: "Long, Long Ago" 1883 - uncredited
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Night Out
1916
play
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1
1941
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
Documentary short
Herself
Movies on Sundays
1935
Short
Herself (uncredited)
The Hollywood Gad-About
1934
Documentary short
Herself (uncredited)
How Molly Malone Made Good
1915
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party
1948
Short
Herself
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1934
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lady for a Day (1933)
Known for movies
Bringing Up Baby (1938) as Aunt Elizabeth
A Star Is Born (1937) as Grandmother Lettie Blodgett
$700,000
