Ethel Griffies
Acting
Biography
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Born: April 25, 1878
Place of Birth: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known For
The Impatient Maiden
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
The Birds
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.
Waterloo Bridge
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, tries to dissuade him from selling by telling him the 140-year history of the place and the connections between the Trimble and Pomfret families.
How Green Was My Valley
Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Castle in the Desert
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
Kathleen Mavourneen
Kathleen O'Moore returns to her home in rural Ireland and becomes torn between the affections of Michael Rooney, a poor but honest man, and the wealthy squire with the power to make her dreams come true.
Chances
Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Molly is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with Tom.
Filmography
as Mrs. Spencer
as Grandma Florence
as Mrs. Bundy
as Self
as Lulu
as Mrs. White
as Grandmother
as Aunt Martha
as Aunt Katherine
as Mrs. Abigail Smith
as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
as Clarissa Van Steed
as Mrs. Nelson
as Mrs. Lamb
as Mrs. Fenway
as Lady Stover
as Mrs. McGuff
as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
as Mrs. Martha Dean
as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)
as Grace Poole
as Lady Vale
as Nurse
as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter
as Mrs. Murdock
as Mrs. Graham
as Gallagher
as Catherine Vandewater
as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
as Matron (uncredited)
as Undetermined Role
as Mrs. Nicholas
as Aunt Agatha
as Lady Fitzhugh
as Mrs. Hanky
as Miss Patience Nodbury
as Mrs. Kane
as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)
as Princess Minetti
as Matron East
as Mabel Wilcox
as Mrs. Raymond
as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)
as Miss Wildhack
as Annie
as Hannah O'Dwyer
as Mrs. Etta Hamilton
as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew
as Mme. Kartasoff
as Mrs. Whack
as Winifred Trent
as Miss Twinkleton
as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)
as Aunt Marie
as Mrs. Field
as Grace Poole
as Woman in Subway (uncredited)
as Mrs. Ainger's Mother
as Miss Simpson (uncredited)
as Mrs. Chisholm
as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
as Miss Ace
as Agatha Alden
as The Duchess
as Emily
as Miss Judd
as Lady McDougal
as Zana
as Second Aunt
as Lady Caverly
as Mrs. Peters
as Nurse Lovett
as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)
as Mrs. Beacon
as Miss Bleeker
as Mrs. Everard (uncredited)
as Mrs. Hobley
as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)
as Adela Heythorp