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Edna May Oliver
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Film & TV
Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. She was born Edna May Nutter in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 6th American president John Quincy Adams.…
Known for
- Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (from The Saturday Night Kid [1929]) (archive footage)1999
- Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)1970
- Lydia — Sarah MacMillan1941
- Pride and Prejudice — Lady Catherine de Bourgh1940
- Second Fiddle — Aunt Phoebe1939
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle — Maggie Sutton1939
- Drums Along the Mohawk — Mrs. Mc Klennar1939
- Nurse Edith Cavell — Countess de Mavon1939
- Paradise for Three — Mrs. Kunkel1938
- Little Miss Broadway — Sarah Wendling1938
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- May
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Malden
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Studio publicity Edna May Oliver.jpg
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- end of work period
- 1941-00-00
- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- Edna May Oliver
- date of birth
- 1883-11-09
- date of death
- 1942-11-09
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- Commons gallery
- Edna May Oliver
- start of work period
- 1923-00-00
- cause of death
- Colorectal cancer
- name in native language
- Edna May Oliver
- writing language
- English language
- birth name
- Edna May Nutter
- manner of death
- natural causes
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