May Robson
Sign in to saveAustralian-born American actress (1858-1942)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1942
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Barbara Fidgety
- A little bit old fashioned
- The rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
- The rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
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Film & TV
Acting · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia May Robson (19 April 1858 - 20 October 1942) was an actress and playwright. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th century, Robson is best known today for the dozens of 1930s motion pictures she appeared in when she was well into her seventies, usually playing cross old ladies with hearts of gold.
Known for
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983
- Joan of Paris — Mlle. Rosay1942
- Million Dollar Baby — Cornelia Wheelwright1941
- Four Mothers — Aunt Etta1941
- Playmates — Grandma Kyser1941
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 — Self (uncredited)1941
- Irene — Granny O'Dare1940
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again — Cecilia Dangerfield1940
- Granny Get Your Gun — Minerva Hildegard Hatton1940
- Breakdowns of 1940 — Self1940
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,058x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,177x
- Observation of a new particle in the search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,734x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,477x
- Simple mathematical models with very complicated dynamics
· 1976 · cited 5,461x
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Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1858
- Died
- 1 January 1942
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- May
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Melbourne
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- May Robson - early in her career.jpg
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Categories
1858 births1942 deaths19th-century Australian actresses20th-century American actresses20th-century Australian actresses20th Century Studios contract playersActresses from MelbourneAmerican silent film actressesAustralian expatriate actresses in the United StatesAustralian film actressesAustralian silent film actressesAustralian stage actresses