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May Robson
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May Robson, born Mary Jeanette Robison on 19 April 1858 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, held citizenship of Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She worked as a stage actor and film actor from 1883 to 1942, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
She died on 20 October 1942 in Beverly Hills, of disease.
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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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Key facts
- Born
- Mary Jeanette Robison , ( 1858-04-19 ) 19 April 1858, Moama , New South Wales , Australia
- Died
- 20 October 1942 (1942-10-20) (aged 84), Beverly Hills , California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Flushing Cemetery , Queens , New York City
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1883–1942
- Spouses
- Charles L. Gore ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1875 ; died 1883 ) Augustus H. Brown ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1889 ; died 1920 )
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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
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- May Robson - early in her career.jpg
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- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- cause of death
- disease
- start of work period
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- birth name
- Mary Jeanette Robison
- end of work period
- 1942-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Mary Jeanette Robison (19 April 1858 – 20 October 1942), known professionally as May Robson, was an Australian-born America-based actress whose career spanned 58 years, starting in 1883 when she was 25. A major stage actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, she is remembered for the dozens of films she appeared in during the 1930s, when she was in her 70s.
Robson was the earliest-born person, and the first Australian to be nominated for an Academy Award (for her leading role in Lady for a Day in 1933).
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