Zeffie Tilbury
Acting
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (November 20, 1863 – July 24, 1950) was an English actress. Tilbury was known first on the London stage and on Broadway in New York City. In 1881, she debuted on stage in Nine Points of the Law at the Theatre Royal, Brighton, England. She is today best known for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as the distinguished lady gambler at dinner with Garbo in The Single Standard, as the pitiful Grandma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and Grandma Lester in Tobacco Road. She appeared in over 70 films. Her earliest surviving silent film is the Valentino / Nazimova 1921 production of Camille. Tilbury is probably best remembered as the old lady who is befriended by Spanky and his friends on her birthday and, as a result, is transformed from a lonely, disagreeable recluse to a happy and loving carefree soul in the 1936 Hal Roach Our Gang comedy Second Childhood. In the same year she also portrayed the Gypsy Queen in the Laurel and Hardy film The Bohemian Girl. Tilbury was married twice. First to Arthur Frederick Lewis in June, 1887, and later to L. E. Woodthorpe, who died on April 8, 1915. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1950 at the age of 86.
Known for
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tvMGM Parade
1955
Self
movieFlying with Music
1942
Fortune Teller
movieSheriff of Tombstone
1941
Granny Carson
movieTobacco Road
1941
Grandma Lester
movieShe Couldn't Say No
1940
Ma Hawkins
movieComin' Round the Mountain
1940
Granny Stokes
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
Grandma Joad
movieThe Earl of Chicago
1940
Miss Nana (uncredited)
movieEmergency Squad
1940
Mrs. Cobb
movieBalalaika
1939
Natalya Petrovna
movieLady of the Tropics
1939
Woman Congratulating Manon
movieTell No Tales
1939
Miss Mary
movieThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Mrs. Sanders
movieBoy Trouble
1939
Mrs. Jepson
movieArrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
Aunt Meg
movieMarie Antoinette
1938
Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
movieWoman Against Woman
1938
Grandma
movieKidnapped
1938
Old Woman
movieHunted Men
1938
Flower Woman
movieBulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
Mrs. Weevens
movieFederal Bullets
1937
Mrs. Crippen
movieThe King Without a Crown
1937
Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
movieIt Happened in Hollywood
1937
Miss Gordon
movieHideaway
1937
Mrs. Beamish
movieRhythm in the Clouds
1937
The Duchess de Lovely
movieParnell
1937
Old Lady
movieMidnight Taxi
1937
Mrs. Lane
movieMaid of Salem
1937
Goody Hodgers
movieBulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
Drunk in Jail Cell
movieUnder Cover of Night
1937
Mrs. Nash
movieCamille
1936
Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
movieAfter the Thin Man
1936
Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
movieOld Hutch
1936
Elderly Woman in Bank
movieGive Me Your Heart
1936
Esther Warren
movieThe Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Mrs. Daniel Beall
movieAnthony Adverse
1936
Old Woman at Chalet
movieThe White Angel
1936
Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
movieParole!
1936
Molly Smith
movieDesire
1936
Aunt Olga
movieSecond Childhood
1936
Grandma
movieThe Bohemian Girl
1936
Gypsy Queen
movieBad Boy
1935
Deaf Woman
movieThe Last Days of Pompeii
1935
The Wise Woman (uncredited)
movieNavy Wife
1935
Bridge Player
movieAlice Adams
1935
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
movieThe Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Old Townswoman
movieStranded
1935
Old Hag (uncredited)
moviePublic Hero Number 1
1935
Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
movieWerewolf of London
1935
Mrs. Moncaster
movieThe Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
The Opium Woman
movieWomen Must Dress
1935
Peg Martin
movieBachelor Bait
1934
Miss Turner (uncredited)
movieMystery Liner
1934
Granny Plimpton
movieTwo Alone
1934
Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
movieMade on Broadway
1933
Aunt Ada
movieCharlie Chan Carries On
1931
Mrs. Luce
movieThe Ship from Shanghai
1930
Lady Daley
movieThe Single Standard
1929
Mrs. Handley
movieThe Night of Love
1927
Lady in Waiting
movieAnother Scandal
1924
Brownie
movieCamille
1921
Prudence
movieBig Game
1921
Aunt Sarah Winthrop
movieThe Marriage of William Ashe
1921
Lady Tranmore
movieClothes
1920
Mrs. Cathcart
movieMothers of Men
1920
Mrs. De La Motte
movieA Society Exile
1919
Mrs. Stanley Shelby
movieThe Avalanche
1919
Mrs. Ruyler
movieBlind Man's Luck
1917
Mrs. Guerton