Edna May Oliver


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Actress

​ She was born Edna May Nutter, a child of solid New England stock, on 9th November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 6th American president John Quincy Adams. Miss Oliver took an early interest in the stage, and she would quit school at the age of 14 to pursue her ambitions in the theater. Despite abandoning traditional schooling, Edna continued to study the performing arts, including speech and piano. One of her firs...

Place of Birth: Malden, Massachusetts, USA

Date of Birth: Nov 9, 1883

Date of Death: Nov 9, 1942


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Actress (41 Known Credits)


Lydia

Sarah MacMillan

Pride and Prejudice

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Second Fiddle

Aunt Phoebe

Drums Along the Mohawk

Mrs. McKlennar

Nurse Edith Cavell

Countess de Mavon

Little Miss Broadway

Sarah Wendling

Paradise for Three

Mrs. Kunkel

Rosalie

Queen of Romanza

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Mrs. Atherton

Parnell

Aunt Ben

Romeo and Juliet

Nurse to Juliet

David Copperfield

Aunt Betsey

Murder on a Honeymoon

Hildegarde Withers

No More Ladies

Mrs. Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend

Murder on the Blackboard

Hildegarde Withers

The Poor Rich

Harriet Spottiswood

The Last Gentleman

Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister

We're Rich Again

Maude Stanley

Little Women

Aunt March

Ann Vickers

Malvina Wormser

Meet The Baron

Dean Primrose

The Great Jasper

Madame Talma

The Penguin Pool Murder

Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers

Hold 'Em Jail

Violet Jones

The Conquerors

Matilda Blake

Ladies of the Jury

Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane

Cimarron

Mrs. Tracy Wyatt

Cracked Nuts

Aunt Minnie Van Varden

Laugh and Get Rich

Sarah Cranston Austin

Newly Rich

Bessie Tate

Half Shot at Sunrise

Mrs. Marshall

Let's Get Married

J.W. Smith

Lovers in Quarantine

Amelia Pincent

Icebound

Hannah

Lydia (1941)
Sarah MacMillan
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Second Fiddle (1939)
Aunt Phoebe
Mrs. McKlennar
Countess de Mavon
Sarah Wendling
Mrs. Kunkel
Rosalie (1937)
Queen of Romanza
Mrs. Atherton
Parnell (1937)
Aunt Ben
Nurse to Juliet
Miss Pross
Aunt Betsey
Hildegarde Withers
Mrs. Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend
Hildegarde Withers
The Poor Rich (1934)
Harriet Spottiswood
Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister
Maude Stanley
Red Queen
Little Women (1933)
Aunt March
Ann Vickers (1933)
Malvina Wormser
Leona
Dean Primrose
Madame Talma
Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers
Hold 'Em Jail (1932)
Violet Jones
Matilda Blake
Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane
Cimarron (1931)
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Aunt Minnie Van Varden
Sarah Cranston Austin
Fanny Foley
Newly Rich (1931)
Bessie Tate
Mrs. Marshall
Miss Streeter
Mrs. Niles
J.W. Smith
Amelia Pincent
Icebound (1924)
Hannah

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