Ethel Griffies
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| Ethel Griffies | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ethel Woods 26 April 1878 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 9 September 1975 (aged 97) London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1881-1967 |
| Spouse | Walter Beaumont (???? - 1910; his death) Edward Cooper (1917 - 1956; his death) |
Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods, 26 April 1878, Sheffield, Yorkshire - 9 September 1975, London) was an English actress of stage, screen, and television.
She appeared in numerous plays, 90 movies, and 10 TV episodes in a career that lasted from 1881 - when she was brought onstage as a baby by her parents - until 1967. One of her last roles was as the elderly ornithologist in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (1963).
[edit] Partial filmography
- Waterloo Bridge (1931)
- White Woman (1933)
- Anna Karenina (1935)
- Kathleen Mavourneen (1937)
- Jane Eyre (1943) (uncredited)
- The Birds (1963)
