Zeffie Tilbury
Born in Paddington, London, England, UK — Nov 18 1863• Died Jul 24 1950
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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 appea…
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MGM Parade
Self
The Grapes of Wrath
Grandma Joad
Camille
Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
Tobacco Road
Grandma Lester
Desire
Aunt Olga
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. Sanders
Alice Adams
Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Lady of the Tropics
Woman Congratulating Manon
Parnell
Old Lady
After the Thin Man
Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Two Alone
Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone
Granny Carson
Bad Boy
Deaf Woman
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Old Townswoman
Marie Antoinette
Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Public Hero Number 1
Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Parole!
Molly Smith
Navy Wife
Bridge Player
The White Angel
Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
Maid of Salem
Goody Hodgers
Anthony Adverse
Old Woman at Chalet
Werewolf of London
Mrs. Moncaster
Hunted Men
Flower Woman
The Gorgeous Hussy
Mrs. Daniel Beall
Woman Against Woman
Grandma
Bachelor Bait
Miss Turner (uncredited)
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Wise Woman (uncredited)
Balalaika
Natalya Petrovna
Midnight Taxi
Mrs. Lane
Blind Adventure
Stranded
Old Hag (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Opium Woman
Made on Broadway
Aunt Ada
Kidnapped
Old Woman
Tell No Tales
Miss Mary
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Mrs. Weevens
Emergency Squad
Mrs. Cobb
The Earl of Chicago
Miss Nana (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
Mrs. Jepson
Hideaway
Mrs. Beamish
The Night of Love
Lady in Waiting
Under Cover of Night
Mrs. Nash
Ocean Swells
Auntie
Old Hutch
Elderly Woman in Bank
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Drunk in Jail Cell
The Bohemian Girl
Gypsy Queen
It Happened in Hollywood
Miss Gordon
Flying with Music
Fortune Teller
Give Me Your Heart
Esther Warren
The Single Standard
Mrs. Handley
Big Game
Aunt Sarah Winthrop
Mothers of Men
Mrs. De La Motte
She Couldn't Say No
Ma Hawkins
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
Aunt Meg
Camille
Prudence
The Ship from Shanghai
Lady Daley
The King Without a Crown
Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
Mystery Liner
Granny Plimpton
Clothes
Mrs. Cathcart
The Avalanche
Mrs. Ruyler
Federal Bullets
Mrs. Crippen
Blind Man's Luck
Mrs. Guerton
Charlie Chan Carries On
Mrs. Luce
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Zeffie
Women Must Dress
Peg Martin
Another Scandal
Brownie
The Marriage of William Ashe
Lady Tranmore
Grandma's Buoys
Grandma
Rhythm in the Clouds
The Duchess de Lovely
Comin' Round the Mountain
Granny Stokes
The Fuller Gush Man
Grandma
A Society Exile
Mrs. Stanley Shelby
Second Childhood
Grandma
Vamp Till Ready
Woman