Dame May Whitty, DBE

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May Louise Webster (Whitty) (1865 - 1948)

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Death: May 29, 1948 (82)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Alfred Whitty and Mary Louisa Whitty
Wife of Benjamin Webster, III
Mother of Margaret Webster

Managed by: Michael Lawrence Rhodes
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About Dame May Whitty, DBE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Whitty

Dame Mary Louise Webster, DBE (née Whitty; 19 June 1865 – 29 May 1948), known professionally as May Whitty and later, for her charity work, Dame May Whitty, was an English stage and film actress. She was one of the first two women entertainers to become a Dame. The British actors' union Equity was established in her home in 1930.

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Dame May Whitty, DBE's Timeline

1865
June 19, 1865
1905
March 15, 1905
New York City, New York, United States
1948
May 29, 1948
Age 82