Acting
Zeffie Tilbury
Born Nov 18, 1863 · Paddington, London, England, UK · Died Jul 24, 1950
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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.
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Acting
Flying with Music
1942
Music
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
Action · Western
Tobacco Road
1941
Comedy · Drama
She Couldn't Say No
1940
Comedy
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
Comedy
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
Drama
The Earl of Chicago
1940
Drama
Emergency Squad
1940
Drama · Action · Crime
Balalaika
1939
Romance · Music
Lady of the Tropics
1939
Romance · Drama
Tell No Tales
1939
Crime · Mystery · Drama
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Drama · History
Boy Trouble
1939
Family · Drama · Comedy
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
Action · Thriller · Mystery
Marie Antoinette
1938
Drama · History
Woman Against Woman
1938
Romance · Drama
Kidnapped
1938
Adventure · Drama
Hunted Men
1938
Crime · Drama
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
Adventure · Crime · Mystery
Federal Bullets
1937
Drama · Crime
The King Without a Crown
1937
History · Mystery · Documentary
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
Action · Crime · Mystery
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
Drama · Comedy
Hideaway
1937
Comedy
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
Music · Comedy
Parnell
1937
Drama · History · Romance
Midnight Taxi
1937
Drama · Crime
Maid of Salem
1937
Drama
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
Adventure · Mystery · Romance
Under Cover of Night
1937
Mystery · Action · Comedy
Camille
1936
Drama · Romance · History
After the Thin Man
1936
Comedy · Mystery · Crime
Old Hutch
1936
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Give Me Your Heart
1936
Drama · Romance
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
Drama · History
Anthony Adverse
1936
Drama · History
The White Angel
1936
Drama
Parole!
1936
Drama · Crime
Desire
1936
Romance · Crime · Comedy
Second Childhood
1936
Family · Comedy
Vamp Till Ready
1936
Comedy
The Bohemian Girl
1936
Comedy · Music
Bad Boy
1935
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
Drama · Adventure
Navy Wife
1935
Drama · Romance
Alice Adams
1935
Romance · Drama
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
Comedy · Romance
Stranded
1935
Romance · Drama
Public Hero Number 1
1935
Crime · Drama
Werewolf of London
1935
Horror · Fantasy
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
Drama · Mystery
Women Must Dress
1935
Romance · Comedy · Drama
Bachelor Bait
1934
Romance · Comedy
Mystery Liner
1934
Mystery
Two Alone
1934
Drama
Blind Adventure
1933
Mystery
Made on Broadway
1933
Drama · Comedy
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
Crime · Mystery
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
Adventure
The Single Standard
1929
Drama · Romance
The Night of Love
1927
Romance · Action · Adventure
Another Scandal
1924
Drama
Camille
1921
Drama · Romance
Big Game
1921
Drama · Romance
The Marriage of William Ashe
1921
Drama · Romance
Clothes
1920
Drama
Mothers of Men
1920
Drama
A Society Exile
1919
Drama
The Avalanche
1919
Drama · Mystery
Blind Man's Luck
1917
Crime · Drama