Edna May Oliver
Acting
Born November 8, 1883 · Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters. She was born Edna May Nutter 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…
Known For · 40 titles
Pride and Prejudice
Drums Along the Mohawk
Little Women
Rosalie
Brasileiros em Hollywood
A Tale of Two Cities
Alice in Wonderland
Romeo and Juliet
David Copperfield
Little Miss Broadway
Nurse Edith Cavell
Cimarron
Parnell
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Cracked Nuts
The Penguin Pool Murder
Ann Vickers
Murder on the Blackboard
The Conquerors
No More Ladies
Wife in Name Only
Fanny Foley Herself
Only Yesterday
Lydia
Meet the Baron
It's Great to Be Alive
Ladies of the Jury
Murder on a Honeymoon
Paradise for Three
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Laugh and Get Rich
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Second Fiddle
The American Venus
The Saturday Night Kid
The Poor Rich
The Last Gentleman
The Great Jasper
Half Shot at Sunrise
Lovers in Quarantine