Edna May Oliver
Known for: Acting
Born: November 8, 1883
Died: November 9, 1942
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…
Known for
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
Laugh and Get Rich
1931
We're Rich Again
1934
Ladies of the Jury
1932
Fanny Foley Herself
1931
Lydia
1941
The Last Gentleman
1934
The Poor Rich
1934
Nurse Edith Cavell
1939
The Great Jasper
1933
Newly Rich
1931
David Copperfield
1935
A Tale of Two Cities
1935
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
The Conquerors
1932
Parnell
1937
Only Yesterday
1933
Hold 'Em Jail
1932
It's Great to Be Alive
1933
The Lucky Devil
1925
Rosalie
1937
Second Fiddle
1939
Romeo and Juliet
1936
Little Women
1933
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
Cracked Nuts
1931
Icebound
1924
Pride and Prejudice
1940
Ann Vickers
1933
Half Shot at Sunrise
1930
No More Ladies
1935
Meet the Baron
1933
Paradise for Three
1938
Little Miss Broadway
1938
Lovers in Quarantine
1925
The American Venus
1926
Wife in Name Only
1923
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
Let's Get Married
1926
Manhattan
1924
Restless Wives
1924
Cimarron
1931
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
The Lady Who Lied
1925
Alice in Wonderland
1933
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999