Zeffie Tilbury
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1863-11-18
- Died
- 1950-07-24
- Place of birth
- Paddington, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury · Zeffie Tilsbury
Biography
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (73)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Grandma Joad
Tobacco Road
1941
as Grandma Lester
Camille
1936
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Jepson
Stranded
1935
as Old Hag (uncredited)
Emergency Squad
1940
as Mrs. Cobb
The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
1936
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Hideaway
1937
as Mrs. Beamish
Parnell
1937
as Old Lady
Werewolf of London
1935
as Mrs. Moncaster
Parole!
1936
as Molly Smith
Bachelor Bait
1934
as Miss Turner (uncredited)
Camille
1921
as Prudence
Desire
1936
as Aunt Olga
Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Drunk in Jail Cell
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as The Opium Woman
Kidnapped
1938
as Old Woman
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Grandma
Bad Boy
1935
as Deaf Woman
Ocean Swells
1934
as Auntie
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Mrs. Lane
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Zeffie
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Mrs. Daniel Beall
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mrs. Sanders
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Old Woman at Chalet
The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)
Blind Adventure
1933
The White Angel
1936
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)
The Bohemian Girl
1936
as Gypsy Queen
The Night of Love
1927
as Lady in Waiting
Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Granny Stokes
Balalaika
1939
as Natalya Petrovna
The Single Standard
1929
as Mrs. Handley
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Mrs. Nash
Lady of the Tropics
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Old Townswoman
It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Miss Gordon
Two Alone
1934
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Mrs. Weevens
Hunted Men
1938
as Flower Woman
Maid of Salem
1937
as Goody Hodgers
Women Must Dress
1935
as Peg Martin
She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Ma Hawkins
Another Scandal
1924
as Brownie
Tell No Tales
1939
as Miss Mary
Mystery Liner
1934
as Granny Plimpton
Flying with Music
1942
as Fortune Teller
The King Without a Crown
1937
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
Mothers of Men
1920
as Mrs. De La Motte
Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
1933
as Aunt Ada
Navy Wife
1935
as Bridge Player
Clothes
1920
as Mrs. Cathcart
Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aunt Meg
The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Lady Daley
Grandma's Buoys
1936
as Grandma
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
as Mrs. Luce
Second Childhood
1936
as Grandma
The Avalanche
1919
as Mrs. Ruyler
Federal Bullets
1937
as Mrs. Crippen
Big Game
1921
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Granny Carson
Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
as The Duchess de Lovely
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Esther Warren
Blind Man's Luck
1917
as Mrs. Guerton
The Fuller Gush Man
1934
as Grandma
Old Hutch
1936
as Elderly Woman in Bank
The Marriage of William Ashe
1921
as Lady Tranmore
A Society Exile
1919
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby
Vamp Till Ready
1936
as Woman
About Zeffie Tilbury
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. Sh… With 74 credits spanning from 1917 to 1955, Zeffie Tilbury has appeared in 73 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Zeffie Tilbury Movies
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Grandma Joad
- Tobacco Road (1941) — as Grandma Lester
- Camille (1936) — as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
- Boy Trouble (1939) — as Mrs. Jepson
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