1863-11-18 Paddington, London, England, UK
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. 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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Tobacco Road | Grandma Lester | 1941-02-20 |
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Sheriff of Tombstone | Granny Carson | 1941-05-07 |
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She Couldn't Say No | Ma Hawkins | 1940-12-07 |
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Emergency Squad | Mrs. Cobb | 1940-01-05 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Grandma Joad | 1940-03-15 |
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The Earl of Chicago | Miss Nana (uncredited) | 1940-01-05 |
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Boy Trouble | Mrs. Jepson | 1939-01-27 |
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Balalaika | Natalya Petrovna | 1939-12-15 |
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Tell No Tales | Miss Mary | 1939-06-12 |
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Lady of the Tropics | Woman Congratulating Manon | 1939-08-11 |
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mrs. Sanders | 1939-04-04 |
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Kidnapped | Old Woman | 1938-05-27 |
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Arrest Bulldog Drummond | Aunt Meg | 1938-11-25 |
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Bulldog Drummond's Peril | Mrs. Weevens | 1938-03-18 |
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Marie Antoinette | Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
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Woman Against Woman | Grandma | 1938-06-24 |
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Midnight Taxi | Mrs. Lane | 1937-04-04 |
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Hideaway | Mrs. Beamish | 1937-08-13 |
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It Happened in Hollywood | Miss Gordon | 1937-09-07 |
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Rhythm in the Clouds | The Duchess de Lovely | 1937-06-21 |
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Bulldog Drummond Escapes | Drunk in Jail Cell | 1937-01-22 |
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back | Zeffie | 1937-09-24 |
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Under Cover of Night | Mrs. Nash | 1937-01-08 |
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Maid of Salem | Goody Hodgers | 1937-02-12 |
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The King Without a Crown | Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited) | 1937-10-09 |
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Federal Bullets | Mrs. Crippen | 1937-10-29 |
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Vamp Till Ready | Woman | 1936-03-28 |
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Grandma's Buoys | Grandma | 1936-12-18 |
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The White Angel | Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
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Give Me Your Heart | Esther Warren | 1936-09-17 |
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The Gorgeous Hussy | Mrs. Daniel Beall | 1936-08-28 |
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After the Thin Man | Aunt Lucy (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
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Desire | Aunt Olga | 1936-04-11 |
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood | The Opium Woman | 1935-02-04 |
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Stranded | Old Hag (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
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The Last Days of Pompeii | The Wise Woman (uncredited) | 1935-10-18 |
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Werewolf of London | Mrs. Moncaster | 1935-05-13 |
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Public Hero Number 1 | Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited) | 1935-05-31 |
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Navy Wife | Bridge Player | 1935-09-17 |
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Alice Adams | Mrs. Dresser (uncredited) | 1935-08-23 |
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Women Must Dress | Peg Martin | 1935-02-01 |
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Ocean Swells | Auntie | 1934-08-08 |
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The Fuller Gush Man | Grandma | 1934-08-16 |
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Two Alone | Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited) | 1934-01-26 |
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Mystery Liner | Granny Plimpton | 1934-03-15 |
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Bachelor Bait | Miss Turner (uncredited) | 1934-07-27 |
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Charlie Chan Carries On | Mrs. Luce | 1931-04-11 |
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The Ship from Shanghai | Lady Daley | 1930-01-31 |
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The Single Standard | Mrs. Handley | 1929-07-27 |
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Camille | Prudence | 1921-09-26 |
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Mothers of Men | Mrs. De La Motte | 1920-03-10 |
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The Avalanche | Mrs. Ruyler | 1919-06-29 |
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A Society Exile | Mrs. Stanley Shelby | 1919-10-07 |
