Zeffie Tilbury

Zeffie Tilbury

Acting

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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…

Filmography

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Flying with Music ★ 4.4 Flying with Music 1942 Sheriff of Tombstone ★ 7.2 Sheriff of Tombstone 1941 Tobacco Road ★ 6.8 Tobacco Road 1941 She Couldn't Say No ★ 7.5 She Couldn't Say No 1940 Comin' Round the Mountain ★ 9.0 Comin' Round the Mountain 1940 The Grapes of Wrath ★ 7.8 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 The Earl of Chicago ★ 6.3 The Earl of Chicago 1940 Emergency Squad ★ 7.0 Emergency Squad 1940 Balalaika ★ 5.3 Balalaika 1939 Lady of the Tropics ★ 6.5 Lady of the Tropics 1939 Tell No Tales ★ 5.4 Tell No Tales 1939 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell ★ 6.3 The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 Boy Trouble ★ 6.0 Boy Trouble 1939 Arrest Bulldog Drummond ★ 6.8 Arrest Bulldog Drummond 1938 Marie Antoinette ★ 6.6 Marie Antoinette 1938 Woman Against Woman ★ 7.0 Woman Against Woman 1938 Kidnapped ★ 6.0 Kidnapped 1938 Hunted Men ★ 5.7 Hunted Men 1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril ★ 5.9 Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938 Federal Bullets ★ 8.0 Federal Bullets 1937 The King Without a Crown ★ 5.7 The King Without a Crown 1937 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back ★ 6.2 Bulldog Drummond Comes Back 1937 It Happened in Hollywood ★ 6.3 It Happened in Hollywood 1937 Hideaway ★ 6.0 Hideaway 1937 Rhythm in the Clouds ★ 7.5 Rhythm in the Clouds 1937 Parnell ★ 4.6 Parnell 1937 Midnight Taxi ★ 6.3 Midnight Taxi 1937 Maid of Salem ★ 6.2 Maid of Salem 1937 Bulldog Drummond Escapes ★ 6.1 Bulldog Drummond Escapes 1937 Under Cover of Night ★ 6.0 Under Cover of Night 1937 Camille ★ 7.0 Camille 1936 After the Thin Man ★ 7.3 After the Thin Man 1936 Grandma's Buoys Grandma's Buoys 1936 Old Hutch ★ 10.0 Old Hutch 1936 Give Me Your Heart ★ 5.9 Give Me Your Heart 1936 The Gorgeous Hussy ★ 5.5 The Gorgeous Hussy 1936 Anthony Adverse ★ 5.8 Anthony Adverse 1936 The White Angel ★ 7.2 The White Angel 1936 Parole! ★ 7.0 Parole! 1936 Desire ★ 7.0 Desire 1936 Second Childhood ★ 7.4 Second Childhood 1936 Vamp Till Ready ★ 7.0 Vamp Till Ready 1936 The Bohemian Girl ★ 6.2 The Bohemian Girl 1936 Bad Boy ★ 7.5 Bad Boy 1935 The Last Days of Pompeii ★ 5.8 The Last Days of Pompeii 1935 Navy Wife ★ 6.0 Navy Wife 1935 Alice Adams ★ 6.7 Alice Adams 1935 The Farmer Takes a Wife ★ 6.2 The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935 Stranded ★ 6.0 Stranded 1935 Public Hero Number 1 ★ 6.3 Public Hero Number 1 1935 Werewolf of London ★ 6.1 Werewolf of London 1935 The Mystery of Edwin Drood ★ 5.9 The Mystery of Edwin Drood 1935 Women Must Dress ★ 3.5 Women Must Dress 1935 The Fuller Gush Man The Fuller Gush Man 1934 Ocean Swells ★ 8.0 Ocean Swells 1934 Bachelor Bait ★ 6.5 Bachelor Bait 1934 Mystery Liner ★ 4.7 Mystery Liner 1934 Two Alone ★ 7.3 Two Alone 1934 Blind Adventure ★ 6.3 Blind Adventure 1933 Made on Broadway ★ 7.0 Made on Broadway 1933 Charlie Chan Carries On ★ 7.0 Charlie Chan Carries On 1931 The Ship from Shanghai ★ 6.8 The Ship from Shanghai 1930 The Single Standard ★ 5.9 The Single Standard 1929 The Night of Love ★ 7.0 The Night of Love 1927 Another Scandal ★ 8.0 Another Scandal 1924 Camille ★ 5.7 Camille 1921 Big Game ★ 10.0 Big Game 1921 The Marriage of William Ashe ★ 8.0 The Marriage of William Ashe 1921 Clothes ★ 9.0 Clothes 1920 Mothers of Men ★ 6.0 Mothers of Men 1920 A Society Exile ★ 9.0 A Society Exile 1919 The Avalanche The Avalanche 1919 Blind Man's Luck Blind Man's Luck 1917