Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

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....

Known For

Pride and Prejudice

as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Little Women

as Aunt March

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mrs. Mc Klennar

Cast Credits

Lydia

as Sarah MacMillan

Pride and Prejudice

as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mrs. Mc Klennar

Nurse Edith Cavell

as Countess de Mavon

Second Fiddle

as Aunt Phoebe

Little Miss Broadway

as Sarah Wendling

Paradise for Three

as Mrs. Kunkel

Rosalie

as Queen of Romanza

My Dear Miss Aldrich

as Mrs. Atherton

Parnell

as Aunt Ben Wood

Romeo and Juliet

as Juliet's Nurse

No More Ladies

as Fanny 'Grandma' Townsend

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Hildegarde Withers

David Copperfield

as Aunt Betsey Trotwood

We're Rich Again

as Maude Stanley

Murder on the Blackboard

as Hildegarde Withers

The Last Gentleman

as Augusta Pritchard, Cabot's sister

The Poor Rich

as Harriet Spottiswood

Little Women

as Aunt March

Meet the Baron

as Dean Primrose

Ann Vickers

as Malvina Wormser

It's Great to Be Alive

as Dr. Prodwell

The Great Jasper

as Madame Talma

The Penguin Pool Murder

as Hildegarde Withers

The Conquerors

as Matilda Blake

Hold 'Em Jail

as Violet Jones