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  Whitty Clan Website, Homepage
Their descendants have continued to live in the area ever since, while many more are to be found in Britain, America and Australia as a result of emigration.
At the middle of the last century as many as 145 Whitty occupiers were registered in Co. Wexford, the great majority in the southern baronies of Forth and Bargy.
In common with all the other Anglo-Norman families, the Whittys built strong castles on the estates they were granted, established their principal residence at Ballyteigue, alongside the picturesque fishing village that later developed at Kilmore Quay.
www.whittyclan.com   (268 words)

  
 May Whitty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dame May Whitty DBE (19 June 1865–29 May 1948), born Mary Louise Whitty, was an Oscar-nominated English theatre and cinema actress.
Born in Liverpool, May Whitty made her first stage appearance in Liverpool in 1881 before moving to London to appear on the West End.
Their only child, a daughter born in the USA in 1905, Margaret Webster, was a stage actress and held dual US/UK citizenship.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/May_Whitty   (324 words)

  
 Night Must Fall
The 1937 film of the play tells the story of an elderly woman who hires a young man as a companion, despite her niece's worries that he may be a murderer.
It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Robert Montgomery) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dame May Whitty).
Whitty had played the same role when the play was performed in London and in New York City.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ni/Night_Must_Fall.html   (117 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Whitty,
A Whitty native son.(Entertainment)(From champ of the Coos Bay spelling bee to Tony-winning playwright, Jeff Whitty reflects on how things are going)
Interview: Julia Whitty discusses illegally smuggling medicine for her father, who was suffering from cancer
Whitty still a local hero 130 years on; Ceremony to mark grave of police chief and editor.(News)
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 RTE.ie Entertainment - Ian Whitty - Will o' the Wisp
Ian Whitty has clearly marked his territory and here he sets about exploring it.
Whitty evidently takes great care with the words, and this is lyrically dense stuff.
Ian Whitty may yet become lost in the crowd, but this album will certainly prove a distinguishing feature.
www.rte.ie /arts/2003/1219/whittyi.html   (376 words)

  
 NIGHT MUST FALL
She may be just another unfortunate soul dependant on her aunt’s money and good graces; however, she’s not an idiot.
The old lady is the only one who never saw it coming and Whitty gives her just the right touch of horror, disappointment and resignation as her life is brutally snuffed out.
Danny’s transformation may be expected, but it’s chilling nonetheless and the main reason to seek this film out.
crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsN/f_night_fall.html   (614 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Person : Dame May Whitty : Biography
Whitty was also capable of playing working-class types, such as the dowdy phony psychic in The Thirteenth Chair (1937).
Despite her advanced age, Whitty became extremely active on the Hollywood social circuit in the 1940s--at least for the benefit of the newsreel photographers.
Whitty died at the age of 82, shortly after completing her scenes for Columbia's The Sign of the Ram (1948).
www.vh1.com /movies/person/66926/bio.jhtml   (329 words)

  
 Great Character Actors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Small, plump but dainty, with a doughy face, sparkling eyes, a warm smile and a sweet English accent she won the hearts of movie fans the world over.
She was born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865 in Liverpool, England.
She once said, "I’ve got everything Betty Grable has…only I’ve had it longer." She died of cancer on May 29, 1948 in Beverly Hills, California at age 82.
www.dougmacaulay.com /kingspud/sel_by_actor_index_2.php?actor_first=Dame.May&actor_last=Whitty   (395 words)

  
 The Lady Vanishes: Criterion (1938)
In this best-loved of Hitchcock's British-made thrillers, a young woman on a train meets a charming old lady (Dame May Whitty), who promptly disappears.
Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Naunton Wayne, Basil Radford.
She also meets a Miss Froy (Dame May Whitty), a nice older lady who she takes a liking to almost immediately.
www.dvdmg.com /ladyvanishes.shtml   (1102 words)

  
 Patricia Whitty - Home
Patricia Whitty received her BFA in painting from Tulane University and an MFA from Washington University.
She has shown her work throughout the country but has exhibited most often in her native New Orleans.
"Whitty presents the dichotomy between art's attempts to create beauty and nature's inherent aptitude for loveliness.
www.patriciawhitty.com   (157 words)

  
 THE LADY VANISHES
As the evening progresses, you meet the cast of characters – Iris Henderson (Lockwood), a pretty English girl returning to London to marry a man she doesn't love; Mrs.
Dame Mae Whitty is the perfect innocent old lady.
THE LADY VANISHES may take place on a train, but it manages to be thoroughly exciting and dangerous.
www.crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsL/f_lady_vanishes.html   (855 words)

  
 Movie Info for Night Must Fall on MSN Movies
The old woman's niece (Rosalind Russell) is not so easily swayed by Danny's blarney, but she finds him strangely attractive, especially when he exhibits a streak of viciousness.
The film's final scene, in which Danny ambles around the house carrying a hatbox that may or may not contain Ms.
Robert Montgomery fought long and hard with MGM for the right to play the murderous Danny; the studio heads finally gave in, hoping that the actor would fall on his face and cease to bother him.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=18847   (221 words)

  
 AMCTV.com SHOW - The Lady Vanishes
The high point of Hitchcock's British films is a beguiling mystery story.
A group of English travelers on a train across Europe includes a sweet old woman (Whitty).
Lockwood and Redgrave get pulled into a web of intrigue when, after Lockwood gets beaned on the head, the lady disappears, leaving only her name written in frost on the window.
www.amctv.com /show/detail?CID=1874-1-EST   (115 words)

  
 The Austin Chronicle Screens: Instant Classic: Paramount Theatre's Summer 2000 Series
If you need to vanish, do it like Dame May Whitty does: with panache, a bit of worldly humor, and the tendency to always return in the most beguiling, befuddling ways.
Bound for her home in the UK, elderly governess Whitty suddenly disappears.
The young woman she strikes up a cordial acquaintanceship with on the train (Lockwood) is distraught when she suddenly can't find her.
www.austinchronicle.com /gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid:77290   (349 words)

  
 Movie Info for Return to Yesterday on MSN Movies
He also happens to fall in love with ingenue Carol Sande (Anna Lee, the wife of director Robert Stevenson), but realizes eventually that she will be better off without him.
Dame May Whitty heads the hand-picked supporting cast as Mrs.
Truscott, the troupe's garrulous character woman, who is wise enough not to say anything when she overhears Maine letting Carol down gently by replaying a scene from one of his earlier stage triumphs.
entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=51553   (231 words)

  
 Dame May Whitty - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Born Mary Whitty on 19 June 1865 to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, she became known as 'May Whitty' to the world.
Whitty died at the age of 82 from cancer in Beverly Hills, shortly after completed her scenes in the film The Sign of the Ram (1948).
Her father, Alfred Whitty, was a British journalist/publisher.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0926599/bio   (555 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Gaslight: Video: Charles Boyer,Ingrid Bergman,Joseph Cotten,Dame May Whitty,Angela Lansbury,Barbara ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A 17 year old Angela Lansbury made her screen debut in this film as a tartish Cockney maid, kicking off a long and great career, and the wonderful Dame May Whitty as an inquisitive neighbor is a delight.
However, as the end approaches, you may be mentally drained and exhausted to the point where just one more plot twist could have put you over the edge.
She reminded me of Angela Lansbury in the television show "Murder She Wrote." Whitty, born in 1865, was a London stage actress beginning in the 1880s who found Hollywood success in her 70s!
www.amazon.com /Gaslight-Charles-Boyer/dp/B00005J6UU   (2357 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Dame May Whitty (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Dame May Whitty (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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 People whose name includes May - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are a number of people whose name includes May.
Aunt May (from the Spider-Man comic book series)
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/People_whose_name_includes_May   (91 words)

  
 TIME.com: The New Pictures -- May 17, 1937 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Pathé made it as a silent in 1919, Metro as a talkie with Leila Hyams and Conrad Nagel in 1929.
In the present version Dame May Whitty is the psychic—a term which is itself a hallowed souvenir—who tries to solve a murder by making the twelve possible suspects hold hands in the dark.
Good shot: Lucy and Barkley accepting an invitation to try out a new car by a salesman who suspects that their modest clothes and quiet bearing are the insignia of wealth.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,757846,00.html   (763 words)

  
 Dame May Whitty - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Author not available, WHITTY, DAME MAY., The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2006
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Whitty, Dame May" at HighBeam.
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre; 1/1/1996; PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND; 6 words
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-whitty-d.html   (222 words)

  
 Night Must Fall
Tension mounts as police close in and Olivia finds herself attracted to the man she thinks is a murderer.
Montgomery delivers an outstanding performance as Danny with terrific support from Dame May Whitty and Rosalind Russell.
Emlyn Williams, who wrote the play upon which the film was based and created the role of Danny on the stage, gave his personal approval of Montgomery's performance.
www.earlofhollywood.com /NightMustFall.html   (116 words)

  
 David Whitty small engine repair   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
David Whitty Small Engine Repair, Sales and Service is a family owned and operated business dedicated to serving our customers better than the rest.
David Whitty can offer you a full range of repairs, parts, service, and sales of all Outdoor Power Equipment.
Dave Whitty specializes in hard-to-find and discontinued small engine parts.
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 Zap2it.com - Movies - FEATURES - BEHIND THE SCENES - STORY
Dame May Whitty was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
In delivering these lines to Vin Miniver, Carol Beldon may as well have been speaking directly to the audience: "I know how comfortable it is to curl up with a nice, fat book full of big words and think you're going to solve all the problems of the universe.
Tickets may be purchased, pending availability, at a cost of $5 each for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid I.D. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Academy during regular business hours or by mail.
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 May Items   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Dame May Whitty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
29 May 1948, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Born Mary Whitty on 19 June 1865 to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife...
Discuss this name with other users on IMDb message board for Dame May Whitty
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 Amazon.ca: Suspicion: Video: Alfred Hitchcock,Cary Grant,Joan Fontaine,Cedric Hardwicke,Nigel Bruce,Dame May ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Repeated viewings can't dispel the shock of the final scene in this classic 1941 romantic mystery--a brief but disorienting confrontation that suddenly inverts the heroine's mounting conviction that she's married a murderer, forcing us to reconsider virtually every scene and line of dialogue that's preceded it.
As Aysgarth, Cary Grant is both irresistible and sinister, capable of deceit and petty theft, as well as grander designs on his bride's impending fortune.
By the time we see him ascending a darkened staircase with a suspicious glass of milk, an image made all the more indelible through the spectral glow the director captures in the glass, the evidence seems damning indeed.
www.amazon.ca /Suspicion-Alfred-Hitchcock/dp/0780626702   (2297 words)

  
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 Whitty, Dame May - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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