
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)

Camille
1936
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Grandma Joad

Tobacco Road
1941
as Grandma Lester

Marie Antoinette
1938
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)

Boy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Jepson

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Drunk in Jail Cell

The Last Days of Pompeii
1935
as The Wise Woman (uncredited)

Parnell
1937
as Old Lady

Bachelor Bait
1934
as Miss Turner (uncredited)

Stranded
1935
as Old Hag (uncredited)

Anthony Adverse
1936
as Old Woman at Chalet

Emergency Squad
1940
as Mrs. Cobb

After the Thin Man
1936
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)
Ocean Swells
1934
as Auntie

Werewolf of London
1935
as Mrs. Moncaster

Desire
1936
as Aunt Olga

Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)

Hideaway
1937
as Mrs. Beamish

Bad Boy
1935
as Deaf Woman

The White Angel
1936
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)

Tell No Tales
1939
as Miss Mary

Camille
1921
as Prudence

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as The Opium Woman

Kidnapped
1938
as Old Woman

Lady of the Tropics
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon

The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)

Parole!
1936
as Molly Smith

Midnight Taxi
1937
as Mrs. Lane

Balalaika
1939
as Natalya Petrovna

Blind Adventure
1933

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mrs. Sanders

Maid of Salem
1937
as Goody Hodgers

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Zeffie

Woman Against Woman
1938
as Grandma

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Mrs. Weevens

Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
as Mrs. Luce

Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Granny Carson

Mystery Liner
1934
as Granny Plimpton

Made on Broadway
1933
as Aunt Ada

The Single Standard
1929
as Mrs. Handley

Another Scandal
1924
as Brownie

Mothers of Men
1920
as Mrs. De La Motte

The Avalanche
1919
as Mrs. Ruyler

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Mrs. Daniel Beall

The Bohemian Girl
1936
as Gypsy Queen

Women Must Dress
1935
as Peg Martin

Under Cover of Night
1937
as Mrs. Nash

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Old Townswoman

Flying with Music
1942
as Fortune Teller

Blind Man's Luck
1917
as Mrs. Guerton

Public Hero Number 1
1935
as Deaf Woman in Scottsdale Bar (uncredited)

It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Miss Gordon

Hunted Men
1938
as Flower Woman

The Night of Love
1927
as Lady in Waiting

Navy Wife
1935
as Bridge Player

Federal Bullets
1937
as Mrs. Crippen

Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Granny Stokes

Two Alone
1934
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)

The King Without a Crown
1937
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)

She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Ma Hawkins

The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Lady Daley

Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
as The Duchess de Lovely

Clothes
1920
as Mrs. Cathcart

Old Hutch
1936
as Elderly Woman in Bank
Grandma's Buoys
1936
as Grandma

Big Game
1921
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop

Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Esther Warren

Second Childhood
1936
as Grandma

Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aunt Meg

The Marriage of William Ashe
1921
as Lady Tranmore

A Society Exile
1919
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby

Vamp Till Ready
1936
as Woman
The Fuller Gush Man
1934
as Grandma
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
- Camille (1936) — as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Grandma Joad
- Tobacco Road (1941) — as Grandma Lester
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
- Boy Trouble (1939) — as Mrs. Jepson
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