Ethel Griffies

Acting

April 25, 1878

— September 9, 1975(97 years old)

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Popularity: 1

IMDb

Also Known As

Ethel Woods

Known For

6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

Mrs. White

6.6

The Philco Television Playhouse

Grandmother

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Lulu

6.0

Lights Out

7.5

Gem

The Birds

Mrs. Bundy

7.0

The Trials of O'Brien

7.5

Waterloo Bridge

Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

7.3

Remember the Day

Undetermined Role

6.9

Jane Eyre

Grace Poole

7.3

How Green Was My Valley

Mrs. Nicholas

9.0

Midnight Club

The Duchess

5.8

White Woman

Mrs. Chisholm

Photos of Ethel Griffies

Filmography

1960s

5.7

Bus Riley's Back in Town

Mrs. Spencer

7.5

Gem

The Birds

Mrs. Bundy

6.8

Billy Liar

Grandma Florence

1940s

4.0

Millie's Daughter

Aunt Katherine

8.0

The Homestretch

Aunt Martha

5.9

Devotion

Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

8.0

Sing While You Dance

Mrs. Abigail Smith

6.1

Saratoga Trunk

Clarissa Van Steed

6.2

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

Mrs. Nelson

6.6

Thrill of a Romance

Mrs. Fenway

5.8

The Horn Blows at Midnight

Lady Stover

6.7

Molly and Me

Mrs. Lamb

6.8

It Happened Tomorrow

Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)

6.7

The White Cliffs of Dover

Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)

6.7

Music for Millions

Mrs. McGuff

7.0

Pardon My Rhythm

Mrs. Martha Dean

6.9

Jane Eyre

Grace Poole

6.8

Holy Matrimony

Lady Vale

7.5

Forever and a Day

Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter

6.6

First Comes Courage

Nurse

7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Matron (uncredited)

8.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Graham

7.1

Castle in the Desert

Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

7.5

Between Us Girls

Gallagher

6.1

Time to Kill

Mrs. Murdock

7.0

Right to the Heart

Minerva Bromley

7.0

The Postman Didn't Ring

Catherine Vandewater

7.3

Remember the Day

Undetermined Role

7.3

How Green Was My Valley

Mrs. Nicholas

5.3

Billy the Kid

Mrs. Hanky

5.9

Great Guns

Aunt Agatha

6.5

Dead Men Tell

Miss Patience Nodbury

5.6

A Yank in the R.A.F.

Lady Fitzhugh

7.5

Waterloo Bridge

Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

6.5

Irene

Princess Minetti

6.5

Stranger on the Third Floor

Mrs. Kane

5.9

Vigil in the Night

Matron East

1930s

5.8

Over the Moon

Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)

6.9

We Are Not Alone

Mrs. Raymond

5.8

The Mysterious Mr. Davis

Mabel Wilcox

7.0

I'm from Missouri

Miss Wildhack

6.1

Crackerjack

Annie

8.0

Kathleen Mavourneen

Hannah O'Dwyer

7.0

Twice Branded

Mrs. Etta Hamilton

6.5

Anna Karenina

Mme. Kartasoff

5.1

Enchanted April

Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)

6.1

Werewolf of London

Mrs. Whack

5.9

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Miss Twinkleton

6.2

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Winifred Trent

6.0

The Return Of Peter Grimm

Mrs. Martha Bartholomew

4.2

Stolen Sweets

Ship Passenger

7.0

Sadie McKee

Woman in Subway (uncredited)

6.4

The Painted Veil

Lady Coldchester (uncredited)

5.2

Jane Eyre

Grace Poole

5.6

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Mrs. Field

6.8

We Live Again

Aunt Marie

5.9

Four Frightened People

Mrs. Ainger's Mother

9.0

Midnight Club

The Duchess

5.8

White Woman

Mrs. Chisholm

6.1

Alice in Wonderland

Miss Simpson (uncredited)

8.0

Horse Play

Emily

6.6

Looking Forward

Miss Judd

6.5

Bombshell

Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)

6.7

Doctor Bull

Miss Ace

5.4

Torch Singer

Agatha Alden

10.0

Tonight Is Ours

Zana

7.0

A Lady's Profession

Lady McDougal

6.0

Union Depot

Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

5.6

Are You Listening?

Mrs. Peters

6.6

Love Me Tonight

Second Aunt

6.3

Westward Passage

Lady Caverly

9.0

The Impatient Maiden

Nurse Lovett

6.9

Waterloo Bridge

Mrs. Hobley

7.4

Chances

Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)

5.6

The Road to Singapore

Mrs. Everard (uncredited)

3.2

Manhattan Parade

Mrs. Beacon

4.6

Once a Lady

Miss Bleeker

6.3

Old English

Adela Heythorp