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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...
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The Grapes of WrathMovie • 1940
CamilleMovie • 1936
DesireMovie • 1936
After the Thin ManMovie • 1936
Marie AntoinetteMovie • 1938
Werewolf of LondonMovie • 1935
Anthony AdverseMovie • 1936
The Story of Alexander Graham BellMovie • 1939
Tobacco RoadMovie • 1941
CamilleMovie • 1921
The Bohemian GirlMovie • 1936
Alice AdamsMovie • 1935
The Last Days of PompeiiMovie • 1935