
Known for
Acting
Born
November 18, 1863
Birthplace
Paddington, London, England, UK
Died
July 24, 1950 (aged 86)
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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 re...
1955
1942
as Fortune Teller
1941
as Granny Carson
1941
as Grandma Lester
1940
as Ma Hawkins
1940
as Granny Stokes
1940
as Grandma Joad
1940
as Mrs. Cobb
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)
1939
as Natalya Petrovna
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon
1939
as Miss Mary
1939
as Mrs. Sanders
1939
as Mrs. Jepson
1938
as Aunt Meg
1938
as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
1938
as Grandma
1938
as Old Woman
1938
as Flower Woman
1938
as Mrs. Weevens
1937
as Mrs. Crippen
1937
as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
1937
as Zeffie
1937
as Miss Gordon
1937
as Mrs. Beamish