
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)

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Grandma Joad

Tobacco Road
1941
as Grandma Lester

Camille
1936
as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs

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

Boy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Jepson

Stranded
1935
as Old Hag (uncredited)

Emergency Squad
1940
as Mrs. Cobb

Parnell
1937
as Old Lady

Anthony Adverse
1936
as Old Woman at Chalet

Bachelor Bait
1934
as Miss Turner (uncredited)

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
as Drunk in Jail Cell

Camille
1921
as Prudence

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

Hideaway
1937
as Mrs. Beamish

Werewolf of London
1935
as Mrs. Moncaster

Bad Boy
1935
as Deaf Woman

Kidnapped
1938
as Old Woman

Desire
1936
as Aunt Olga

Alice Adams
1935
as Mrs. Dresser (uncredited)
Ocean Swells
1934
as Auntie

After the Thin Man
1936
as Aunt Lucy (uncredited)

Woman Against Woman
1938
as Grandma

Parole!
1936
as Molly Smith

Lady of the Tropics
1939
as Woman Congratulating Manon

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as The Opium Woman

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
1937
as Zeffie

Maid of Salem
1937
as Goody Hodgers

Tell No Tales
1939
as Miss Mary

The Earl of Chicago
1940
as Miss Nana (uncredited)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mrs. Sanders

Midnight Taxi
1937
as Mrs. Lane

The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Mrs. Daniel Beall

Blind Adventure
1933

The White Angel
1936
as Woman Donating Sheets (uncredited)

Balalaika
1939
as Natalya Petrovna

The Single Standard
1929
as Mrs. Handley

Mystery Liner
1934
as Granny Plimpton

The Bohemian Girl
1936
as Gypsy Queen

Women Must Dress
1935
as Peg Martin

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Old Townswoman

Made on Broadway
1933
as Aunt Ada

Another Scandal
1924
as Brownie

Under Cover of Night
1937
as Mrs. Nash

Comin' Round the Mountain
1940
as Granny Stokes

It Happened in Hollywood
1937
as Miss Gordon

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

Flying with Music
1942
as Fortune Teller

The Night of Love
1927
as Lady in Waiting

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
as Mrs. Weevens

Rhythm in the Clouds
1937
as The Duchess de Lovely

Mothers of Men
1920
as Mrs. De La Motte

Hunted Men
1938
as Flower Woman

Federal Bullets
1937
as Mrs. Crippen

Two Alone
1934
as Rogers' Neighbor (uncredited)

Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
as Mrs. Luce

She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Ma Hawkins

Clothes
1920
as Mrs. Cathcart

Arrest Bulldog Drummond
1938
as Aunt Meg

Second Childhood
1936
as Grandma

The Avalanche
1919
as Mrs. Ruyler

Navy Wife
1935
as Bridge Player
Grandma's Buoys
1936
as Grandma

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

Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Granny Carson

Blind Man's Luck
1917
as Mrs. Guerton

A Society Exile
1919
as Mrs. Stanley Shelby

Big Game
1921
as Aunt Sarah Winthrop

The Marriage of William Ashe
1921
as Lady Tranmore

Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Esther Warren
The Fuller Gush Man
1934
as Grandma

The Ship from Shanghai
1930
as Lady Daley

Vamp Till Ready
1936
as Woman

Old Hutch
1936
as Elderly Woman in Bank
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
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Grandma Joad
- Tobacco Road (1941) — as Grandma Lester
- Camille (1936) — as Old Duchess Bidding 3750 Francs
- Marie Antoinette (1938) — as Dowager at Birth of Dauphin (uncredited)
- Boy Trouble (1939) — as Mrs. Jepson
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