Ethel Griffies

Bus Riley's Back in Town

1965

as Mrs. Spencer

Billy Liar

1963

as Grandma Florence

The Birds

1963

as Mrs. Bundy

The Homestretch

1947

as Aunt Martha

Millie's Daughter

1947

as Aunt Katherine

Sing While You Dance

1946

as Mrs. Abigail Smith

Devotion

1946

as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

Saratoga Trunk

1945

as Clarissa Van Steed

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945

as Mrs. Nelson

Molly and Me

1945

as Mrs. Lamb

Thrill of a Romance

1945

as Mrs. Fenway

The Horn Blows at Midnight

1945

as Lady Stover

Music for Millions

1944

as Mrs. McGuff

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)

Pardon My Rhythm

1944

as Mrs. Martha Dean

It Happened Tomorrow

1944

as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)

Jane Eyre

1943

as Grace Poole

Holy Matrimony

1943

as Lady Vale

First Comes Courage

1943

as Nurse

Forever and a Day

1943

as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter

Time to Kill

1942

as Mrs. Murdock

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

as Mrs. Graham

Between Us Girls

1942

as Gallagher

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942

as Catherine Vandewater

Castle in the Desert

1942

as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

1942

as Matron (uncredited)

Right to the Heart

1942

as Minerva Bromley

Remember the Day

1941

as Undetermined Role

How Green Was My Valley

1941

as Mrs. Nicholas

Great Guns

1941

as Aunt Agatha

A Yank in the R.A.F.

1941

as Lady Fitzhugh

Billy the Kid

1941

as Mrs. Hanky

Dead Men Tell

1941

as Miss Patience Nodbury

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940

as Mrs. Kane

Waterloo Bridge

1940

as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

Irene

1940

as Princess Minetti

Vigil in the Night

1940

as Matron East

The Mysterious Mr. Davis

1939

as Mabel Wilcox

We Are Not Alone

1939

as Mrs. Raymond

Over the Moon

1939

as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)

I'm from Missouri

1939

as Miss Wildhack

Crackerjack

1938

as Annie

Kathleen Mavourneen

1937

as Hannah O'Dwyer

Twice Branded

1936

as Mrs. Etta Hamilton

The Return Of Peter Grimm

1935

as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew

Anna Karenina

1935

as Mme. Kartasoff

Werewolf of London

1935

as Mrs. Whack

Vanessa: Her Love Story

1935

as Winifred Trent

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

as Miss Twinkleton

Enchanted April

1935

as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)

The Painted Veil

1934

as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)

We Live Again

1934

as Aunt Marie

Jane Eyre

1934

as Grace Poole

Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

1934

as Mrs. Field

Sadie McKee

1934

as Woman in Subway (uncredited)

Stolen Sweets

1934

as Ship Passenger

Four Frightened People

1934

as Mrs. Ainger's Mother

Alice in Wonderland

1933

as Miss Simpson (uncredited)

White Woman

1933

as Mrs. Chisholm

Bombshell

1933

as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)

Doctor Bull

1933

as Miss Ace

Torch Singer

1933

as Agatha Alden

Midnight Club

1933

as The Duchess

Horse Play

1933

as Emily

Looking Forward

1933

as Miss Judd

A Lady's Profession

1933

as Lady McDougal

Tonight Is Ours

1933

as Zana

Love Me Tonight

1932

as Second Aunt

Westward Passage

1932

as Lady Caverly

Are You Listening?

1932

as Mrs. Peters

The Impatient Maiden

1932

as Nurse Lovett

Union Depot

1932

as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

Manhattan Parade

1931

as Mrs. Beacon

Once a Lady

1931

as Miss Bleeker

The Road to Singapore

1931

as Mrs. Everard (uncredited)

Waterloo Bridge

1931

as Mrs. Hobley

Chances

1931

as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)

Old English

1930

as Adela Heythorp