Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: November 9, 1883

Death Date: November 9, 1942 — 59 years old

Birth Place: Malden, Massachusetts

Awards

 IMDB

Edna May Oliver was an American actress who was best known for her role in "Drums Along the Mohawk" as Mrs. Mc Klennar. Oliver was nominated for an Academy Award in 1940 for the same project.

Credits

Actor Guest Producer Director Writer Music All Credits

Lydia

Actor
Sarah MacMillan
Movie
1941

Pride and PrejudiceStream

Actor
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Movie
1940
100%

Drums Along the Mohawk

Actor
Mrs. McKlennar
Movie
1939

Nurse Edith Cavell

Actor
Countess de Mavon
Movie
1939

Second Fiddle

Actor
Aunt Phoebe
Movie
1939

The Story of Vernon & Irene Castle

Actor
Maggie Sutton
Movie
1939

Little Miss Broadway

Actor
Sarah Wendling
Movie
1938

Paradise for Three

Actor
Mrs. Julia Kunkel
Movie
1938

RosalieStream

Actor
Queen of Romanza
Miniseries
1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Actor
Mrs. Lou Atherton
Movie
1937

Parnell

Actor
Aunt Ben Wood
Movie
1937

Romeo and JulietStream

Actor
Nurse to Juliet
Movie
1936
75%

A Tale of Two CitiesStream

Actor
Miss Pross
Movie
1935
93%

David CopperfieldStream

Actor
Aunt Betsey
Movie
1935
100%

Murder on a Honeymoon

Actor
Hildegarde Withers
Movie
1935

No More Ladies

Actor
Fanny
Movie
1935

We're Rich Again

Actor
Maude Stanley
Movie
1934

Murder on the Blackboard

Actor
Hildegarde Withers
Movie
1934

The Last Gentleman

Actor
Augusta Pritchard
Movie
1934

It's Great to Be Alive

Actor
Dr. Prodwell
Movie
1933

Meet the Baron

Actor
Dean Primrose
Movie
1933

Ann Vickers

Actor
Malvina Wormser
Movie
1933

Great Jasper

Actor
Madame Talma
Movie
1933

Only Yesterday

Actor
Leona
Movie
1933

Little WomenStream

Actor
Aunt March
Movie
1933
89%

Hold 'Em Jail

Actor
Violet
Movie
1932

Ladies of the Jury

Actor
Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane
Movie
1932

Pioneer Builders

Actor
Matilda Blake
Movie
1932

The Penguin Pool Murder

Actor
Miss Hildegarde Martha Withers
Movie
1932

The Conquerors

Actor
Matilda Blake
Movie
1932

Cracked Nuts

Actor
Aunt Minnie Van Varden
Movie
1931

Fanny Foley Herself

Actor
Fanny Foley
Movie
1931

CimarronStream

Actor
Mrs. Tracy Wyatt
Movie
1931
52%

Laugh and Get Rich

Actor
Mrs. Sarah Cranston Austin
Movie
1931

Half Shot at Sunrise

Actor
Mrs. Marshall
Movie
1930

Manhattan

Actor
Movie
1924

Wife in Name Only

Actor
Mrs. Dornham
Movie
1923

Photos

edna may oliver, early 1930sALICE IN WONDERLAND, Edna May Oliver as The Red Queen, 1933ALICE IN WONDERLAND, from left: Charlotte Henry, Edna May Oliver as The Red Queen, 1933ALICE IN WONDERLAND, Louise Fazenda, as the White Queen, Charlotte Henry, Edna May Oliver, as the Red Queen, 1933ALICE IN WONDERLAND, seated center, from left: Louise Fazenda as the White Queen, Charlotte Henry as Alice, Edna May Oliver as the Red Queen, 1933THE CONQUERORS, Ann Harding, Edna May Oliver, Richard Dix, 1932