Ethel Griffies

Ethel Griffies

British actress (1878-1975)

Ethel Griffies was a British actress. She is remembered for portraying the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic The Birds (1963). She appeared in stage roles in the United Kingdom and the United States, and had featured roles in around 100 motion pictures. Griffies was one of the oldest working actors in the English-speaking theatre at the time of her death at 97 years old. She acted alongside such stars as May Whitty, Ellen Terry, and Anna Neagle.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 18 films (1931–1946) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1931 WATERLOO BRIDGE. Universal Pictures Corp. 9 reels B&W
1932 Are You Listening? Harry Beaumont 73 min B&W
1932 Love Me Tonight Paramount Pictures (1932) (USA) (theatrical) (A Paramount Picture): Distributor | Paramount Pictures (presents: A Rouben Mamoulian Production) (as Paramount): Publisher 1:04 16mm B&W sound
1932 MANHATTAN PARADE. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1933 BOMBSHELL. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels B&W
1933 Doctor Bull John Ford 77 B&W
1933 MIDNIGHT CLUB. Paramount Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 TORCH SINGER. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1934 Four frightened people 1934) (theatrical): Distributor 1:18:00 16mm B&W sound
1935 THE RETURN OF PETER GRIMM. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 9 reels B&W
1935 WEREWOLF OF LONDON. Universal Pictures Corp. 2 reels B&W
1941 How Green Was My Valley. John Ford 10730 ft. B&W
1942 THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER R C M Productions 127 min 16mm B&W sound
1942 The White Cliffs Of Dover. Clarence Brown 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1942 Time To Kill. Herbert I. Leeds 5 479 ft. B&W
1944 Jane Eyre. Robert Stevenson 8 520 ft. B&W
1944 Music For Millions Irving Lesser Enterprises 120 min 16mm B&W sound
1946 Saratoga Trunk. Sam Wood 135 min B&W