Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver is a talented actress. She primarily works in the American film industry. She was born on 9 November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts, United States of America. She passed away at 52 on 9 November 1942 in Malibu, California, United States of America. Edna debuted with the film, “Wife in Name Only” released in 1923. She is popularly known for her work in the film “Penguin Pool Murder” released in 1932. The film is a mystery-comedy drama directed by George Archainbaud. The story, written by Willis Goldbeck, Stuart Palmer and Lowell Gleason, revolves around a shady stockbroker Gerald Parker who is found dead in the penguin pool of a New York City aquarium. The cast includes talented actors like Robert Armstrong and James Gleason.

Edna was featured in the film “David Copperfield” released in 1935. The film is directed by George Cukor and written by Charles Dickens The world-renowned British writer and social criti >> Read More... along with Hugh Walpole and Howard Estabrook. In 1937, Edna is featured in “My Dear Miss Aldrich,” directed by George B. Seitz. Edna plays the role of Mrs. Atherton. The film’s plot revolves around when a New York Globe-Leader dies without a will and is inherited by the only living relative, Martha Aldrich. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), a romance war-drama directed by John Ford. Edna plays the character, Aunty Betsey in the film.

The film’s plot revolves around the lives of newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin, who try to establish a farm in Mohawk but are disturbed as the Revolutionary War begins. The cast includes actors like Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert, formerly known as Émilie "Lily" >> Read More... and Henry Fonda Henry Fonda is an Academy Award winning American a >> Read More... . Moreover, Edna received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in “Drums Along the Mohawk”. Other films in which Edna May Oliver is featured are namely, Lydia (1941), Pride and Prejudice (1940), Little Miss Broadway (1938), Murder on a Honeymoon (1935), and many more.