Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1878-04-25

Deathday

1975-09-09 (97 years old)

Place of Birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Ethel Woods

Ethel Griffies

Biography

We don't have a biography for Ethel Griffies.

Known For

7.5%

The Birds

Mar 28, 1963

7.3%

How Green Was My Valley

Oct 28, 1941

7.5%

Waterloo Bridge

May 17, 1940

6.0%

Werewolf of London

May 13, 1935

6.9%

Jane Eyre

Dec 24, 1943

6.9%

Billy Liar

Aug 15, 1963

6.5%

Stranger on the Third Floor

Aug 16, 1940

6.6%

Anna Karenina

Aug 30, 1935

6.6%

Love Me Tonight

Aug 18, 1932

7.8%

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Sep 20, 1962

6.7%

It Happened Tomorrow

Mar 31, 1944

6.1%

Alice in Wonderland

Dec 18, 1933

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Acting

1965		The Trials of O'Brien
1965		Bus Riley's Back in Town as Mrs. Spencer

1963		Billy Liar as Grandma Florence
1963		The Birds as Mrs. Bundy

1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Lulu

1949

Lights Out

1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Mrs. White
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse as Grandmother

1947		The Homestretch as Aunt Martha
1947		Millie's Daughter as Aunt Katherine

1946		Sing While You Dance as Mrs. Abigail Smith
1946		Devotion as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

1945		Saratoga Trunk as Clarissa Van Steed
1945		The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry as Mrs. Nelson
1945		Molly and Me as Mrs. Lamb
1945		Thrill of a Romance as Mrs. Fenway
1945		The Horn Blows at Midnight as Lady Stover

1944		Music for Millions as Mrs. McGuff
1944		The White Cliffs of Dover as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
1944		Pardon My Rhythm as Mrs. Martha Dean
1944		It Happened Tomorrow as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)

1943		Jane Eyre as Grace Poole
1943		Holy Matrimony as Lady Vale
1943		First Comes Courage as Nurse
1943		Forever and a Day as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter

1942		Time to Kill as Mrs. Murdock
1942		Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Mrs. Graham
1942		Between Us Girls as Gallagher
1942		The Postman Didn't Ring as Catherine Vandewater
1942		Castle in the Desert as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
1942		Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake as Matron (uncredited)

1941		Remember the Day as Undetermined Role
1941		How Green Was My Valley as Mrs. Nicholas
1941		Great Guns as Aunt Agatha
1941		A Yank in the R.A.F. as Lady Fitzhugh
1941		Billy the Kid as Mrs. Hanky
1941		Dead Men Tell as Miss Patience Nodbury

1940		Stranger on the Third Floor as Mrs. Kane
1940		Waterloo Bridge as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)
1940		Irene as Princess Minetti
1940		Vigil in the Night as Matron East

1939		The Mysterious Mr. Davis as Mabel Wilcox
1939		We Are Not Alone as Mrs. Raymond
1939		Over the Moon as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)

1938

Crackerjack as Annie

1937

Kathleen Mavourneen as Hannah O'Dwyer

1936

Twice Branded as Mrs. Etta Hamilton

1935		The Return Of Peter Grimm as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew
1935		Anna Karenina as Mme. Kartasoff
1935		Werewolf of London as Mrs. Whack
1935		Vanessa: Her Love Story as Winifred Trent
1935		The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Miss Twinkleton
1935		Enchanted April as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)

1934		The Painted Veil as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)
1934		We Live Again as Aunt Marie
1934		Jane Eyre as Grace Poole
1934		Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Mrs. Field
1934		Sadie McKee as Woman in Subway (uncredited)
1934		Stolen Sweets as Ship Passenger
1934		Four Frightened People as Mrs. Ainger's Mother

1933		Alice in Wonderland as Miss Simpson (uncredited)
1933		White Woman as Mrs. Chisholm
1933		Bombshell as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
1933		Doctor Bull as Miss Ace
1933		Torch Singer as Agatha Alden
1933		Midnight Club as The Duchess
1933		Horse Play as Emily
1933		Looking Forward as Miss Judd
1933		A Lady's Profession as Lady McDougal
1933		Tonight Is Ours as Zana

1932		Love Me Tonight as Second Aunt
1932		Westward Passage as Lady Caverly
1932		Are You Listening? as Mrs. Peters
1932		The Impatient Maiden as Nurse Lovett
1932		Union Depot as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

1931		Manhattan Parade as Mrs. Beacon
1931		Once a Lady as Miss Bleeker
1931		The Road to Singapore as Mrs. Everard
1931		Waterloo Bridge as Mrs. Hobley
1931		Chances as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)

1930

Old English as Adela Heythorp