Personal info

Known for

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

5 / Apr / 1878 (146 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

7.8

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

5 / Sep / 1962

7.5

The Birds

5 / Mar / 1963

7.5

Waterloo Bridge

6 / May / 1940

7.4

Forever and a Day

5 / Jan / 1943

7.3

How Green Was My Valley

3 / Oct / 1941

7.2

Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

5 / Jan / 1942

7.0

Waterloo Bridge

3 / Sep / 1931

7.0

Kathleen Mavourneen

2 / Feb / 1937

7.0

Chances

7 / Jul / 1931

7.0

Sadie McKee

4 / May / 1934

Credits

Acting

1965

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Bus Riley's Back in Town

as Mrs. Spencer

1965

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The Trials of O'Brien

(1 episode)

1963

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The Birds

as Mrs. Bundy

1963

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Billy Liar

as Grandma Florence

1962

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The Merv Griffin Show

(3 episodes) as Self

1962

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

(1 episode) as Lulu

1949

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Lights Out

(1 episode)

1948

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The Philco Television Playhouse

(1 episode) as Mrs. White

1948

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The Philco Television Playhouse

(1 episode) as Grandmother

1947

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The Homestretch

as Aunt Martha

1947

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Millie's Daughter

as Aunt Katherine

1946

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Devotion

as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell

1946

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Sing While You Dance

as Mrs. Abigail Smith

1945

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The Horn Blows at Midnight

as Lady Stover

1945

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Thrill of a Romance

as Mrs. Fenway

1945

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Saratoga Trunk

as Clarissa Van Steed

1945

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Molly and Me

as Mrs. Lamb

1945

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

as Mrs. Nelson

1944

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It Happened Tomorrow

as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)

1944

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The White Cliffs of Dover

as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)

1944

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Pardon My Rhythm

as Mrs. Martha Dean

1944

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Music for Millions

as Mrs. McGuff

1943

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Holy Matrimony

as Lady Vale

1943

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First Comes Courage

as Nurse

1943

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Forever and a Day

as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter

1943

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Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole

1942

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The Postman Didn't Ring

as Catherine Vandewater

1942

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Castle in the Desert

as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie

1942

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Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

as Matron (uncredited)

1942

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Mrs. Graham

1942

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Between Us Girls

as Gallagher

1942

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Time to Kill

as Mrs. Murdock

1941

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Dead Men Tell

as Miss Patience Nodbury

1941

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A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Lady Fitzhugh

1941

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Billy the Kid

as Mrs. Hanky

1941

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Great Guns

as Aunt Agatha

1941

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How Green Was My Valley

as Mrs. Nicholas

1941

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Remember the Day

as Undetermined Role

1940

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Stranger on the Third Floor

as Mrs. Kane

1940

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Vigil in the Night

as Matron East

1940

•

Waterloo Bridge

as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)

1940

•

Irene

as Princess Minetti

1939

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Over the Moon

as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)

1939

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The Mysterious Mr. Davis

as Mabel Wilcox

1939

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We Are Not Alone

as Mrs. Raymond

1938

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Crackerjack

as Annie

1937

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Kathleen Mavourneen

as Hannah O'Dwyer

1936

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Twice Branded

as Mrs. Etta Hamilton

1935

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Werewolf of London

as Mrs. Whack

1935

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The Mystery of Edwin Drood

as Miss Twinkleton

1935

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Enchanted April

as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)

1935

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The Return Of Peter Grimm

as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew

1935

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Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Winifred Trent

1935

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Anna Karenina

as Mme. Kartasoff

1934

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Jane Eyre

as Grace Poole

1934

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We Live Again

as Aunt Marie

1934

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

as Mrs. Field

1934

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The Painted Veil

as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)

1934

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Stolen Sweets

as Ship Passenger

1934

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Four Frightened People

as Mrs. Ainger's Mother

1934

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Sadie McKee

as Woman in Subway (uncredited)

1933

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Bombshell

as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)

1933

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Alice in Wonderland

as Miss Simpson (uncredited)

1933

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Torch Singer

as Agatha Alden

1933

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A Lady's Profession

as Lady McDougal

1933

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Tonight Is Ours

as Zana

1933

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White Woman

as Mrs. Chisholm

1933

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Horse Play

as Emily

1933

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Looking Forward

as Miss Judd

1933

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Doctor Bull

as Miss Ace

1933

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Midnight Club

as The Duchess

1932

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Love Me Tonight

as Second Aunt

1932

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The Impatient Maiden

as Nurse Lovett

1932

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Are You Listening?

as Mrs. Peters

1932

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Union Depot

as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)

1932

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Westward Passage

as Lady Caverly

1931

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Waterloo Bridge

as Mrs. Hobley

1931

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Once a Lady

as Miss Bleeker

1931

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The Road to Singapore

as Mrs. Everard

1931

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Manhattan Parade

as Mrs. Beacon

1931

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Chances

as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)

1930

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Old English

as Adela Heythorp

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