May Hallatt
{{Short description|English actress (1876–1969)}}
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|birth_name = Marie Effie Hullatt
|birth_date = {{Birth date |1876|05|01|df=yes}}
|birth_place = Scarborough, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|05|20|1876|05|01|df=y}}
| death_place = London, England
|occupation = Actress
|years_active = 1934–1965
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May Hallatt (born Marie Effie Hullatt; 1 May 1876 – 20 May 1969) was an English theater and film actress.
Personal life
Born on 1 May 1876 in Scarborough,{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/348414|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116204954/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/348414|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 January 2009|website=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|title=May Hallatt profile|accessdate=29 January 2018}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=Neil+Hallett+son+of+actress+May+Hallatt&pg=RA5-PA1888|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|accessdate=29 January 2018|via=Google Books}} was baptised at St Michael on the Mount, Lincoln, on 13 Jan 1884, she was the daughter of William Henry Hallatt, actor, and Carrie Sydney, née Caroline Sidney Henderson. Her mother was daughter of the Artist agent Alexander Henderson, father of the writer Effie Adelaide Rowlands and the actress Blanche Massey.
A number of published sources incorrectly name her as mother of the actor Neil Hallett.
May Hallatt died on 20 May 1969 in London, England, aged 93.
Career
Often cast in eccentric roles, within her 30-year career, she was known for Painted Boats (1945), Black Narcissus (1947) and Separate Tables (1958).{{cite web|url=http://www.tinaaumontseyes.com/entertaining-eccentrics-may-hallatt-1876-1969|title=Entertaining Eccentrics – May Hallatt (1876–1969) - Rediscovering Cult Movies & Forgotten Films|website=Tinaaumontseyes.com|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
In Terence Rattigan's Separate Tables, she played Miss Meacham in the 1954 original West End, Broadway productions and the film versions.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/44p/separate-tables/production/pe9|title=Production of Separate Tables|website=Theatricalia.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/separate-tables-2573|title=Separate Tables – Broadway Play – Original|website=Ibdb.com|accessdate=29 January 2018}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Important People | Mrs. Stenham | |
| 1934 | Virginia's Husband | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Talking Feet | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | The Lambeth Walk | Lady Battersby | |
| 1939 | The Dark Eyes of London | Police Constable Griggs | Uncredited |
| 1939 | The Mysterious Mr. Davis | Telegraph Clerk | Uncredited |
| 1945 | Painted Boats | Her Mother | |
| 1947 | Black Narcissus | Angu Ayah | |
| 1949 | Trottie True | Old Ellen | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Romantic Age | Matron | Uncredited |
| 1949 | The Spider and the Fly | Monique | |
| 1952 | The Card | Ladies Committee Member | Uncredited |
| 1952 | Ivanhoe | Elgitha | Uncredited |
| 1953 | The Pickwick Papers | Uncredited | |
| 1953 | Grand National Night | Hoskyns | |
| 1953 | Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue | Ballad Hawker | |
| 1954 | The Million Pound Note | Hysterical Woman at Bumbles Hotel | Uncredited |
| 1955 | The Gold Express | Agatha Merton | |
| 1958 | The Horse's Mouth | Charwoman | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Separate Tables | Miss Meacham | |
| 1959 | Room at the Top | Miss Tanfield | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Old Mrs. Spanager | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Follow That Man | Nannie | |
| 1961 | Dangerous Afternoon | Miss Burge | |
| 1963 | Bitter Harvest | Aunt Sarah |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0356294}}
- {{IBDB name|99564}}
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Category:English stage actresses
Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Actresses from Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Category:20th-century English actresses
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