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name: "Ethel Griffies"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ethel-griffies"
fi1m_id: "ethel-griffies"
imdb_id: "nm0341100"
tmdb_id: 8232
wikidata_id: "Q276116"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 April 1878"
died: "9 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-25T00:59:03.590330+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ethel Griffies

## Identity

Ethel Griffies

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ethel-griffies
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ethel-griffies
- **IMDb ID:** nm0341100
- **TMDB ID:** 8232
- **Wikidata ID:** Q276116
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Griffies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276116, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8232

Actor. Born 25 April 1878 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 9 September 1975.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 April 1878, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 9 September 1975
- **Active:** 1932–1941
- **Also known as:** Ethel Woods
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 84 (1), 1940s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Griffies, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276116, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0341100/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8232

## Biography

Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods) was an English actress of stage, screen and television. The daughter of actor-manager Samuel Rupert Woods and actress Lillie Roberts, she began her career on stage at the age of three and made her London debut in 1899. She later appeared on Broadway from 1924 and continued working in theatre until 1967.

Griffies appeared in around 100 films and television productions from the 1930s onwards, often in supporting roles. Her credits include *Love Me Tonight* (1932) as Second Aunt, *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), *Jane Eyre* (1943) as Grace Poole, *Billy Liar* (1963) as Grandma Florence and *The Birds* (1963) as Mrs Bundy. She died in London in 1975.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Nicholas — [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), Fi1m 84, as Second Aunt — [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Trials of O'Brien* (1965), series, Actor
- *Bus Riley's Back in Town* (1965), as Mrs. Spencer
- *Billy Liar* (1963), as Grandma Florence
- *The Birds* (1963), as Mrs. Bundy
- *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Lulu
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Mrs. White, Grandmother
- *The Homestretch* (1947), as Aunt Martha
- *Millie's Daughter* (1947), as Aunt Katherine
- *Sing While You Dance* (1946), as Mrs. Abigail Smith
- *Devotion* (1946), as Aunt Elizabeth Branwell
- *Saratoga Trunk* (1945), as Clarissa Van Steed
- *The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry* (1945), as Mrs. Nelson
- *Molly and Me* (1945), as Mrs. Lamb
- *Thrill of a Romance* (1945), as Mrs. Fenway
- *The Horn Blows at Midnight* (1945), as Lady Stover
- *Music for Millions* (1944), as Mrs. McGuff
- *The White Cliffs of Dover* (1944), as Woman on Train Opening Window (uncredited)
- *Pardon My Rhythm* (1944), as Mrs. Martha Dean
- *It Happened Tomorrow* (1944), as Mrs. O'Connor (uncredited)
- *Jane Eyre* (1943), as Grace Poole
- *Holy Matrimony* (1943), as Lady Vale
- *First Comes Courage* (1943), as Nurse
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), as Wife of Man in Air Raid Shelter
- *Time to Kill* (1942), as Mrs. Murdock
- *Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch* (1942), as Mrs. Graham
- *Between Us Girls* (1942), as Gallagher
- *The Postman Didn't Ring* (1942), as Catherine Vandewater
- *Castle in the Desert* (1942), as Mme. Saturnia, aka Lizzie
- *Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake* (1942), as Matron (uncredited)
- *Right to the Heart* (1942), as Minerva Bromley
- *Remember the Day* (1941), as Undetermined Role
- *How Green Was My Valley* (1941), as Mrs. Nicholas — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/how-green-was-my-valley.md)
- *Great Guns* (1941), as Aunt Agatha
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), as Lady Fitzhugh
- *Billy the Kid* (1941), as Mrs. Hanky
- *Dead Men Tell* (1941), as Miss Patience Nodbury
- *Stranger on the Third Floor* (1940), as Mrs. Kane
- *Waterloo Bridge* (1940), as Mrs. Clark - Landlady (uncredited)
- *Irene* (1940), as Princess Minetti
- *Vigil in the Night* (1940), as Matron East
- *The Mysterious Mr. Davis* (1939), as Mabel Wilcox
- *We Are Not Alone* (1939), as Mrs. Raymond
- *Over the Moon* (1939), as Miss Bates - the Governess (uncredited)
- *I'm from Missouri* (1939), as Miss Wildhack
- *Crackerjack* (1938), as Annie
- *Kathleen Mavourneen* (1937), as Hannah O'Dwyer
- *Twice Branded* (1936), as Mrs. Etta Hamilton
- *The Return Of Peter Grimm* (1935), as Mrs. Martha Bartholomew
- *Anna Karenina* (1935), as Mme. Kartasoff
- *Werewolf of London* (1935), as Mrs. Whack
- *Vanessa: Her Love Story* (1935), as Winifred Trent
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1935), as Miss Twinkleton
- *Enchanted April* (1935), as Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
- *The Painted Veil* (1934), as Lady Coldchester (uncredited)
- *We Live Again* (1934), as Aunt Marie
- *Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back* (1934), as Mrs. Field
- *Jane Eyre* (1934), as Grace Poole
- *Sadie McKee* (1934), as Woman in Subway (uncredited)
- *Stolen Sweets* (1934), as Ship Passenger
- *Four Frightened People* (1934), as Mrs. Ainger's Mother
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1933), as Miss Simpson (uncredited)
- *White Woman* (1933), as Mrs. Chisholm
- *Bombshell* (1933), as Mrs. Ward - Orphanage Representative (uncredited)
- *Doctor Bull* (1933), as Miss Ace
- *Torch Singer* (1933), as Agatha Alden
- *Midnight Club* (1933), as The Duchess
- *Horse Play* (1933), as Emily
- *Looking Forward* (1933), as Miss Judd
- *A Lady's Profession* (1933), as Lady McDougal
- *Tonight Is Ours* (1933), as Zana
- *Love Me Tonight* (1932), as Second Aunt — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/love-me-tonight.md)
- *Westward Passage* (1932), as Lady Caverly
- *Are You Listening?* (1932), as Mrs. Peters
- *The Impatient Maiden* (1932), as Nurse Lovett
- *Union Depot* (1932), as Cross Woman at Magazine Stand (uncredited)
- *Manhattan Parade* (1931), as Mrs. Beacon
- *Once a Lady* (1931), as Miss Bleeker
- *The Road to Singapore* (1931), as Mrs. Everard (uncredited)
- *Waterloo Bridge* (1931), as Mrs. Hobley
- *Chances* (1931), as Drunken Flower Vendor in Pub (uncredited)
- *Old English* (1930), as Adela Heythorp

## Gallery

- ![Ethel Griffies in American film Jane Eyre (1934)](https://film.one/media/person/1232181/gallery-be06c47fa5b7.jpg) Ethel Griffies in American film Jane Eyre (1934) — Monogram Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ethel_Griffies_in_Jane_Eyre_%281934%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Screenshot of Ethel Griffies from the theatrical trailer for the 1943 film Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)](https://film.one/media/person/1232181/gallery-a42915693d60.jpg) Screenshot of Ethel Griffies from the theatrical trailer for the 1943 film Stranger on the Third Floor (1940) — RKO Radio Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Ethel_Griffies_in_Stranger_on_the_Third_Floor_trailer_%281940%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ethel Griffies](https://film.one/media/person/1232181/gallery-e7fc1f92bf5f.jpg) Ethel Griffies — Image via TMDB

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