--- name: "Tempe Pigott" canonical: "https://film.one/person/tempe-pigott" roles: ["Actor"] born: "1 February 1884" died: "6 October 1962" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-19T22:01:58.785581+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." --- # Tempe Pigott Actor. Born 1 February 1884 in London, England, UK. Died 6 October 1962. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 1 February 1884, London, England, UK - **Died:** 6 October 1962 - **Also known as:** Tempe Piggott, Tempe Pigett - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe_Pigott, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3517461, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683114/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29603 ## Biography Tempe Pigott was an Australian-born character actress who appeared in numerous silent and sound films, often in supporting or uncredited roles as elderly or working-class women. She had a stage career in England, Australia, Canada and the United States before entering motion pictures in the 1920s. Among her notable screen roles were Mother McTeague in *Greed* (1924) and Mrs Hawkins in *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931). She played Mrs Snapper in *Cavalcade* (1933). Pigott died on 6 October 1962 in Woodland Hills, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Mrs. Snapper — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), Fi1m 89, as Auntie Glutz (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Thunder on the Hill* (1951), as Old Crone (uncredited) - *The Pilgrimage Play* (1949), as Serving Woman - *The Fan* (1949), as Mrs. Rudge (uncredited) - *Forever Amber* (1947), Actor - *Kitty* (1945), as Woman in Window (uncredited) - *Jane Eyre* (1943), as Fortune Teller - *Now, Voyager* (1942), as Mrs. Smith (uncredited) - *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Mrs. Dibble (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md) - *Arise, My Love* (1940), as Woman in Irish Pub (uncredited) - *Waterloo Bridge* (1940), as Cockney in Air-Raid Shelter (uncredited) - *The Earl of Chicago* (1940), as Mrs. Oakes (uncredited) - *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1939), as Madeleine (uncredited) - *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), as (uncredited) - *Boys' Reformatory* (1939), as Mrs. Callahan - *The Rage of Paris* (1938), as Nicole's Landlady (uncredited) - *Fools for Scandal* (1938), as Bessie - *Who's Looney Now* (1936), as Mrs. Sawyer the Mother-in-Law - *The White Angel* (1936), as Mrs. Waters - *Little Lord Fauntleroy* (1936), as Mrs. Dibble - *Kind Lady* (1935), as Flower Woman (uncredited) - *A Feather in Her Hat* (1935), as Katy (uncredited) - *Becky Sharp* (1935), as The Charwoman - *Calm Yourself* (1935), as Anne 'Annie' (as Tempe Piggott) - *Werewolf of London* (1935), as Drunk Woman (uncredited) - *The Devil Is a Woman* (1935), as Tuerta (as Tempe Piggott) - *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935), as Auntie Glutz (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/bride-of-frankenstein.md) - *Vanessa: Her Love Story* (1935), as Cake Seller at the Fair - *One More River* (1934), as Mrs. Purdy - *Of Human Bondage* (1934), as Agnes Hollett (uncredited) - *Long Lost Father* (1934), as Mrs. Gamp - The Old Woman - *Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen* (1934), as Woman Praying In Church - *If I Were Free* (1933), as Mrs. Gill - *Doctor Bull* (1933), as Grandma Banning - *Man of the Forest* (1933), as Peg's Friend - *Oliver Twist* (1933), as Mrs. Corney - *Cavalcade* (1933), as Mrs. Snapper — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md) - *If I Had a Million* (1932), as Idylwood Resident (uncredited) - *American Madness* (1932), as Mrs. Halligan (uncredited) - *Murders in the Rue Morgue* (1932), as Crone (uncredited) - *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1931), as Mrs. Hawkins - *Devotion* (1931), as Tibby - The Cook - *Born to Love* (1931), as Landlady (uncredited) - *Night Work* (1930), as Flora - *Seven Days Leave* (1930), as Mrs. Haggerty - *Road House* (1928), as Grandma Grayson - *Wallflowers* (1928), as Mrs. Claybourne - *Silk Stockings* (1927), as Mrs. Gower - *The Midnight Kiss* (1926), as Grandma Spencer - *The Black Pirate* (1926), as Duenna (as Tempe Pigett) - *Without Mercy* (1925), as Madame Gordon - *The Narrow Street* (1925), as Aunt Agnes - *Greed* (1924), as Mother McTeague - *The Dawn of a Tomorrow* (1924), as Ginney - *The Rustle of Silk* (1923), as Mrs. De Breeze - *The Woman Who Walked Alone* (1922), as Muller, Irish maid ## Gallery - ![Tempe Pigott in Becky Sharp (cropped screenshot) (1935)](https://film.one/media/person/300295/gallery-973fe4fcb82f.jpg) Tempe Pigott in Becky Sharp (cropped screenshot) (1935) — film screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Tempe_Pigott_in_Becky_Sharp.jpg/1280px-Tempe_Pigott_in_Becky_Sharp.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Tempe Pigott](https://film.one/media/person/300295/gallery-a03206279bc3.jpg) Tempe Pigott — Albert Parker, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Tempe_Pigott-Billie_Dove_in_The_Black_Pirate.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Tempe Pigott](https://film.one/media/person/300295/gallery-7e372b046112.jpg) Tempe Pigott — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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