Edna May Oliver (born Edna May Nutter, November , â€" November , )
was an American stage and film actress. During the s, she was one of
the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing
tart-tongued spinsters.Born in Malden, Massachusetts, the daughter of
Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter. She quit school at age fourteen in
order to pursue a career on stage and achieved her first success in
on Broadway in Jerome Kern's musical comedy Oh, Boy!, playing the
hero's comically dour Aunt Penelope.In , Oliver appeared on Broadway
in The Cradle Snatchers, co-starring Mary Boland, Gene Raymond and
Humphrey Bogart. Oliver's most notable stage appearance was as Parthy,
wife of Cap'n Andy Hawks, in the original stage production of the
musical Show Boat. She repeated the role in the Broadway revival, but
turned down the chance to play Parthy in the film version of the show
to play the Nurse in that year's film version of Romeo and Juliet.
was an American stage and film actress. During the s, she was one of
the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing
tart-tongued spinsters.Born in Malden, Massachusetts, the daughter of
Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter. She quit school at age fourteen in
order to pursue a career on stage and achieved her first success in
on Broadway in Jerome Kern's musical comedy Oh, Boy!, playing the
hero's comically dour Aunt Penelope.In , Oliver appeared on Broadway
in The Cradle Snatchers, co-starring Mary Boland, Gene Raymond and
Humphrey Bogart. Oliver's most notable stage appearance was as Parthy,
wife of Cap'n Andy Hawks, in the original stage production of the
musical Show Boat. She repeated the role in the Broadway revival, but
turned down the chance to play Parthy in the film version of the show
to play the Nurse in that year's film version of Romeo and Juliet.
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