Zeffie Tilbury

Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (20 November 1863 - 24 July 1950) was an English actress [ [http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/cgi-bin/res.pl?keyword=Zeffie+Tilbury&offset=0 Zeffie Tilbury] profile at Probert Encyclopedia] [http://www.cinemorgue.com/zeffietilbury.html Zeffie Tilbury] profile at Cinemorgue]

Born in London, Tilbury was known first on the London stage [ [http://www.phyllis.demon.co.uk/theatricalia/07class/souv.htm "Classical Plays: Souvenirs and Portraits",] Rob Wilton Theatricalia] and later for playing wise or evil older characters in films, such as Grandma Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" (1940) and Grandma Lester in "Tobacco Road" (1941). She appeared in over seventy films. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0863193/ Zeffie Tilbury,] The Internet Movie Database]

Tilbury was the daughter of the variety performer Lydia Thompson and John Christian Tilbury, a riding-master, who died in a steeplechasing accident in 1864, when he was rolled on by his horse. [Gänzl, Kurt. [http://home.att.net/~mforder/lydia_thompson.htm Lydia Thompson] in "Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre", Blackwell/Schirmer (1994)]

Tilbury was married twice. First to Arthur Frederick Lewis in 1887, and later to L. E. Woodthorpe, who died in 1915. Tilbury died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 86.

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