Portrait of Edna May Oliver

Acting

Edna May Oliver

Career

Active from 1923 to 1941, busiest in 1933 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday
GoodWatch score85/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards ยท Actress in a Supporting Role

    1940 ยท Nominated ยท 12th Academy Awards

    Drums Along the Mohawk

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 19 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edna May Oliver Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Coming-of-Age 4
  • Nostalgic Charm 4
  • Class Conflict 3
  • Family Dynamics 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Early Cinema 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Literary Adaptation 2
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Classic Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

2 titles ยท average score 67
Lydia
Lydia (1941)
GoodWatch score 56

as Sarah MacMillan

Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lady Catherine de Bourgh

1930s

35 titles ยท average score 63
Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
GoodWatch score 74

as Mrs. Mc Klennar

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Maggie Sutton

Nurse Edith Cavell
Nurse Edith Cavell (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

as Countess de Mavon

Parnell
Parnell (1937)
GoodWatch score 48

as Aunt Ben Wood

My Dear Miss Aldrich
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mrs. Atherton

David Copperfield
David Copperfield (1935)
GoodWatch score 82

as Aunt Betsey Trotwood

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
GoodWatch score 81

as Miss Pross

Murder on a Honeymoon
Murder on a Honeymoon (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Hildegarde Withers

Murder on the Blackboard
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
GoodWatch score 65

as Hildegarde Withers

We're Rich Again
We're Rich Again (1934)
GoodWatch score 63

as Maude Stanley

Ladies of the Jury
Ladies of the Jury (1932)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane

The Penguin Pool Murder
The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hildegarde Withers

1920s

10 titles ยท average score 52
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid (1929)
GoodWatch score 52

as Miss Streeter

Let's Get Married
Let's Get Married (1926)

as J.W. Smith

The American Venus
The American Venus (1926)

as Mrs. Niles

The Lucky Devil
The Lucky Devil (1925)

as Mrs. McDee

Lovers in Quarantine
Lovers in Quarantine (1925)

as Amelia Pincent

Manhattan
Manhattan (1924)

as Mrs. Trapes

Icebound
Icebound (1924)

as Hannah

Restless Wives
Restless Wives (1924)

as Benson's Secretary

Wife in Name Only
Wife in Name Only (1923)

as Mrs. Dornham

Three O'Clock in the Morning
Three O'Clock in the Morning (1923)

as Hetty