Ethel Griffies: Ethel Griffies. Actress: The Birds. The daughter of actor-manager Samuel Rupert Woods and actress Lillie Roberts, Ethel Griffies began her own stage career at the age of 3. She was 21 when she finally made her London debut in 1899, and 46 when she made her first Broadway appearance in "Havoc" (1924). Discounting a tentative stab at filmmaking in 1917, she made her movie bow in 1930, repeating her stage...
Known For: The Birds (Mrs. Bundy), How Green Was My Valley (Mrs. Nicholas), Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Twinkleton), Love Me Tonight (Second Aunt)