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  1. Edna May Oliver (born Edna May Nutter, November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the better-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

  2. Edna May Oliver. Actress: Penguin Pool Murder. She was born Edna May Nutter, a child of solid New England stock, on 9th November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 2nd American president John Adams and his son, the 6th American president John Quincy Adams.

  3. Edna May Oliver. Actress: Penguin Pool Murder. She was born Edna May Nutter, a child of solid New England stock, on 9th November 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts. The daughter of Ida May and Charles Edward Nutter, Edna was a descendant of the 2nd American president John Adams and his son, the 6th American president John Quincy Adams.

  4. Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

  5. Penguin Pool Murder (1932) -- (Movie Clip) That's A Little Vulgar Following a lead, Edna May Oliver as schoolteacher-sleuth Miss Withers engages the sultry sectary (Mary Mason) of the victim, her last barb a reference to the name of a well known women’s tonic, then bumps into maybe-suspicious lawyer Costello (Robert Armstrong) at the cop shop ...

  6. Nov 24, 2014 · Edna May Oliver (November 9, 1883 – November 9, 1942) was an American stage and film actress. During the 1930’s, she was one of the best-known character actresses in American films, often playing tart-tongued spinsters.

  7. Massachusetts-born actress Edna May Oliver made a career out of supporting character roles, on stage and in silent films and talkies, although she did snag the lead in an occasional low-budget comedy or mystery.