6 Best Ethel Griffies Movies

By Vlad Zakh · July 4, 2026

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Ethel Griffies enjoyed a remarkably long Hollywood career spanning silent film to the 1960s, becoming a familiar tart-tongued presence in dramas and comedies alike.

The Birds (1963) 01

The Birds (1963)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A small coastal town is besieged by escalating, inexplicable attacks from birds of every kind.

Jane Eyre (1943) 02

Jane Eyre (1943)

IMDb ★ 6.9

An orphaned governess falls for her brooding employer, who is hiding a dark secret in his manor.

How Green Was My Valley (1941) 03

How Green Was My Valley (1941)

IMDb ★ 7.3

A Welsh mining family's bonds are tested by economic hardship, labor strife, and the passage of time.

Waterloo Bridge (1940) 04

Waterloo Bridge (1940)

IMDb ★ 7.5

A ballerina's chance wartime romance with a soldier is shattered when she believes him killed in action.

Bombshell (1933) 05

Bombshell (1933)

IMDb ★ 6.5

A glamorous but exhausted movie star tries desperately to escape her chaotic Hollywood life.

Love Me Tonight (1932) 06

Love Me Tonight (1932)

IMDb ★ 6.6

A Parisian tailor poses as a nobleman to court a lonely princess at her family's castle.

Vlad Zakh

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