Trivia

At the time of her death she was the oldest working actress in English Theatre. Her career began as a baby in 1881 when she was carried onstage by her acting parents.

Ethel Griffies played (uncredited) the Landlady in BOTH Waterloo Bridge (1931) & Waterloo Bridge (1940). She was Mrs. Hobley in the earlier version and Mrs. Clark in the later version.

Parents were players Samuel Rupert Woods and Lillie Roberts.

She played Grace Poole in both the 1934 and 1943 versions of Jane Eyre.

Her first husband's stage name was 'Walter Beaumont'.