Laura Hope Crews - wikipedia Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews Laura Hope Crews c. 1902 ( 1879 - 12 - 12 ) December 12, 1879 San Francisco, California, U.S. November 12, 1942 ( 1942 - 11 - 12 ) ( aged 62 ) New York City, New York, U.S. Occupation Actress Years active 1884 -- 1942 Laura Hope Crews ( December 12, 1879 -- November 12, 1942 ) was a leading actress of the American stage in the first decades of the 20th century who is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s. Her best - known film role was Aunt Pittypat in Gone with the Wind. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Death 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links Early life Laura Hope Crews was the daughter of stage actress Angelena Lockwood and backstage carpenter John Thomas Crews. She had three older siblings. Crews started acting at age four. Her first stage appearance was at Woodward 's Garden. She stopped acting to finish school and then returned to acting in 1898. Career This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2015 ) Laura Hope Crews and John Drew, Jr., in Much Ado About Nothing ( 1913 ) Erskine Sanford, Dudley Digges and Laura Hope Crews in the Theatre Guild production of A.A. Milne 's Mr. Pim Passes By ( 1921 ) Crews appeared in plays written by A.A. Milne, who was particularly impressed by her work in his Mr. Pim Passes By ( 1921 ). The play was a big success and ran for 232 performances on Broadway. Crews also starred as Judith Bliss in the original Broadway production of Noël Coward 's Hay Fever, in 1925, which she co-directed with Coward. She also appeared in The Silver Cord, written by Sidney Howard, which was produced by the New York Theater Guild in 1926 and ran for 212 performances. When The Silver Cord was not being presented, there were matinee performances of Right You Are If You Think You Are by Luigi Pirandello. The Silver Cord was later made into a 1933 RKO movie with Crews reprising her onstage role of the mother. The film co-starred Joel McCrea, Frances Dee, and Irene Dunne. In the late 1920s, Crews had been hired by Gloria Swanson to help with her transition to talking pictures. George Cukor, who had directed her in Camille ( 1936 ), recommended her for the role of Aunt Pittypat in Gone With the Wind ( 1939 ) after Billie Burke declined it. Cukor wanted Crews to play the role `` in a Billie Burke - ish manner '' with `` the same zany feeling ''. Her final stage appearance came in 1942, in the original Broadway run of Arsenic and Old Lace in which she replaced one of the original cast members. She stayed with the production for more than a year and a half on Broadway and in a touring company before she was forced to leave because of illness. Death Crews died in the LeRoy Sanitarium in New York City in 1942, following an illness of four months. She had been admitted on October 15, suffering from a kidney ailment and was in serious condition for most of her time there. Laura Hope Crews was laid to rest at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, California. Plot : Rose Mound, Lot 65. Crews has a star at 6251 Hollywood Blvd on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Filmography Blackbirds, a 1915 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky. Silent The Fighting Hope ( 1915 Famous Players - Lasky / Paramount ) - Anna Granger ( Extant ; incomplete, BFI London ) Blackbirds ( 1915 Famous Players - Lasky / Paramount ) - Leonie Sobatsky ( Extant ; Library of Congress ) Sound Charming Sinners ( 1929 ) - Mrs. Carr New Morals for Old ( 1932 ) - Mrs. Thomas Out All Night ( 1933 ) - Mrs. Jane Colgate The Silver Cord ( 1933 ) - Mrs. Phelps I Loved You Wednesday ( 1933 ) - Doc Mary Hanson Blind Adventure ( 1933 ) - Lady Rockingham Rafter Romance ( 1933 ) - Elise Ever in My Heart ( 1933 ) - Grandma Caroline Archer If I Were Free ( 1933 ) - Dame Evers The Age of Innocence ( 1934 ) - Mrs. Welland Lightning Strikes Twice ( 1934 ) - Aunt Jane Madison Behold My Wife ( 1934 ) - Mrs. Hubert Carter Escapade ( 1935 ) - Countess The Melody Lingers On ( 1935 ) - Mother Superior Her Master 's Voice ( 1936 ) - Aunt Minnie Stickney Camille ( 1936 ) - Prudence Duvernoy The Road Back ( 1937 ) - Ernst 's Aunt Confession ( 1937 ) - Stella Angel ( 1937 ) - Grand Duchess Anna Dmitrievna Dr. Rhythm ( 1938 ) - Mrs. Minerva Twombling The Sisters ( 1938 ) - Flora 's Mother Thanks for the Memory ( 1938 ) - Mrs. Kent Idiot 's Delight ( 1939 ) - Madame Zuleika The Star Maker ( 1939 ) - Carlotta Salvini The Rains Came ( 1939 ) - Lily Hoggett - Egburry Reno ( 1939 ) - Mrs. Gardner Remember ? ( 1939 ) - Lettie Carruthers Gone with the Wind ( 1939 ) - Aunt Pittypat Hamilton The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( 1939 ) - Minor Role ( uncredited ) The Blue Bird ( 1940 ) - Mrs. Luxury Girl from Avenue A ( 1940 ) - Mrs. Forrester I 'm Nobody 's Sweetheart Now ( 1940 ) - Mrs. Lowell Lady with Red Hair ( 1940 ) - Mrs. Dudley The Flame of New Orleans ( 1941 ) - Auntie One Foot in Heaven ( 1941 ) - Mrs. Preston Thurston New York Town ( 1941 ) - Apple Annie ( uncredited ) ( final film role ) References Jump up ^ Poseidon 's Underworld : Oh What a Character ! Part Seven : Crews Control, July 18, 2011 Jump up ^ Notable American women, 1607 - 1950 : a biographical dictionary, Volume 2 by Edward T. James, Janet Wilson James, Paul S Boyer Jump up ^ Wilson, Steve ( 2014 ). The Making of Gone With the Wind. University of Texas Press. p. 86. ISBN 978 - 0 - 292 - 76126 - 1. Jump up ^ `` '' Laura H. Crews of Stage Dies ``, Page D9 ''. Oakland Tribune. November 13, 1942. Jump up ^ `` Laura Hope Crews ''. Walkoffame.com. Retrieved August 3, 2017. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Laura Hope Crews. Laura Hope Crews photo gallery at NYP Library Laura Hope Crews on IMDb Laura Hope Crews at the Internet Broadway Database Laura Hope Crews as a young stage actress Laura Hope Crews page with rare stage photographs Laura Hope Crews at Find a Grave Laura Hope Crews stills Univ. of Washington Sayre Collection Laura Hope Crews and Leo Ditrichstein in `` The Phantom Rival '' ( 1915 ) Laura Hope Crews in The Havoc ( 1911 ) ( Univ. of Washington Sayre Collection ) Crews on the cover of The Theatre magazine, August 1913 Laura Hope Crews, standing with feather in hat, c. 1906 at the Nantucket home of actor Henry Woodruff holding cigar, with actor friends. Louise Closser Hale sits on right in white hat. 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Question: who played aunt pittypat in gone with the wind
Answer: Laura Hope Crews