caption death_date death_place birth_name birth_place imagesize birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name occupation death_cause
c. 1930s 9 november 1942 malibu , california , u.s. edna may nutter malden , massachusetts , u.s. 225px 9 november 1883 david welford pratt -lrb- 1928-1931 ; divorced -rrb- 1917 & ndash ; 1941 studio publicity edna may oliver.jpg edna may oliver
 edna may oliver actress intestinal disorder
edna may oliver

`` not to be confused with the stage actress edna may . ''
edna may oliver -lrb- november 9 , 1883 -- november 9 , 1942 -rrb- 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 .
