The best Edna May Oliver’s mystery movies

Edna May Oliver

Edna May Oliver

09/11/1883- 09/11/1942
We present our ranking of the best Edna May Oliver’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Edna May Oliver.

Murder on a Honeymoon

Murder on a Honeymoon
6.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyMystery
  • Release: 22/02/1935
  • Character: Hildegarde Withers
A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets sick and dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Gleason as the astute schoolteacher Hildegarde Withers and the New York Police Inspector Oscar Piper busy solving crimes.

Ladies of the Jury

Ladies of the Jury
6.3/10
Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former chorus girl Yvette Gordon, who's accused of murdering her rich older husband. In court and during deliberations, Mrs. Crane proves to be a disruptive and unorthodox juror.

Murder on the Blackboard

Murder on the Blackboard
6.7/10
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in her old friend Inspector Piper, who promptly arrests the obvious suspect. Clues multiply and everyone looks suspicious as Piper and Miss Withers continue their battle of the sexes.

Penguin Pool Murder

Penguin Pool Murder
6.9/10
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.

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