Lucile Watson (May 27, 1879 – June 24, 1962) was a Canadian actress, long based in the United States.

"[1] Watson was born in Quebec and raised in Ottawa, the daughter of an officer in the British Army.

Despite his wishes, she traveled to New York City and enrolled in a dramatic school.

[3] In perhaps her most acclaimed performance, Watson portrayed Fanny Farrelly in playwright Lillian Hellman's anti-fascist dramatic stage play Watch on the Rhine on Broadway in 1941, starring Paul Lukas.

[4] Two years later in Hollywood, she and Lukas reprised their roles in the film adaptation,[5] for which Watson received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.