Aunt May is a character that often plays a type of role.
A character actor is a supporting actor known for small parts who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters
Character actors tend to play the same type of role throughout their careers, such as Harvey Keitel as tough and determined; Christopher Lloyd as an eccentric; Claude Rains as sophisticated, sometimes morally ambiguous men; Abe Vigoda as an aging criminal; Fairuza Balk as moody goth girls; Doug Jones playing non-human creatures; and Forest Whitaker as composed characters with underlying volatility

