Mary Gordon
228 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 16, 1882
- Died
- Aug 23, 1963 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Also known as
- Mary Grace Gordon
Biography
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Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour, 16 May 1882 – 23 August 1963) was a Scottish actress, long in the United States, who mainly played housekeepers and mothers, most notably the landlady Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the 1940s starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Her body of work included nearly 300 films between 1925 and 1950. With her mother and daughter (both also named Mary), she arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-1920s and began playing variations on the roles she would spend her career on. She became friends with John Ford while making Hangman's House in 1928 and made seven more films with him. In 1939, she took on her best-remembered role as Sherlock Holmes' landlady and played the role in ten films and numerous radio plays. She was a charter member of the Hollywood Canteen, entertaining servicemen throughout the Second World War. On the radio show Those We Love, she played the regular role of Mrs. Emmett.
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She entered retirement just as television reshaped the entertainment industry, making only a single appearance in that medium.
She was active in the Daughters of Scotia auxiliary of the Order of Scottish Clans.
She lived out her final years in Pasadena, California with her daughter and grandson. She died at age 81 on 23 August 1963 in Pasadena, California after a long illness.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.8 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Film
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★ 7.5 Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Film
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★ 7.5 The Invisible Man
1933 · Film
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★ 7.0 Fort Apache
1948 · Film
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★ 7.4 Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Film
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★ 7.5 Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 · Film
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★ 7.1 Design for Living
1933 · Film
Mary Gordon: movies and TV shows
Acting (229)
- 1950
- 1950 West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones
- 1949 The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (uncredited)
- 1949 Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance
- 1949 Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby
- 1949 Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
- 1949 Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)
- 1949 Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1949 Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan
- 1948 Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
- 1948 Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
- 1948 The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nora
- 1948 Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
- 1948 Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)
- 1948 Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
- 1947 Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady
- 1947 The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe
- 1947 Exposed
as Housekeeper
- 1947 The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
- 1946 Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
- 1946 The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney
- 1946 Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover
- 1946 In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy
- 1946 Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina
- 1946 Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
- 1946 Little Giant
as Ma Miller
- 1945 Kitty
as Nanny
- 1945 Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor
- 1945 Divorce
as Ellen
- 1945 Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom
- 1945 The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1945 The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
- 1945
- 1945 See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)
- 1944 The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
- 1944 The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1944 Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
- 1944 Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper
- 1944
- 1944 The Hour Before the Dawn
as Annie
- 1944 Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis
- 1944 The Racket Man
as Mom Benson
- 1943 Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy
- 1943 Smart Guy
as Maggie
- 1943 The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1943 Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1943 Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle
- 1943 Sarong Girl
as Mattie
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1942 Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1942 Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)
- 1942 Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas
- 1942 Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart
- 1942 It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins
- 1942 Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie
- 1942 The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott
- 1942 Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott
- 1942 Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
- 1942 Blue, White and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
- 1942 Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
- 1941 Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle
- 1941 Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley
- 1941 Appointment for Love
as Martha
- 1941 It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
- 1941 Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady
- 1941 Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray
- 1941 Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle
- 1941 Flight from Destiny
as Martha
- 1940 The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates
- 1940 Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
- 1940 No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook
- 1940 Nobody's Children
as Mary
- 1940 Go West
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1940 Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady
- 1940 Young People
as Old Woman (uncredited)
- 1940 When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton
- 1940 Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady
- 1940 The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley
- 1940 Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
- 1940 I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
- 1940 Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan
- 1940 Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley
- 1940 My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney
- 1940 Women Without Names
as Juror
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)
- 1939 The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1939 Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman
- 1939 Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
- 1939 The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)
- 1939 The Escape
as Neighbor
- 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1939 The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
- 1939 She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy
- 1939 Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
- 1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1939 Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
- 1939 Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey
- 1939 Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty
- 1939 Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)
- 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson
- 1939 Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee
- 1939 Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper
- 1939 Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
- 1938
- 1938 Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill
- 1938 Gateway
as Scottish Mother
- 1938 City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin
- 1938 Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)
- 1938 Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald
- 1938 Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
- 1937 Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper
- 1937 Lady Behave!
as Cook
- 1937 You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
- 1937 A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)
- 1937 Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough
- 1937 You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
- 1937 Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes
- 1937 One Man Justice
as Bridget
- 1937 Pick a Star
as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
- 1937 Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks
- 1937 The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley
- 1936 The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades
- 1936 After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)
- 1936 The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
- 1936 Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie
- 1936 Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy
- 1936 Mary of Scotland
as Nurse
- 1936 The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
- 1936 Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle
- 1936 Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1936 Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde
- 1936 Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe
- 1936 The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)
- 1935 Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
- 1935 Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike
- 1935 The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara
- 1935 Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
- 1935 $10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1935 Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife
- 1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite
- 1934 The Little Minister
as Nanny
- 1934 Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
- 1934 Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
- 1934 The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
- 1934 One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)
- 1934 The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman
- 1934 Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander
- 1934 Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother
- 1934 Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
- 1934 The Loudspeaker
as Landlady
- 1934 Change of Heart
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
- 1934 The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
- 1934 Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1933 Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
- 1933 The World Changes
as Lady at Party (uncredited)
- 1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman
- 1933 The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
- 1933 Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
- 1933 The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1933 My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
- 1933 Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting
- 1933
- 1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1933 Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
- 1933 The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis
- 1933 Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy
- 1933 Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member
- 1933 She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
- 1933 Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
- 1932 Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
- 1932 Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
- 1932 Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
- 1932 70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1932 Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman
- 1932 Beauty Parlor
as Landlady
- 1932 Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Court Matron (uncredited)
- 1932 Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman
- 1932 The Expert
as Neighbor
- 1932 The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1932 Texas Cyclone
as Kate
- 1931 A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1931 Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
- 1931 24 Hours
as Nurse
+ 29 more credits
Behind the camera (1)
- 1934 The Little Minister
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