Person Details

Birthday: 1883-01-01 02:33:01

Death: 1974-07-22 02:33:01

Aliases: Ethel Louise Young

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 51

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Forbes (1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974), born Ethel Louise Young, was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. Forbes was born in Hornsey, England. She made her first public appearance on the concert platform giving recitals. Her acting debut was in 1908 on the London stage at Aldwych Theatre. Her American stage debut came in Romance at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913. She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films. Two of her three children by her first marriage in the first quarter of 1904 to Ernest J. Taylor, Ralph and Dorothy Brenda, known as Brenda, were also actors. The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business. Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce. She married her third husband, Wesley Wall, an American businessman, in 1935; the couple remained married until her death in 1974. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, with one of her character references being Lucile Webster Gleason, actress and wife of actor James Gleason.

Most Famous Work

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
Suspicion
Average
6

Suspicion

(1957) Mrs. Merton
A Farewell to Arms
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6

A Farewell to Arms

(1932) Miss Van Campen
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Average
7

The Picture of Dorian Gray

(1945) Lady Agatha
Captain Blood
Average
7

Captain Blood

(1935) Mrs. Steed
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Average
7

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

(1939) Lady Conyngham
Terror by Night
Average
7

Terror by Night

(1946) Lady Margaret Carstairs
Jane Eyre
Average
7

Jane Eyre

(1943) Mrs. Eshton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1958 British Society Woman (uncredited)
1957 Mrs. Merton
1955 Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
1952 Nun (uncredited)
1948 Aunt Martha
1947 Margaret (uncredited)
Second Court Lady
Mrs. Halstead
1946 Lady Margaret Carstairs
1945 N/A
Queen Mother Elena
Mrs. Barrington
Lady Agatha
1944 Jo's Mother (uncredited)
1943 Mrs. Eshton
War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Dame Dunne Hartley
Mrs. Pettibone
1942 Lady Leslie Clayfair
Mrs. Marvin
Vicar's Wife
N/A
Mrs. Langton
1941 Mrs. Ralston
Mrs. Williams
1940 Mrs. Putnam
Mrs. Stanley
Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
Mrs. Wadsworth
Grandmother
Mrs. Anna Pryor
1939 Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Mrs. Gaynes
Lady Conyngham
Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
Mrs. Randolph
Gertrude Bishop
Mrs. Withers
Lady Hilda (Uncredited)
Mrs. Jameson
Mrs. Torrent
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
1938 Mrs. Hanson
Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
Aunt Martha Marshall
Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
Mrs. Stonewall
Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
Miss Colvin
1937 Mrs. Vance
Cast of Stage Play
Concert Hall Patron
Mrs. Saunders
Mrs. MacMonachie
Mrs. Lydia Benton
Mrs. Stark
1936 Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Mrs. Dodacker
Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
1935 Mrs. Steed
Lady Holloway
Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
N/A
Grace Dean (uncredited)
Mrs. Stokes
Mlle. Baptiseme
Mrs. Anna Pryor
N/A
1934 Mrs. Travis
Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Lady Catherine Trehearne
Lady Diana Vane
Mrs. Hartwell
Lady Heatherly
Mrs. Kelsey
Kate Farley
1933 Mrs. Middleton
1932 Miss Van Campen
Mrs. Sedley
Lady Howard
1931 Mrs. Johnstone
Mrs. Forester
Mrs. Ingleside
The Duchess (uncredited)
Mrs. Gaynes
1930 Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
Actress (uncredited)
Mrs. Benson
Mrs. Pritchard Ames
Lady Worthing
Mrs. Anna Shenstone
1929 Mrs. Cromwell
Mrs. Ferguson
Lady Alice Crosby
Ladu Wildering
1919 N/A
1918 Lizzie
Year Character Movie/Tv

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