Person Details
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Aliases: Ethel Louise Young
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 54
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
(1955) Mrs. Herbert WinthropSuspicion
(1957) Mrs. MertonCaptain Blood
(1935) Mrs. SteedThe Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945) Lady AgathaThe White Angel
(1936) Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)Jane Eyre
(1943) Mrs. EshtonA Farewell to Arms
(1932) Miss Van CampenCavalcade
(1933) Duchess of Churt (uncredited)Acting
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1958 | British Society Woman (uncredited) | |
1957 | Mrs. Merton | |
1955 | Mrs. Herbert Winthrop | |
1952 | Nun (uncredited) | |
1948 | Aunt Martha | |
1947 | Margaret (uncredited) | |
Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited) | ||
Second Court Lady | ||
Lady Crail (uncredited) | ||
Mrs. Halstead | ||
1946 | Lady Margaret Carstairs | |
1945 | N/A | |
Queen Mother Elena | ||
Mrs. Barrington | ||
Lady Agatha | ||
1944 | Jo's Mother (uncredited) | |
1943 | Mrs. Eshton | |
Isabel Fleming (uncredited) | ||
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 | |
Lady at the Theatre (uncredited) | ||
Mrs. Stanley | ||
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. Bel-Goodie | ||
Mrs. Torrent | ||
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. Kortchagin | |
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 | |
Duchess of Churt (uncredited) | ||
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 |