Mary Gordon
Age: 81 | From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1882-05-16 22:29:24
Death: 1963-08-23 22:29:24
Aliases: Mary Grace Gordon
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Movie Involvements: 143
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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.
Most Famous Work
The Cisco Kid
(1950) Mary O'Toole
Bride of Frankenstein
(1935) Hans' Wife
The Invisible Man
(1933) Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935) Peddler (uncredited)
Fort Apache
(1948) Ma (barmaid)
The Pride of the Yankees
(1942) Maid (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940) Cookie (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
(1942) Mrs. HudsonActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Mary O'Toole | |
| Nora Jones | ||
| 1949 | Charwoman (Uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Lance | ||
| Aunt Libby | ||
| Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) | ||
| Housemother (uncredited) | ||
| Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Grandma Rogan | ||
| 1948 | Aunt Myrt Lacy | |
| Scottish Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Nora | ||
| Ma (barmaid) | ||
| Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Mamie Mahoney | ||
| 1947 | Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited) | |
| Cleaning Lady | ||
| Mrs. Bledsoe | ||
| Housekeeper | ||
| Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited) | ||
| 1946 | Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Mahoney | ||
| Mrs. Conover | ||
| Mrs. Cassidy | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Trina | ||
| Agnes, the Cook (uncredited) | ||
| Ma Miller | ||
| 1945 | Nanny | |
| Mrs. O'Connor | ||
| Ellen | ||
| Mrs. Westrom | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mary McBride (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Fillmore | ||
| 1944 | Hostess (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. Mary Kelly | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited) | ||
| Libby, the Housekeeper | ||
| N/A | ||
| Annie | ||
| Mrs. McGinnis | ||
| Mom Benson | ||
| 1943 | Ma Murphy | |
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Maggie | ||
| Mrs. Kelly | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mrs. Tinkle | ||
| Mattie | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mrs. Banning | ||
| 1942 | Mrs. Hudson | |
| Mrs. Casey (uncredited) | ||
| Jane Banning | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mrs. McIntyre | ||
| Maid (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Douglas | ||
| Mrs. Collins | ||
| Mrs. Stewart | ||
| Broadway Carrie | ||
| Mrs. Scott | ||
| Ma Prescott | ||
| Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson | ||
| Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) | ||
| 1941 | Mrs. McGonigle | |
| Mrs. Riley | ||
| Martha | ||
| Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited) | ||
| Miss Brady | ||
| Mrs. Murray | ||
| Mom McCorkle | ||
| Martha | ||
| 1940 | Mrs. Bates | |
| Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | ||
| Gertrude, the Cook | ||
| Mary | ||
| Train Passenger | ||
| Landlady | ||
| Old Woman | ||
| Ma Dalton | ||
| Tenement Landlady | ||
| Mrs. Hadley | ||
| Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Eileen Hanagan | ||
| Mrs. Sullivan | ||
| Mrs. O'Riley | ||
| Mrs. Mulvaney | ||
| Juror | ||
| Cookie (uncredited) | ||
| 1939 | Mrs. O'Leary | |
| 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Scrubwoman | ||
| Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Dudley | ||
| Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Neighbor | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited) | ||
| Ma Duffy | ||
| Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) | ||
| Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Bailey | ||
| Mary-Benson's Housekeeper | ||
| Mrs. Flaherty | ||
| Annie (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Hudson | ||
| Mrs. Lee | ||
| Irene's Housekeeper | ||
| Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) | ||
| 1938 | Mrs. Twill | |
| Scottish Mother | ||
| Mrs. Devlin | ||
| Maggie (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. MacDonald | ||
| Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Housekeeper | |
| Cook | ||
| Mary's Mother (uncredited) | ||
| Cook (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Keough | ||
| YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Grimes | ||
| Mrs. Jenks | ||
| Mrs. O'Malley | ||
| 1936 | Woman at Barricades | |
| Rose (uncredited) | ||
| Woman with Bag | ||
| Mrs. Ogilvie | ||
| Mrs. Cassidy | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Nursing Applicant (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Biddle | ||
| Ma MacClyde | ||
| Mrs. O'Keefe | ||
| Apple Lady | ||
| 1935 | Peddler (uncredited) | |
| Mrs. O'Flaherty | ||
| Mrs. Bickerdike | ||
| Ma O'Hara | ||
| Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) | ||
| Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Hans' Wife | ||
| Mrs. Leathwaite | ||
| 1934 | Nanny | |
| Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited) | ||
| Prison Visitor (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Frank McCarrol | ||
| Cook (Uncredited) | ||
| Scrub Woman | ||
| Sonny's Mother | ||
| Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) | ||
| Landlady | ||
| Woman in Street | ||
| Boat Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. O'Leary | ||
| 1933 | Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) | |
| Screaming Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Cleaning Woman | ||
| Washer Woman (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse (uncredited) | ||
| Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) | ||
| Townswoman at Meeting | ||
| Scrubwoman (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. Curtis | ||
| Mrs. Clancy | ||
| Pacifist Audience Member | ||
| Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | ||
| Prisoner in Visiting Room | ||
| 1932 | Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) | |
| Washerwoman (uncredited) | ||
| Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited) | ||
| Scrubwoman (uncredited) | ||
| Landlady | ||
| Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| Scrubwoman | ||
| Neighbor | ||
| Irish Neighbor (uncredited) | ||
| Kate | ||
| 1931 | Townswoman (uncredited) | |
| Woman at Political Rally (uncredited) | ||
| Nurse | ||
| Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited) | ||
| Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited) | ||
| Mrs. MacMasters | ||
| Mrs. Delaney | ||
| 1930 | Stage Door Admirer with Violets | |
| Maid | ||
| Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited) | ||
| Chubby's Mama | ||
| Chubby's Mother (uncredited) | ||
| His Wife | ||
| Irish Woman | ||
| 1929 | Choir Member (uncredited) | |
| Reducing customer (uncredited) | ||
| Neighbor (uncredited) | ||
| Nursemaid (uncredited) | ||
| 1928 | First taxi passenger | |
| The Woman at Hogan's Hideout | ||
| Woman in Audience (uncredited) | ||
| 1927 | Mrs. Rooney | |
| 1926 | Mrs. Murphy | |
| 1925 | Mrs. Hennessy | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Dialogue Coach | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |