Mary Gordon
female
Born on May 16, 1882 (143 years old)
Passed Away on August 23, 1963
From Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Known for Acting
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.
Cast Credits
- 1950
- 1949
Deputy Marshal
as
Mrs. Lance
1949
Shamrock Hill
as
Grandma Rogan
1949
Tucson
as
Housemother (uncredited)
1949
Haunted Trails
as
Aunt Libby
1949
Clues to Adventure
as
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
as
Charwoman (Uncredited)
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as
Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
1949
- 1948
- 1947
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
The Pearl of Death
as
Mrs. Hudson
1944
Secret Command
as
Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
1944
The Last Ride
as
Mrs. Mary Kelly
1944
Follow the Leader
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
as
Annie
1944
Million Dollar Kid
as
Mrs. McGinnis
1944
The Racket Man
as
Mom Benson
1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard
as
Libby, the Housekeeper
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as
Hostess (uncredited)
1944
- 1943
The Spider Woman
as
Mrs. Hudson
1943
Whispering Footsteps
as
Ma Murphy
1943
Two Tickets to London
as
Mrs. Tinkle
1943
Sarong Girl
as
Mattie
1943
Smart Guy
as
Maggie
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as
Mrs. Hudson
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as
Mrs. Hudson
1943
- no image
Here Comes Kelly
as
Mrs. Kelly
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as
Mrs. Banning
1943
- 1942
Sealed Lips
as
Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as
Maid (uncredited)
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as
Mrs. Hudson
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as
Mrs. Hudson
1942
Fly By Night
as
Ma Prescott
1942
Meet the Stewarts
as
Mrs. Stewart
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
as
Mrs. Collins
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
as
Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Bombay Clipper
as
Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
1942
Gentleman Jim
as
Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as
Jane Banning
1942
Powder Town
as
Mrs. Douglas
1942
Half Way to Shanghai
as
Mrs. McIntyre
1942
Dr. Broadway
as
Broadway Carrie
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as
Mrs. Scott
1942
- 1941
- 1940
The Invisible Woman
as
Mrs. Bates
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as
Cookie (uncredited)
1940
When the Daltons Rode
as
Ma Dalton
1940
Nobody's Children
as
Mary
1940
Kitty Foyle
as
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1940
I Take This Oath
as
Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
1940
Brother Orchid
as
Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
1940
Go West
as
Train Passenger
1940
Saps at Sea
as
Mrs. O'Riley
1940
My Son, My Son!
as
Mrs. Mulvaney
1940
No, No, Nanette
as
Gertrude, the Cook
1940
The Last Alarm
as
Mrs. Hadley
1940
Young People
as
Old Woman
1940
Women Without Names
as
Juror
1940
Tear Gas Squad
as
Mrs. Sullivan
1940
Public Deb No. 1
as
Landlady
1940
Queen of the Mob
as
Tenement Landlady
1940
- 1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as
Mrs. Hudson
1939
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as
Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1939
The Night of Nights
as
1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as
Mrs. Hudson
1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as
Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Tell No Tales
as
Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
1939
Wings of the Navy
as
Irene's Housekeeper
1939
Tail Spin
as
Mrs. Lee
1939
Broadway Serenade
as
Annie (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Day-time Wife
as
Scrubwoman
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as
Mrs. Dudley
1939
The Escape
as
Neighbor
1939
Code of the Streets
as
Mrs. Flaherty
1939
Racketeers of the Range
as
Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
1939
Captain Fury
as
Mrs. Bailey
1939
Off the Record
as
Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as
Mrs. O'Leary
1939
She Married a Cop
as
Ma Duffy
1939
Rulers of the Sea
as
Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
1939
- 1938
- 1937
Double Wedding
as
Mrs. Keough
1937
Friend Indeed
as
Housekeeper
1937
Lady Behave!
as
Cook
1937
Meet the Boy Friend
as
Mrs. Grimes
1937
You Can't Have Everything
as
YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
1937
You're Only Young Once
as
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
1937
Her Husband Lies
as
Mrs. Jenks
1937
The Great O'Malley
as
Mrs. O'Malley
1937
A Damsel in Distress
as
Cook (uncredited)
1937
- 1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
as
Mrs. O'Keefe
1936
Little Miss Nobody
as
Mrs. Biddle
1936
Mary of Scotland
as
Nurse
1936
Stage Struck
as
Mrs. Cassidy
1936
The White Angel
as
Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
1936
Great Guy
as
Mrs. Ogilvie
1936
The Plough and the Stars
as
Woman at Barricades
1936
The Lady Consents
as
Apple Lady
1936
The Plot Thickens
as
Woman with Bag (uncredited)
1936
Share the Wealth
as
Ma MacClyde
1936
After the Thin Man
as
Rose (uncredited)
1936
Forgotten Faces
as
Mrs. O'Leary
1936
- 1935
Bride of Frankenstein
as
Hans' Wife
1935
The Irish in Us
as
Ma O'Hara
1935
$10 Raise
as
Landlady (uncredited)
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as
Peddler (uncredited)
1935
Bonnie Scotland
as
Mrs. Bickerdike
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as
Mrs. Leathwaite
1935
Waterfront Lady
as
Mrs. O'Flaherty
1935
Ginger
as
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
1935
Vagabond Lady
as
Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1935
- 1934
The Little Minister
as
Nanny
1934
The Woman Condemned
as
Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
1934
Cross Streets
as
Sonny's Mother
1934
Change of Heart
as
Woman in Street (uncredited)
1934
Charlie Chan in London
as
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
1934
The Defense Rests
as
Scrub Woman
1934
The Man from Hell
as
Mrs. Frank McCarrol
1934
The Loudspeaker
as
Landlady
1934
Murder at the Vanities
as
Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1934
Baby Take a Bow
as
Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
1934
One More River
as
Cook (Uncredited)
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Our Daily Bread
as
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
1934
Beloved
as
Mrs. O'Leary
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
as
Newfoundlander
1934
- 1933
The Whirlwind
as
Mrs. Curtis
1933
The Power and the Glory
as
Nurse (uncredited)
1933
Nature in the Wrong
as
Mrs. Clancy
1933
Sweepings
as
Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
1933
Ladies They Talk About
as
Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
1933
Men Must Fight
as
Pacifist Audience Member
1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as
Cleaning Woman
1933
Design for Living
as
Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
1933
The Invisible Man
as
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
1933
Meet the Baron
as
Washer Woman (uncredited)
1933
Pilgrimage
1933
Doctor Bull
as
Townswoman at Meeting
1933
My Woman
as
Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
1933
She Done Him Wrong
as
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1933
- 1932
Radio Patrol
as
Landlady (uncredited)
1932
The Impatient Maiden
as
Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
1932
Wild Girl
as
Washerwoman (uncredited)
1932
Beauty Parlor
as
Landlady
1932
Blonde Venus
as
Landlady (uncredited)
1932
The Expert
as
Neighbor
1932
Dancers in the Dark
as
Scrubwoman
1932
Skyscraper Souls
as
Charwoman
1932
Texas Cyclone
as
Kate
1932
70,000 Witnesses
as
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
as
Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
1932
Call Her Savage
as
Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
1932
- 1931
- 1930
- no image
His Honor the Mayor
as
His Wife
1930
- no image
The Ghosts
as
Chubby's Mama
1930
When the Wind Blows
as
Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
1930
Song o' My Heart
as
Irish Woman
1930
Oh, for a Man!
as
Stage Door Admirer with Violets
1930
Roaring Ranch
as
Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
1930
Anybody's Woman
as
Maid
1930
Let Us Be Gay
as
Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
1930
- 1929
- 1928
- 1927
- 1926
- 1925
