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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 16, 1882
Place of Birth:
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Mary Gordon
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | West of Wyoming | Nora Jones |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Mrs. Lance |
| 1949 | Shamrock Hill | Grandma Rogan |
| 1949 | Tucson | Housemother (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Haunted Trails | Aunt Libby |
| 1949 | Clues to Adventure | Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon | Charwoman (Uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch | Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley | Mrs. Mamie Mahoney |
| 1948 | Fort Apache | Ma (barmaid) |
| 1948 | Big Town Scandal | Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Highway 13 | Aunt Myrt Lacy |
| 1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Nora |
| 1948 | Kidnapped | Scottish Woman (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Invisible Wall | Mrs. Bledsoe |
| 1947 | Exposed | Housekeeper |
| 1947 | The Long Night | Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red | Cleaning Lady |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1946 | Little Giant | Ma Miller |
| 1946 | Shadows Over Chinatown | Mrs. Conover |
| 1946 | The Dark Horse | Mrs. Mahoney |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey | Agnes, the Cook (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Trina |
| 1946 | In Fast Company | Mrs. Cassidy |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher | Mary McBride (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Woman in Green | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1945 | Law of the Badlands | |
| 1945 | Divorce | Ellen |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Mrs. Westrom |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Mrs. O'Connor |
| 1945 | See My Lawyer | Mrs. Fillmore |
| 1945 | Kitty | Nanny |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1944 | Secret Command | Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Last Ride | Mrs. Mary Kelly |
| 1944 | Follow the Leader | |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn | Annie |
| 1944 | Million Dollar Kid | Mrs. McGinnis |
| 1944 | The Racket Man | Mom Benson |
| 1944 | Secrets of Scotland Yard | Libby, the Housekeeper |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen | Hostess (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Spider Woman | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Whispering Footsteps | Ma Murphy |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London | Mrs. Tinkle |
| 1943 | Sarong Girl | Mattie |
| 1943 | Smart Guy | Maggie |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Here Comes Kelly | Mrs. Kelly |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging | Mrs. Banning |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips | Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Maid (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1942 | Fly By Night | Ma Prescott |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts | Mrs. Stewart |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush | Mrs. Collins |
| 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect | Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Bombay Clipper | Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Mrs. Casey (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb | Jane Banning |
| 1942 | Powder Town | Mrs. Douglas |
| 1942 | Half Way to Shanghai | Mrs. McIntyre |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway | Broadway Carrie |
| 1942 | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Mrs. Scott |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve | Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold | Mom McCorkle |
| 1941 | Double Cross | Mrs. Murray |
| 1941 | Riot Squad | Mrs. McGonigle |
| 1941 | Borrowed Hero | Mrs. Riley |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love | Martha |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business | Miss Brady |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Martha |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman | Mrs. Bates |
| 1940 | The Invisible Man Returns | Cookie (uncredited) |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Ma Dalton |
| 1940 | Nobody's Children | Mary |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath | Mrs. Eileen Hanagan |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Go West | Train Passenger |
| 1940 | Saps at Sea | Mrs. O'Riley |
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! | Mrs. Mulvaney |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette | Gertrude, the Cook |
| 1940 | The Last Alarm | Mrs. Hadley |
| 1940 | Young People | Old Woman |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Juror |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Mrs. Sullivan |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Landlady |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob | Tenement Landlady |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1939 | The Story That Couldn't Be Printed | Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Night of Nights | 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Hudson |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Irene's Housekeeper |
| 1939 | Tail Spin | Mrs. Lee |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade | Annie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Day-time Wife | Scrubwoman |
| 1939 | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Mrs. Dudley |
| 1939 | The Escape | Neighbor |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets | Mrs. Flaherty |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range | Mary-Benson's Housekeeper |
| 1939 | Captain Fury | Mrs. Bailey |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mrs. O'Leary |
| 1939 | She Married a Cop | Ma Duffy |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | City Streets | Mrs. Devlin |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat | Maggie (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Kidnapped | Mrs. MacDonald |
| 1938 | Gateway | Scottish Mother |
| 1938 | Campus Confessions | Mrs. Twill |
| 1938 | Mannequin | Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) |
| 1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | |
| 1937 | Double Wedding | Mrs. Keough |
| 1937 | Friend Indeed | Housekeeper |
| 1937 | Lady Behave! | Cook |
| 1937 | Meet the Boy Friend | Mrs. Grimes |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything | YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once | Mary's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Her Husband Lies | Mrs. Jenks |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley | Mrs. O'Malley |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distress | Cook (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Laughing Irish Eyes | Mrs. O'Keefe |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody | Mrs. Biddle |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland | Nurse |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Mrs. Cassidy |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Nursing Applicant (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Great Guy | Mrs. Ogilvie |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars | Woman at Barricades |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents | Apple Lady |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens | Woman with Bag |
| 1936 | Share the Wealth | Ma MacClyde |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man | Rose (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Forgotten Faces | Mrs. O'Leary |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Hans' Wife |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us | Ma O'Hara |
| 1935 | $10 Raise | Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Peddler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Bonnie Scotland | Mrs. Bickerdike |
| 1935 | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Mrs. Leathwaite |
| 1935 | Waterfront Lady | Mrs. O'Flaherty |
| 1935 | Ginger | Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Vagabond Lady | Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Little Minister | Nanny |
| 1934 | The Woman Condemned | Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Cross Streets | Sonny's Mother |
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Woman in Street |
| 1934 | Charlie Chan in London | Prison Visitor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests | Scrub Woman |
| 1934 | The Man from Hell | Mrs. Frank McCarrol |
| 1934 | The Loudspeaker | Landlady |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities | |
| 1934 | Baby Take a Bow | Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | One More River | Cook (Uncredited) |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama | Boat Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Our Daily Bread | Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Beloved | Mrs. O'Leary |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy | Newfoundlander |
| 1933 | The Whirlwind | Mrs. Curtis |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory | Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Nature in the Wrong | Mrs. Clancy |
| 1933 | Sweepings | Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Men Must Fight | Pacifist Audience Member |
| 1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Cleaning Woman |
| 1933 | Design for Living | Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man | Screaming Woman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Meet the Baron | Washer Woman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Pilgrimage | |
| 1933 | Doctor Bull | Townswoman at Meeting |
| 1933 | My Woman | Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Radio Patrol | Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden | Irish Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Wild Girl | Washerwoman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Beauty Parlor | Landlady |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus | Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Expert | Neighbor |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Scrubwoman |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls | Charwoman |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone | Kate |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses | Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage | Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) |
| 1931 | Subway Express | Mrs. Delaney |
| 1931 | The Black Camel | Mrs. MacMasters |
| 1931 | The Brat | Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited) |
| 1931 | A House Divided | Townswoman (uncredited) |
| 1931 | 24 Hours | Nurse |
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridge | Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Possessed | Woman at Political Rally (uncredited) |
| 1930 | His Honor the Mayor | His Wife |
| 1930 | The Ghosts | Chubby's Mama |
| 1930 | When the Wind Blows | Chubby's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Song o' My Heart | Irish Woman |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! | Stage Door Admirer with Violets |
| 1930 | Roaring Ranch | Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Anybody's Woman | Maid |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay | Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Saturday Night Kid | Reducing customer (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Is Everybody Happy? | Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Hell's Heroes | Choir Member (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Madame X | Nursemaid (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Dynamite | Neighbor at Store |
| 1928 | The Ol' Gray Hoss | First taxi passenger |
| 1928 | Hangman's House | The Woman at Hogan's Hideout |
| 1928 | The Matinee Idol | Woman in Audience (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Naughty Nanette | Mrs. Rooney |
| 1926 | Black Paradise | Mrs. Murphy |
| 1925 | The Home Maker | Mrs. Hennessy |
| 1925 | Tessie | Aunt Maggie |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Mary O'Toole |