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Mary Gordon
Born · May 16, 1882
Died · August 23, 1963 (81 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Bio
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.
The Cisco Kid
Mary O'Toole · (1 episode)
6.4
1950
West of Wyoming
Nora Jones
6.0
1950
The File on Thelma Jordon
Charwoman (Uncredited)
6.5
1949
Deputy Marshal
Mrs. Lance
6.8
1949
Haunted Trails
Aunt Libby
0.0
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
6.8
1949
Tucson
Housemother (uncredited)
6.0
1949
Clues to Adventure
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.0
1949
Shamrock Hill
Grandma Rogan
1.0
1949
Highway 13
Aunt Myrt Lacy
5.7
1948
Kidnapped
Scottish Woman (uncredited)
5.5
1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nora
6.0
1948
Fort Apache
Ma (barmaid)
7.0
1948
Big Town Scandal
Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
5.0
1948
Angels' Alley
Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
4.0
1948
The Judge Steps Out
Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
7.0
1947
Roses Are Red
Cleaning Lady
5.5
1947
The Invisible Wall
Mrs. Bledsoe
5.4
1947
Exposed
Housekeeper
5.8
1947
The Long Night
Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
5.8
1947
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
6.5
1946
The Dark Horse
Mrs. Mahoney
0.0
1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
Mrs. Conover
5.7
1946
In Fast Company
Mrs. Cassidy
6.3
1946
Dressed to Kill
Mrs. Hudson
6.5
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Trina
5.2
1946
Sentimental Journey
Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
6.4
1946
Little Giant
Ma Miller
5.3
1946
Kitty
Nanny
5.5
1945
Strange Confession
Mrs. O'Connor
6.8
1945
Divorce
Ellen
5.0
1945
Captain Eddie
Mrs. Westrom
6.0
1945
The Woman in Green
Mrs. Hudson
6.4
1945
The Body Snatcher
Mary McBride (uncredited)
7.0
1945
Law of the Badlands
0.0
1945
See My Lawyer
Mrs. Fillmore
6.0
1945
Hollywood Canteen
Hostess (uncredited)
7.3
1944
The Last Ride
Mrs. Mary Kelly
6.2
1944
The Pearl of Death
Mrs. Hudson
7.0
1944
Secret Command
Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
6.8
1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Libby, the Housekeeper
5.3
1944
Follow the Leader
3.5
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
Annie
5.0
1944
Million Dollar Kid
Mrs. McGinnis
6.4
1944
The Racket Man
Mom Benson
6.0
1944
Whispering Footsteps
Ma Murphy
5.3
1943
The Spider Woman
Mrs. Hudson
6.9
1943
Smart Guy
Maggie
5.0
1943
Here Comes Kelly
Mrs. Kelly
1.0
1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Mrs. Hudson
6.9
1943
Two Tickets to London
Mrs. Tinkle
6.0
1943
Sarong Girl
Mattie
0.0
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mrs. Hudson
6.7
1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Mrs. Banning
5.5
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Mrs. Hudson
6.3
1942
Gentleman Jim
Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
7.2
1942
The Mummy's Tomb
Jane Banning
5.7
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Mrs. Hudson
6.5
1942
Half Way to Shanghai
Mrs. McIntyre
0.0
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Maid (uncredited)
7.4
1942
Powder Town
Mrs. Douglas
3.7
1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Mrs. Collins
4.8
1942
Meet the Stewarts
Mrs. Stewart
6.0
1942
Dr. Broadway
Broadway Carrie
5.0
1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Mrs. Scott
5.1
1942
Fly By Night
Ma Prescott
6.4
1942
Bombay Clipper
Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
5.5
1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
6.3
1942
Sealed Lips
Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
5.8
1942
Riot Squad
Mrs. McGonigle
0.0
1941
Borrowed Hero
Mrs. Riley
4.0
1941
Appointment for Love
Martha
5.2
1941
It Started with Eve
Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
7.1
1941
Unfinished Business
Miss Brady
5.3
1941
Double Cross
Mrs. Murray
4.8
1941
Pot o' Gold
Mom McCorkle
5.5
1941
Flight from Destiny
Martha
5.2
1941
The Invisible Woman
Mrs. Bates
5.7
1940
Kitty Foyle
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
6.5
1940
No, No, Nanette
Gertrude, the Cook
6.0
1940
Nobody's Children
Mary
0.0
1940
Go West
Train Passenger
6.5
1940
Public Deb No. 1
Landlady
4.2
1940
Young People
Old Woman
4.6
1940
When the Daltons Rode
Ma Dalton
6.0
1940
Queen of the Mob
Tenement Landlady
4.5
1940
The Last Alarm
Mrs. Hadley
4.6
1940
Brother Orchid
Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
6.4
1940
I Take This Oath
Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
4.3
1940
Tear Gas Squad
Mrs. Sullivan
4.8
1940
Saps at Sea
Mrs. O'Riley
6.8
1940
My Son, My Son!
Mrs. Mulvaney
4.3
1940
Women Without Names
Juror
4.8
1940
The Invisible Man Returns
Cookie (uncredited)
6.2
1940
The Night of Nights
1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
0.0
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Mrs. O'Leary
2.0
1939
Day-time Wife
Scrubwoman
6.3
1939
Rulers of the Sea
Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
6.5
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Mrs. Dudley
8.0
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Woman (uncredited)
7.9
1939
The Escape
Neighbor
5.5
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Hudson
6.8
1939
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
4.0
1939
She Married a Cop
Ma Duffy
5.0
1939
Tell No Tales
Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
5.3
1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Landlady (uncredited)
0.0
1939
Racketeers of the Range
Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
6.2
1939
Captain Fury
Mrs. Bailey
4.8
1939
Code of the Streets
Mrs. Flaherty
7.0
1939
Broadway Serenade
Annie (uncredited)
6.2
1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mrs. Hudson
7.1
1939
Tail Spin
Mrs. Lee
5.8
1939
Wings of the Navy
Irene's Housekeeper
6.0
1939
Off the Record
Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Campus Confessions
Mrs. Twill
4.2
1938
Gateway
Scottish Mother
6.5
1938
City Streets
Mrs. Devlin
0.0
1938
Blond Cheat
Maggie (uncredited)
6.0
1938
Kidnapped
Mrs. MacDonald
6.0
1938
Mannequin
Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
6.0
1938
Friend Indeed
Housekeeper
0.0
1937
Lady Behave!
Cook
5.2
1937
You're Only Young Once
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
5.5
1937
A Damsel in Distress
Cook (uncredited)
6.4
1937
Double Wedding
Mrs. Keough
6.5
1937
You Can't Have Everything
YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
5.7
1937
Meet the Boy Friend
Mrs. Grimes
6.0
1937
Her Husband Lies
Mrs. Jenks
6.0
1937
The Great O'Malley
Mrs. O'Malley
6.7
1937
The Plough and the Stars
Woman at Barricades
5.6
1936
After the Thin Man
Rose (uncredited)
7.3
1936
The Plot Thickens
Woman with Bag
6.2
1936
Great Guy
Mrs. Ogilvie
6.2
1936
Stage Struck
Mrs. Cassidy
4.0
1936
Mary of Scotland
Nurse
6.3
1936
The White Angel
Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
8.0
1936
Little Miss Nobody
Mrs. Biddle
6.0
1936
Forgotten Faces
Mrs. O'Leary
0.0
1936
Share the Wealth
Ma MacClyde
3.0
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
Mrs. O'Keefe
0.0
1936
The Lady Consents
Apple Lady
5.8
1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
Peddler (uncredited)
7.3
1935
Waterfront Lady
Mrs. O'Flaherty
5.5
1935
Bonnie Scotland
Mrs. Bickerdike
6.6
1935
The Irish in Us
Ma O'Hara
7.7
1935
Ginger
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
4.7
1935
$10 Raise
Landlady (uncredited)
8.0
1935
Vagabond Lady
Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
7.2
1935
Bride of Frankenstein
Hans' Wife
7.5
1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Mrs. Leathwaite
6.0
1935
The Little Minister
Nanny
5.9
1934
Our Daily Bread
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
6.8
1934
Charlie Chan in London
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
6.9
1934
The Man from Hell
Mrs. Frank McCarrol
4.5
1934
One More River
Cook (Uncredited)
5.3
1934
The Defense Rests
Scrub Woman
7.0
1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
Newfoundlander
5.5
1934
Cross Streets
Sonny's Mother
5.8
1934
Baby Take a Bow
Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
5.5
1934
The Loudspeaker
Landlady
0.0
1934
Change of Heart
Woman in Street
6.3
1934
Murder at the Vanities
5.4
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
7.0
1934
The Woman Condemned
Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
4.3
1934
Beloved
Mrs. O'Leary
0.0
1934
Design for Living
Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
7.1
1933
The Invisible Man
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
7.5
1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Cleaning Woman
5.7
1933
Meet the Baron
Washer Woman (uncredited)
4.3
1933
The Power and the Glory
Nurse (uncredited)
5.9
1933
My Woman
Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
3.4
1933
Doctor Bull
Townswoman at Meeting
6.6
1933
Pilgrimage
6.8
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
5.5
1933
Sweepings
Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
5.8
1933
The Whirlwind
Mrs. Curtis
0.0
1933
Nature in the Wrong
Mrs. Clancy
0.0
1933
Men Must Fight
Pacifist Audience Member
5.7
1933
She Done Him Wrong
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
5.8
1933
Ladies They Talk About
Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
6.1
1933
Call Her Savage
Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
5.8
1932
Wild Girl
Washerwoman (uncredited)
6.0
1932
Blonde Venus
Landlady (uncredited)
6.8
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
6.7
1932
70,000 Witnesses
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
4.8
1932
Skyscraper Souls
Charwoman
5.6
1932
Beauty Parlor
Landlady
5.0
1932
Radio Patrol
Landlady (uncredited)
0.0
1932
Dancers in the Dark
Scrubwoman
4.8
1932
The Expert
Neighbor
6.3
1932
The Impatient Maiden
Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
0.0
1932
Texas Cyclone
Kate
4.3
1932
A House Divided
Townswoman (uncredited)
6.2
1931
Possessed
Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
7.1
1931
24 Hours
Nurse
5.5
1931
Waterloo Bridge
Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
7.0
1931
The Brat
Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
5.6
1931
The Black Camel
Mrs. MacMasters
6.0
1931
Subway Express
Mrs. Delaney
0.0
1931
Oh, for a Man!
Stage Door Admirer with Violets
5.7
1930
Anybody's Woman
Maid
5.9
1930
Roaring Ranch
Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
0.0
1930
The Ghosts
Chubby's Mama
0.0
1930
When the Wind Blows
Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
6.1
1930
His Honor the Mayor
His Wife
0.0
1930
Song o' My Heart
Irish Woman
3.7
1930
Hell's Heroes
Choir Member (uncredited)
6.8
1929
The Saturday Night Kid
Reducing customer (uncredited)
4.4
1929
Is Everybody Happy?
Neighbor (uncredited)
0.0
1929
Madame X
Nursemaid (uncredited)
6.0
1929
The Ol' Gray Hoss
First taxi passenger
6.0
1928
Hangman's House
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
6.3
1928
The Matinee Idol
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
6.3
1928
Naughty Nanette
Mrs. Rooney
0.0
1927
Black Paradise
Mrs. Murphy
4.0
1926
The Home Maker
Mrs. Hennessy
0.0
1925