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