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Mary Forbes
Born · December 30, 1882
Died · July 22, 1974 (91 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Forbes (1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974), born Ethel Louise Young, was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. Forbes was born in Hornsey, England. She made her first public appearance on the concert platform giving recitals. Her acting debut was in 1908 on the London stage at Aldwych Theatre. Her American stage debut came in Romance at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913. She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films. Two of her three children by her first marriage in the first quarter of 1904 to Ernest J. Taylor, Ralph and Dorothy Brenda, known as Brenda, were also actors. The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business. Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce. She married her third husband, Wesley Wall, an American businessman, in 1935; the couple remained married until her death in 1974. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, with one of her character references being Lucile Webster Gleason, actress and wife of actor James Gleason.
Houseboat
British Society Woman (uncredited)
6.3
1958
Suspicion
Mrs. Merton · (1 episode)
5.9
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mrs. Herbert Winthrop · (1 episode)
7.7
1955
Les Miserables
Nun (uncredited)
5.4
1952
You Gotta Stay Happy
Aunt Martha
6.5
1948
The Black Arrow
Nun (uncredited)
5.2
1948
The Judge Steps Out
Margaret (uncredited)
7.0
1947
It Had to Be You
Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
6.5
1947
The Exile
Second Court Lady
6.1
1947
Ivy
Lady Crail (uncredited)
6.8
1947
Cigarette Girl
Mrs. Halstead
0.0
1947
Terror by Night
Lady Margaret Carstairs
6.6
1946
Lady on a Train
6.5
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
Queen Mother Elena
5.0
1945
I'll Remember April
Mrs. Barrington
4.0
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Lady Agatha
7.1
1945
Tender Comrade
Jo's Mother (uncredited)
6.3
1944
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Eshton
6.9
1943
Dangerous Blondes
Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
6.0
1943
Mr. Lucky
War Relief Worker (uncredited)
6.9
1943
Two Tickets to London
Dame Dunne Hartley
6.0
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mrs. Pettibone
6.7
1943
The Great Impersonation
Lady Leslie Clayfair
5.8
1942
Almost Married
Mrs. Marvin
0.0
1942
This Above All
Vicar's Wife
6.6
1942
Twin Beds
2.7
1942
Klondike Fury
Mrs. Langton
3.9
1942
Nothing But the Truth
Mrs. Ralston
7.1
1941
Back Street
Mrs. Williams
7.2
1941
South of Suez
Mrs. Putnam
5.0
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
7.2
1940
Private Affairs
Mrs. Stanley
0.0
1940
Blame It on Love
Mrs. Wadsworth
2.5
1940
Florian
Grandmother
1.0
1940
Laddie
Mrs. Anna Pryor
6.0
1940
Ninotchka
Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
7.5
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
Mrs. Gaynes
5.1
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Lady Conyngham
6.9
1939
These Glamour Girls
Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
5.5
1939
I Stole a Million
Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
6.0
1939
The Sun Never Sets
Mrs. Randolph
4.8
1939
Outside These Walls
Gertrude Bishop
7.5
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Mrs. Withers
7.3
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
Lady Hilda
5.6
1939
Risky Business
Mrs. Jameson
6.0
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
6.7
1939
Fast and Loose
Mrs. Torrent
5.6
1939
Three Loves Has Nancy
Mrs. Hanson
4.2
1938
You Can't Take It with You
Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
7.5
1938
Always Goodbye
Aunt Martha Marshall
6.8
1938
The Rage of Paris
Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
6.1
1938
Outside of Paradise
Mrs. Stonewall
0.0
1938
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
6.0
1938
Everybody Sing
Miss Colvin
4.7
1938
The Awful Truth
Mrs. Vance
7.2
1937
Stage Door
Cast of Stage Play
7.0
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Concert Hall Patron
6.4
1937
The Life of the Party
Mrs. Saunders
5.2
1937
Wee Willie Winkie
Mrs. MacMonachie
6.5
1937
Another Dawn
Mrs. Lydia Benton
6.2
1937
Women of Glamour
Mrs. Stark
5.0
1937
Theodora Goes Wild
Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
6.6
1936
Wedding Present
Mrs. Dodacker
6.5
1936
The White Angel
Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
8.0
1936
Captain Blood
Mrs. Steed
7.2
1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Lady Holloway
5.0
1935
The Perfect Gentleman
Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
4.5
1935
Rendezvous
Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
4.8
1935
Anna Karenina
6.6
1935
Stranded
Grace Dean (uncredited)
5.8
1935
Dizzy Dames
Mrs. Stokes
6.0
1935
Les Misérables
Mlle. Baptiseme
7.2
1935
Laddie
Mrs. Anna Pryor
0.0
1935
Roberta
7.0
1935
We Live Again
Mrs. Kortchagin
6.5
1934
Happiness Ahead
Mrs. Travis
6.0
1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
0.0
1934
A Lost Lady
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
6.1
1934
British Agent
Lady Catherine Trehearne
5.5
1934
She Was a Lady
Lady Diana Vane
0.0
1934
Blind Date
Mrs. Hartwell
7.0
1934
Shock
Lady Heatherly
6.0
1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
Mrs. Kelsey
5.2
1934
Sadie McKee
Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
7.0
1934
You Can't Buy Everything
Kate Farley
7.0
1934
Bombshell
Mrs. Middleton
6.5
1933
Cavalcade
Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
5.5
1933
A Farewell to Arms
Miss Van Campen
6.2
1932
Vanity Fair
Mrs. Sedley
5.5
1932
The Silent Witness
Lady Howard
5.5
1932
Working Girls
Mrs. Johnstone
6.8
1931
The Brat
Mrs. Forester
5.6
1931
Chances
Mrs. Ingleside
7.0
1931
Born to Love
The Duchess (uncredited)
5.0
1931
The Man Who Came Back
Mrs. Gaynes
3.5
1931
The Devil to Pay!
Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
6.0
1930
Abraham Lincoln
Actress (uncredited)
5.4
1930
East Is West
Mrs. Benson
4.0
1930
Holiday
Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
6.2
1930
So This Is London
Lady Worthing
7.0
1930
Strictly Unconventional
Mrs. Anna Shenstone
3.5
1930
Sunny Side Up
Mrs. Cromwell
7.3
1929
The Trespasser
Mrs. Ferguson
6.7
1929
The Thirteenth Chair
Lady Alice Crosby
4.9
1929
Her Private Life
Ladu Wildering
1.0
1929
Women Who Win
0.0
1919
The Lady Clare
Lady Julia Medwin
0.0
1919
The Woman's Portion
Lizzie
0.0
1918