Mary Gordon
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.
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- Born:
- May 16, 1882 In Glasgow, Scotland, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 207
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Home Maker 1925-11-22
- Latest Project:
- Movie Flannery 2019-10-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Flannery | Self | 2019-10-25 |
| Movie | West of Wyoming | Nora Jones | 1950-02-19 |
| Movie | Clues to Adventure | Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1949-04-11 |
| Movie | Tucson | Housemother (uncredited) | 1949-04-27 |
| Movie | Mr. Soft Touch | Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) | 1949-07-28 |
| Movie | The File on Thelma Jordon | Charwoman (Uncredited) | 1949-11-04 |
| Movie | Deputy Marshal | Mrs. Lance | 1949-10-28 |
| Movie | Haunted Trails | Aunt Libby | 1949-08-21 |
| Movie | Big Town Scandal | Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) | 1948-05-27 |
| Movie | Angels' Alley | Mrs. Mamie Mahoney | 1948-03-07 |
| Movie | Fort Apache | Ma (barmaid) | 1948-06-14 |
| Movie | The Strange Mrs. Crane | Nora | 1948-10-07 |
| Movie | Highway 13 | Aunt Myrt Lacy | 1948-12-28 |
| Movie | Kidnapped | Scottish Woman (uncredited) | 1948-11-28 |
| Movie | The Long Night | Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited) | 1947-05-28 |
| Movie | Exposed | Housekeeper | 1947-09-08 |
| Movie | The Invisible Wall | Mrs. Bledsoe | 1947-10-15 |
| Movie | Roses Are Red | Cleaning Lady | 1947-11-10 |
| Movie | The Judge Steps Out | Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Sentimental Journey | Agnes, the Cook (uncredited) | 1946-03-06 |
| Movie | Little Giant | Ma Miller | 1946-02-22 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Trina | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | Dressed to Kill | Mrs. Hudson | 1946-05-24 |
| Movie | Sister Kenny | Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
| Movie | Shadows Over Chinatown | Mrs. Conover | 1946-06-27 |
| Movie | The Dark Horse | Mrs. Mahoney | 1946-07-19 |
| Movie | In Fast Company | Mrs. Cassidy | 1946-06-22 |
| Movie | The Body Snatcher | Mary McBride (uncredited) | 1945-05-25 |
| Movie | Law of the Badlands | 1945-04-14 | |
| Movie | See My Lawyer | Mrs. Fillmore | 1945-03-09 |
| Movie | The Woman in Green | Mrs. Hudson | 1945-06-15 |
| Movie | Captain Eddie | Mrs. Westrom | 1945-06-18 |
| Movie | Strange Confession | Mrs. O'Connor | 1945-10-05 |
| Movie | Kitty | Nanny | 1945-10-16 |
| Movie | Divorce | Ellen | 1945-08-18 |
| Movie | The Hour Before the Dawn | Annie | 1944-05-10 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Kid | Mrs. McGinnis | 1944-02-28 |
| Movie | The Racket Man | Mom Benson | 1944-01-18 |
| Movie | Follow the Leader | 1944-06-03 | |
| Movie | Hollywood Canteen | Hostess (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
| Movie | Secrets of Scotland Yard | Libby, the Housekeeper | 1944-07-26 |
| Movie | The Pearl of Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1944-08-01 |
| Movie | The Last Ride | Mrs. Mary Kelly | 1944-10-07 |
| Movie | Secret Command | Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited) | 1944-07-30 |
| Movie | Two Tickets to London | Mrs. Tinkle | 1943-06-14 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-09-17 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-03-24 |
| Movie | Keep 'Em Slugging | Mrs. Banning | 1943-03-01 |
| Movie | Sarong Girl | Mattie | 1943-06-11 |
| Movie | Here Comes Kelly | Mrs. Kelly | 1943-09-19 |
| Movie | The Spider Woman | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-12-24 |
| Movie | Whispering Footsteps | Ma Murphy | 1943-12-30 |
| Movie | Smart Guy | Maggie | 1943-12-17 |
| Movie | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Mrs. Scott | 1942-03-27 |
| Movie | Dr. Broadway | Broadway Carrie | 1942-05-09 |
| Movie | Fly-By-Night | Ma Prescott | 1942-01-19 |
| Movie | Sealed Lips | Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | Meet the Stewarts | Mrs. Stewart | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | Blue, White, and Perfect | Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) | 1942-01-06 |
| Movie | Bombay Clipper | Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson | 1942-01-11 |
| Movie | Powder Town | Mrs. Douglas | 1942-06-07 |
| Movie | The Mummy's Tomb | Jane Banning | 1942-10-23 |
| Movie | Gentleman Jim | Mrs. Casey (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Mrs. Hudson | 1942-12-25 |
| Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Mrs. Collins | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | Half Way to Shanghai | Mrs. McIntyre | 1942-09-18 |
| Movie | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Mrs. Hudson | 1942-09-18 |
| Movie | The Pride of the Yankees | Maid (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
| Movie | Double Cross | Mrs. Murray | 1941-06-27 |
| Movie | Unfinished Business | Miss Brady | 1941-08-27 |
| Movie | Pot o' Gold | Mom McCorkle | 1941-04-03 |
| Movie | Flight from Destiny | Martha | 1941-02-08 |
| Movie | It Started with Eve | Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited) | 1941-09-26 |
| Movie | Borrowed Hero | Mrs. Riley | 1941-12-05 |
| Movie | Riot Squad | Mrs. McGonigle | 1941-12-12 |
| Movie | Appointment for Love | Martha | 1941-10-31 |
| Movie | I Take This Oath | Mrs. Eileen Hanagan | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | The Last Alarm | Mrs. Hadley | 1940-06-25 |
| Movie | Tear Gas Squad | Mrs. Sullivan | 1940-05-04 |
| Movie | Women Without Names | Juror | 1940-03-14 |
| Movie | The Invisible Man Returns | Cookie (uncredited) | 1940-01-12 |
| Movie | Queen of the Mob | Tenement Landlady | 1940-06-28 |
| Movie | My Son, My Son! | Mrs. Mulvaney | 1940-03-21 |
| Movie | Saps at Sea | Mrs. O'Riley | 1940-04-29 |
| Movie | Brother Orchid | Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) | 1940-06-07 |
| Movie | Kitty Foyle | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | The Invisible Woman | Mrs. Bates | 1940-12-28 |
| Movie | When the Daltons Rode | Ma Dalton | 1940-08-23 |
| Movie | Nobody's Children | Mary | 1940-12-12 |
| Movie | No, No, Nanette | Gertrude, the Cook | 1940-12-19 |
| Movie | Public Deb No. 1 | Landlady | 1940-09-13 |
| Movie | Young People | Old Woman | 1940-08-30 |
| Movie | Go West | Train Passenger | 1940-12-06 |
| Movie | Racketeers of the Range | Mary-Benson's Housekeeper | 1939-05-26 |
| Movie | Captain Fury | Mrs. Bailey | 1939-05-26 |
| Movie | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Landlady (uncredited) | 1939-06-02 |
| Movie | Code of the Streets | Mrs. Flaherty | 1939-04-13 |
| Movie | Off the Record | Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Irene's Housekeeper | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | Tail Spin | Mrs. Lee | 1939-02-19 |
| Movie | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Hudson | 1939-03-24 |
| Movie | Broadway Serenade | Annie (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Tell No Tales | Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) | 1939-06-12 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Day-time Wife | Scrubwoman | 1939-11-24 |
| Movie | The Night of Nights | 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | She Married a Cop | Ma Duffy | 1939-07-11 |
| Movie | The Marshal Of Mesa City | Mrs. Dudley | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mrs. O'Leary | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Woman (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hudson | 1939-09-01 |
| Movie | The Story That Couldn't Be Printed | Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited) | 1939-07-22 |
| Movie | The Escape | Neighbor | 1939-10-05 |
| Movie | Kidnapped | Mrs. MacDonald | 1938-05-27 |
| Movie | Mannequin | Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) | 1938-01-21 |
| Movie | Blond Cheat | Maggie (uncredited) | 1938-06-17 |
| Movie | City Streets | Mrs. Devlin | 1938-07-01 |
| Movie | Gateway | Scottish Mother | 1938-08-05 |
| Movie | Campus Confessions | Mrs. Twill | 1938-09-23 |
| Movie | You Can't Have Everything | YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited) | 1937-08-02 |
| Movie | Meet the Boy Friend | Mrs. Grimes | 1937-07-12 |
| Movie | Double Wedding | Mrs. Keough | 1937-10-15 |
| Movie | Her Husband Lies | Mrs. Jenks | 1937-03-13 |
| Movie | The Great O'Malley | Mrs. O'Malley | 1937-02-13 |
| Movie | A Damsel in Distress | Cook (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
| Movie | Friend Indeed | Housekeeper | 1937-12-28 |
| Movie | Lady Behave! | Cook | 1937-12-22 |
| Movie | You're Only Young Once | Mary's Mother (uncredited) | 1937-12-10 |
| Movie | The White Angel | Nursing Applicant (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
| Movie | Little Miss Nobody | Mrs. Biddle | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | The Lady Consents | Apple Lady | 1936-02-07 |
| Movie | Mary of Scotland | Nurse | 1936-07-28 |
| Movie | Share the Wealth | Ma MacClyde | 1936-05-08 |
| Movie | Laughing Irish Eyes | Mrs. O'Keefe | 1936-03-04 |
| Movie | The Plough and the Stars | Woman at Barricades | 1936-12-26 |
| Movie | Stage Struck | Mrs. Cassidy | 1936-09-12 |
| Movie | After the Thin Man | Rose (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
| Movie | The Plot Thickens | Woman with Bag | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Great Guy | Mrs. Ogilvie | 1936-12-01 |
| Movie | Ginger | Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) | 1935-07-04 |
| Movie | Vanessa: Her Love Story | Mrs. Leathwaite | 1935-03-01 |
| Movie | Bride of Frankenstein | Hans' Wife | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | The Irish in Us | Ma O'Hara | 1935-07-31 |
| Movie | Bonnie Scotland | Mrs. Bickerdike | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | Mutiny on the Bounty | Peddler (uncredited) | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Waterfront Lady | Mrs. O'Flaherty | 1935-10-04 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Woman in Street | 1934-05-18 |
| Movie | Baby Take a Bow | Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) | 1934-06-30 |
| Movie | Murder at the Vanities | 1934-05-18 | |
| Movie | The Woman Condemned | Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited) | 1934-04-03 |
| Movie | Beloved | Mrs. O'Leary | 1934-01-22 |
| Movie | Manhattan Melodrama | Boat Passenger (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | The Loudspeaker | Landlady | 1934-06-01 |
| Movie | Our Daily Bread | Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited) | 1934-10-02 |
| Movie | Cross Streets | Sonny's Mother | 1934-07-05 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in London | Prison Visitor (uncredited) | 1934-09-12 |
| Movie | The Little Minister | Nanny | 1934-12-28 |
| Movie | The Defense Rests | Scrub Woman | 1934-07-15 |
| Movie | One More River | Cook (Uncredited) | 1934-08-06 |
| Movie | The Man from Hell | Mrs. Frank McCarrol | 1934-08-28 |
| Movie | The Whirlwind | Mrs. Curtis | 1933-04-13 |
| Movie | Sweepings | Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) | 1933-04-14 |
| Movie | Nature in the Wrong | Mrs. Clancy | 1933-03-18 |
| Movie | Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited) | 1933-02-04 |
| Movie | The Kiss Before the Mirror | Scrubwoman (uncredited) | 1933-05-04 |
| Movie | She Done Him Wrong | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | 1933-02-09 |
| Movie | Men Must Fight | Pacifist Audience Member | 1933-02-17 |
| Movie | Doctor Bull | Townswoman at Meeting | 1933-09-22 |
| Movie | Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Cleaning Woman | 1933-11-02 |
| Movie | Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
| Movie | Design for Living | Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
| Movie | Meet the Baron | Washer Woman (uncredited) | 1933-10-20 |
| Movie | The Invisible Man | Screaming Woman (uncredited) | 1933-11-03 |
| Movie | The Power and the Glory | Nurse (uncredited) | 1933-10-06 |
| Movie | My Woman | Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) | 1933-10-04 |
| Movie | Beauty Parlor | Landlady | 1932-06-15 |
| Movie | Radio Patrol | Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-06-02 |
| Movie | Dancers in the Dark | Scrubwoman | 1932-03-11 |
| Movie | The Impatient Maiden | Irish Neighbor (uncredited) | 1932-03-01 |
| Movie | Texas Cyclone | Kate | 1932-02-24 |
| Movie | The Expert | Neighbor | 1932-03-05 |
| Movie | 70,000 Witnesses | Scrubwoman (uncredited) | 1932-09-09 |
| Movie | Skyscraper Souls | Charwoman | 1932-07-16 |
| Movie | Call Her Savage | Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
| Movie | Wild Girl | Washerwoman (uncredited) | 1932-11-09 |
| Movie | Blonde Venus | Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
| Movie | Pack Up Your Troubles | Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited) | 1932-09-16 |
| Movie | The Brat | Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited) | 1931-08-23 |
| Movie | The Black Camel | Mrs. MacMasters | 1931-06-21 |
| Movie | Waterloo Bridge | Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited) | 1931-09-01 |
| Movie | Possessed | Woman at Political Rally (uncredited) | 1931-11-21 |
| Movie | 24 Hours | Nurse | 1931-10-03 |
| Movie | A House Divided | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1931-12-05 |
| Movie | When the Wind Blows | Chubby's Mother (uncredited) | 1930-04-05 |
| Movie | Song o' My Heart | Irish Woman | 1930-03-11 |
| Movie | Anybody's Woman | Maid | 1930-08-15 |
| Movie | Roaring Ranch | Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited) | 1930-04-27 |
| Movie | Oh, for a Man! | Stage Door Admirer with Violets | 1930-11-28 |
| Movie | Is Everybody Happy? | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1929-10-19 |
| Movie | Madame X | Nursemaid (uncredited) | 1929-08-17 |
| Movie | The Saturday Night Kid | Reducing customer (uncredited) | 1929-10-25 |
| Movie | Hell's Heroes | Choir Member (uncredited) | 1929-12-27 |
| Movie | The Matinee Idol | Woman in Audience (uncredited) | 1928-03-14 |
| Movie | Hangman's House | The Woman at Hogan's Hideout | 1928-05-13 |
| Movie | The Ol' Gray Hoss | First taxi passenger | 1928-10-19 |
| Movie | Black Paradise | Mrs. Murphy | 1926-05-30 |
| Movie | The Home Maker | Mrs. Hennessy | 1925-11-22 |