
Cast
Mary Gordon
Acting
Cast
Mary Gordon
Known for
Acting
Born
1882-05-16
From
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Died
1963-08-23
Also known as Mary Grace Gordon
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour, 16 May 1882 β 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.

Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)

The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)

Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife

Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)

Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)

Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey

Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)

Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)

Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)

Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)

Kitty
as Nanny

The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)

Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)

Madame X
as Nursemaid (uncredited)

Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike

Smart Guy
as Maggie

Appointment for Love
as Martha

Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson

Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle

Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)

Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary

Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson

You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)

Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson

Pilgrimage

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson

Lady Behave!
as Cook

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson

Roaring Ranch
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)

Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)

Young People
as Old Woman

Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)

Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)

The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson

Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)

Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee

The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina

Dynamite
as Neighbor at Store

Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)

Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald

You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)

The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)

City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson

The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Subway Express
as Mrs. Delaney

The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)

After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)

Go West
as Train Passenger

Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan

Sarong Girl
as Mattie

Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)

The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson

The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson

Gateway
as Scottish Mother

Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle

Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary

Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)

Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough

No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook

The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates

Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson

The Brat
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)

The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)

Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning

Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady

Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)

Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley

Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle

Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)

Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning

Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)

24 Hours
as Nurse

Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)

The Escape
as Neighbor

Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)

Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)

Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie

Mary of Scotland
as Nurse

Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott

Divorce
as Ellen

The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)

The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)

Little Giant
as Ma Miller

70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Women Without Names
as Juror

Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor

The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)

Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady

The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara

A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)

Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart

Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady

Waterloo Bridge
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson

Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)

Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis

She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting

Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady

Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray

Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)

The World Changes
as Lady at Party (uncredited)

It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)

The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades

The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Court Matron (uncredited)

Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty

$10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)

Black Paradise
as Mrs. Murphy

Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary

Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre

Flight from Destiny
as Martha

Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)

My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney

Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley

Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover

Exposed
as Housekeeper

Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance

The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady

The Matinee Idol
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)

The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)

The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol

The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (uncredited)

Blue, White and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton

Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde

The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman

Hell's Heroes
as Choir Member (uncredited)

Hangman's House
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout

Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman

The Racket Man
as Mom Benson

Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby

The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)

One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)

The Hour Before the Dawn
as Annie

Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member

The Black Camel
as Mrs. MacMasters

Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman

Change of Heart
as Woman in Street (uncredited)

The Little Minister
as Nanny

Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly

Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)

Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)

Texas Cyclone
as Kate

Beauty Parlor
as Landlady

In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy

Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott

It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins

Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty

The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis

Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney

The Expert
as Neighbor

Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy

The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)

The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley

A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)

Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy

Is Everybody Happy?
as Neighbor (uncredited)

She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy

Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie

The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney

See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore

Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill

When the Wind Blows
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)

The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley

Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks

Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle

Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)

Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe

Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy

Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes

Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy

The Ghosts
as Chubby's Mama

Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom

Anybody's Woman
as Maid

The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nora

Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper

The Old Code
as Mary MacGregor

The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe

I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan

The Saturday Night Kid
as Reducing customer (uncredited)

The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley

Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper

Nobody's Children
as Mary

Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas

The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly

The Ol' Gray Hoss
as First taxi passenger

Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)

Song o' My Heart
as Irish Woman

The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)

The Loudspeaker
as Landlady

Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)

The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)

Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite

Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman

The Home Maker
as Mrs. Hennessy

West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones

Follow the Leader

Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Molly Clancy

One Man Justice
as Bridget

Naughty Nanette
as Mrs. Rooney

Oh, for a Man!
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets

Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander

His Honor the Mayor
as His Wife

Tessie
as Aunt Maggie

Law of the Badlands

The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Mrs. Tifft

Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper

Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)

Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan