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 – 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