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.
★7.5
MOVIE1933
The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1932
Beauty Parlor
as Landlady
★6.6
MOVIE1935
Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1948
Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)
★7.4
MOVIE1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)
★5.1
MOVIE1941
Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray
★7.0
MOVIE1931
Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1941
Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Go West
as Train Passenger
★8.0
MOVIE1934
The Loudspeaker
as Landlady
★6.3
MOVIE1940
The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1932
Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Angels with Dirty Faces
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother
★7.3
MOVIE1936
After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1933
Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1945
The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson
★6.9
MOVIE1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
★7.5
MOVIE1949
Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1936
Mary of Scotland
as Nurse
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson
★7.1
MOVIE1944
The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson
★7.1
MOVIE1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Young People
as Old Woman (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1931
Waterloo Bridge
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1947
Exposed
as Housekeeper
★6.7
MOVIE1934
Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1946
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1945
The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Appointment for Love
as Martha
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1932
Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1940
The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson
★6.2
MOVIE1940
No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook
★6.1
MOVIE1933
Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1927
Naughty Nanette
as Mrs. Rooney
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson
★4.8
MOVIE1937
Pick a Star
as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
★6.9
MOVIE1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson
★5.5
MOVIE1942
The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning
★6.8
MOVIE1932
Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1947
The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson
★6.5
MOVIE1937
You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1942
Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper
★7.3
MOVIE1938
Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1930
Oh, for a Man!
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady
★5.5
MOVIE1932
Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman
★6.2
MOVIE1940
When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton
★6.5
MOVIE1937
A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina
★5.6
MOVIE1931
A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
One Man Justice
as Bridget
★9.0
MOVIE1932
The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1925
Tessie
as Aunt Maggie
★6.7
MOVIE1937
Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper
★6.8
MOVIE1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1937
You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin
★4.2
MOVIE1933
My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1934
Murder at the Vanities
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1934
Change of Heart
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1928
Hangman's House
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
★6.8
MOVIE1940
Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley
★9.0
MOVIE1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Molly Clancy
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks
★6.3
MOVIE1936
The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough
★6.1
MOVIE1931
The Black Camel
as Mrs. MacMasters
★5.9
MOVIE1933
She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1930
Anybody's Woman
as Maid
★5.8
MOVIE1940
I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
★7.2
MOVIE1941
It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1933
Pilgrimage
★5.0
MOVIE1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary
★6.3
MOVIE1928
The Ol' Gray Hoss
as First taxi passenger
★10.0
MOVIE1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Mrs. Tifft
MOVIE1928
The Old Code
as Mary MacGregor
★5.3
MOVIE1946
Little Giant
as Ma Miller
★7.2
MOVIE1936
The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1939
Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley
★5.7
MOVIE1947
Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady
★4.5
MOVIE1932
Texas Cyclone
as Kate
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee
★5.2
MOVIE1934
One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1945
Kitty
as Nanny
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
★5.8
MOVIE1941
Flight from Destiny
as Martha
★6.4
MOVIE1936
The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady
★7.3
MOVIE1945
See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore
★5.5
MOVIE1942
Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart
★6.7
MOVIE1933
Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Blue, White and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1934
Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1936
Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde
★5.2
MOVIE1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott
★5.7
MOVIE1936
The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades
★10.0
MOVIE1932
Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1942
Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas
★6.2
MOVIE1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover
★6.0
MOVIE1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander
★6.6
MOVIE1944
Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Sarong Girl
as Mattie
★6.0
MOVIE1945
Divorce
as Ellen
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady
★5.4
MOVIE1942
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins
★7.5
MOVIE1935
The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara
★8.0
MOVIE1927
Little Mickey Grogan
as Kind Landlady
★7.0
MOVIE1943
The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson
★7.7
MOVIE1939
Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty
★5.3
MOVIE1935
Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
★6.0
MOVIE1947
The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman
★5.3
MOVIE1940
Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan
★7.1
MOVIE1934
The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman
★4.9
MOVIE1940
Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady
★6.4
MOVIE1946
Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1929
Madame X
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1934
Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1949
Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance
★5.6
MOVIE1939
Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey
★7.0
MOVIE1946
The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney
★7.2
MOVIE1945
Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle
★4.7
MOVIE1940
Women Without Names
as Juror
★7.4
MOVIE1938
Gateway
as Scottish Mother
★5.9
MOVIE1933
The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald
★4.8
MOVIE1935
Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1942
Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott
★5.3
MOVIE1948
Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1934
The Little Minister
as Nanny
★7.7
MOVIE1944
The Racket Man
as Mom Benson
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1948
Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
★7.1
MOVIE1929
Hell's Heroes
as Choir Member (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie
★6.3
MOVIE1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nora
★9.0
MOVIE1949
Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby
★6.2
MOVIE1933
Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member
★5.3
MOVIE1933
Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Court Matron (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning
★6.8
MOVIE1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1930
When the Wind Blows
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1933
Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1944
Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie
★3.7
MOVIE1943
Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly
★6.8
MOVIE1946
In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy
★4.8
MOVIE1940
My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney
★9.0
MOVIE1935
$10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1933
The World Changes
as Lady at Party (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1945
Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite
★6.3
MOVIE1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper
★4.6
MOVIE1934
The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1939
The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre
★6.6
MOVIE1928
The Matinee Idol
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1939
The Escape
as Neighbor
★10.0
MOVIE1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1932
Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman
★5.2
MOVIE1948
Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
★4.8
MOVIE1930
Song o' My Heart
as Irish Woman
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill
★9.0
MOVIE1934
Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary
★6.4
MOVIE1929
Dynamite
as Neighbor at Store
★6.5
MOVIE1950
West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones
★6.4
MOVIE1944
The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
★5.5
MOVIE1941
Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley
★4.5
MOVIE1940
The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley
★5.7
MOVIE1934
The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
★5.4
MOVIE1931
The Brat
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1931
Subway Express
as Mrs. Delaney
★4.8
MOVIE1937
Lady Behave!
as Cook
★5.3
MOVIE1936
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy
★6.8
MOVIE1939
She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy
★6.3
MOVIE1931
24 Hours
as Nurse
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1932
70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1929
The Saturday Night Kid
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Annie
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes
★10.0
MOVIE1945
Law of the Badlands
★7.3
MOVIE1932
The Expert
as Neighbor
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
★3.8
MOVIE1944
Follow the Leader
★5.3
MOVIE1926
Black Paradise
as Mrs. Murphy
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe
★4.1
MOVIE1930
Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1943
Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Smart Guy
as Maggie
★9.0
MOVIE1929
Is Everybody Happy?
as Neighbor (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1925
The Home Maker
as Mrs. Hennessy
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Nobody's Children
as Mary
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley
★8.0
MOVIE1933
The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy
★10.0
MOVIE1930
Roaring Ranch
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1949
Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan
★10.0
MOVIE1930
His Honor the Mayor
as His Wife
★7.3
MOVIE1949
Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE1930
The Ghosts
as Chubby's Mama