Cast
Mary Forbes
Acting
Cast
Mary Forbes
Known for
Acting
Born
1882-12-30
From
Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Died
1974-07-22
Also known as Ethel Louise Young
Biography
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.
★6.9
MOVIE1943
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Eshton
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Another Dawn
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Ninotchka
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1934
British Agent
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
★6.6
MOVIE1946
Terror by Night
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
★7.1
MOVIE1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Agatha
★7.1
MOVIE1931
Working Girls
as Mrs. Johnstone
★7.5
MOVIE1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
★7.2
MOVIE1935
Captain Blood
as Mrs. Steed
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Back Street
as Mrs. Williams
★6.5
MOVIE1935
Anna Karenina
as Princess Sorokina
★7.2
MOVIE1937
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Vance
★6.4
MOVIE1958
Houseboat
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1932
Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Mr. Lucky
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1934
A Lost Lady
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1944
Tender Comrade
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
★3.8
MOVIE1942
Twin Beds
★5.5
MOVIE1929
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alice Crosby
★6.9
MOVIE1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Conyngham
★7.2
MOVIE1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1952
Les Miserables
as Nun (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Stage Door
as Cast of Stage Play
★5.5
MOVIE1933
Cavalcade
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1930
Abraham Lincoln
as Actress (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Nothing but the Truth
as Mrs. Ralston
★7.0
MOVIE1930
So This Is London
as Lady Worthing
★6.8
MOVIE1942
This Above All
as Vicar's Wife
★3.0
MOVIE1929
Her Private Life
as Ladu Wildering
★7.1
MOVIE1935
Les Misérables
as Mlle. Baptiseme
★6.2
MOVIE1932
A Farewell to Arms
as Miss Van Campen
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Mrs. Withers
★4.2
MOVIE1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Hanson
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Pettibone
★6.4
MOVIE1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Concert Hall Patron
★6.7
MOVIE1945
Lady on a Train
★8.0
MOVIE1934
She Was a Lady
as Lady Diana Vane
★4.3
MOVIE1930
Strictly Unconventional
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
★6.8
MOVIE1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Aunt Martha
★7.8
MOVIE1947
It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1935
The Perfect Gentleman
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
★6.3
MOVIE1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Cigarette Girl
as Mrs. Halstead
★6.6
MOVIE1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1947
The Exile
as Second Court Lady
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Wedding Present
as Mrs. Dodacker
★6.5
MOVIE1939
Risky Business
as Mrs. Jameson
★6.6
MOVIE1937
Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. MacMonachie
★7.1
MOVIE1935
Roberta
as (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1934
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Travis
★5.8
MOVIE1930
The Devil to Pay!
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1936
The White Angel
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1931
Born to Love
as The Duchess (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1939
These Glamour Girls
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1942
The Great Impersonation
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
★8.0
MOVIE1939
I Stole a Million
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1947
Ivy
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1935
Rendezvous
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
★7.1
MOVIE1929
Sunny Side Up
as Mrs. Cromwell
★8.8
MOVIE1939
Outside These Walls
as Gertrude Bishop
★6.2
MOVIE1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mrs. Gaynes
★6.2
MOVIE1930
Holiday
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1938
The Rage of Paris
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
★5.5
MOVIE1948
The Black Arrow
as Nun (uncredited)
★6.9
MOVIE1929
The Trespasser
as Mrs. Ferguson
★7.0
MOVIE1934
Sadie McKee
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
★4.5
MOVIE1945
I'll Remember April
as Mrs. Barrington
★7.5
MOVIE1943
Two Tickets to London
as Dame Dunne Hartley
★5.7
MOVIE1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1930
East Is West
as Mrs. Benson
★6.5
MOVIE1933
Bombshell
as Mrs. Middleton
★5.9
MOVIE1939
Fast and Loose
as Mrs. Torrent
★7.4
MOVIE1931
Chances
as Mrs. Ingleside
★6.8
MOVIE1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Margaret (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1934
We Live Again
as Mrs. Kortchagin
★5.4
MOVIE1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Queen Mother Elena
★7.3
MOVIE1934
Shock
as Lady Heatherly
★4.3
MOVIE1931
The Man Who Came Back
as Mrs. Gaynes
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Private Affairs
as Mrs. Stanley
★9.0
MOVIE1919
The Lady Clare
as Lady Julia Medwin
★5.5
MOVIE1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Mrs. Randolph
★4.5
MOVIE1940
Florian
as Grandmother
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Outside of Paradise
as Mrs. Stonewall
★6.0
MOVIE1935
Stranded
as Grace Dean (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
MOVIE1918
The Woman's Portion
as Lizzie
★6.2
MOVIE1937
The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Saunders
★5.8
MOVIE1935
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Lady Holloway
★8.0
MOVIE1934
Blind Date
as Mrs. Hartwell
★7.2
MOVIE1938
Always Goodbye
as Aunt Martha Marshall
★4.6
MOVIE1940
South of Suez
as Mrs. Putnam
★5.7
MOVIE1937
Women of Glamour
as Mrs. Stark
★5.8
MOVIE1934
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. Kelsey
★9.0
MOVIE1919
Women Who Win
★5.4
MOVIE1931
The Brat
as Mrs. Forester
★7.0
MOVIE1932
The Silent Witness
as Lady Howard
★5.1
MOVIE1942
Klondike Fury
as Mrs. Langton
★7.0
MOVIE1942
Almost Married
as Mrs. Marvin
★5.0
MOVIE1938
Everybody Sing
as Miss Colvin
★7.0
MOVIE1938
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1935
Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
★8.0
MOVIE1935
Dizzy Dames
as Mrs. Stokes
★8.0
MOVIE1934
You Can't Buy Everything
as Kate Farley
★6.6
MOVIE1940
Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
★4.8
MOVIE1940
Blame It on Love
as Mrs. Wadsworth