Cast
Sara Haden
Acting
Cast
Sara Haden
Known for
Acting
Born
1898-11-16
From
Galveston, Texas, USA
Died
1981-09-15
Also known as Catherine Haden, Sarah Haden, Sarah Hayden
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
The Shop Around the Corner
as Flora
Finishing School
as Miss Fisher
First Lady
as Mrs. Mason
Keeping Company
as Mrs. Foster
Rodeo
as Agatha Cartwright
The Fountain
as Sophie Van Leyden
Woman of the Year
as Matron
The Bishop's Wife
as Mildred Cassaway
You're Only Young Once
as Milly Forrest
Above Suspicion
as Aunt Hattie
Broadway Rhythm
as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Way Down East
as Cordelia Peabody
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
as Milly Forrest
Hullabaloo
as 'Sue' Merriweather
Boom Town
as Miss Barnes
Mr. Ace
as Alma Rhodes
Washington Melodrama
as Harriet Harringan
Love Crazy
as Miss Cecilia Landis
Andy Hardy Comes Home
as Milly Forrest
A Lion Is in the Streets
as Lula May McManamee
Mad Love
as Marie
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Laura Pitts
She-Wolf of London
as Martha Winthrop
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
as Nora
The Affairs of Martha
as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
The Youngest Profession
as Sister Lassie
Roughshod
as Ma Wyatt
Magnificent Obsession
as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Rachel and the Stranger
as Mrs. Jackson
A Life of Her Own
as Smitty
Everybody's Old Man
as Susan Franklin
Half Angel
as Henrietta Hargraves
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
as Dr. Anna Burkhart
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Milly Forrest
Tell No Tales
as Miss Brendon
Somewhere I'll Find You
as Miss Coulter
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Milly Forrest
Reunion
as Ellie
The Great Rupert
as Mrs. Katie Dingle
Remember?
as Miss Wilson
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Milly Forrest
Anne of Green Gables
as Mrs. Barry
Lost Angel
as Rhoda Kitterick
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
as Mrs. Bjornson
The Big Cat
as Mrs. Mary Cooper
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Anna
Spitfire
as Etta Dawson
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
as Milly Forrest
Music in the Air
as Martha
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Milly Forrest
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Collins
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Miss Matthews
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as Aunt Martha
Andy Hardy's Double Life
as Milly Forrest
Captain January
as Agatha Morgan
Laughing at Trouble
as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
Thousands Cheer
as Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit
The Hardys Ride High
as Milly Forrest
Judge Hardy and Son
as Milly Forrest
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
as Miss Dill
Wagons West
as Mrs. Cook
The Life of Vergie Winters
as Winnie Belle
A Family Affair
as Milly Forrest
Out West with the Hardys
as Milly Forrest
Under Cover of Night
as Janet Griswald
Four Girls in White
as Miss Bennett
Best Foot Forward
as Miss Talbert
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
as Milly Forrest
Bad Bascomb
as Tillie Lovejoy
Hat, Coat and Glove
as The Secretary
Barnacle Bill
as Aunt Letty
Affairs of a Gentleman
as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
The Outlaw's Daughter
as Mrs. Merril
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Lewis
Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Can This Be Dixie?
as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Think First
as Policewoman
Angel of Mercy
as Clara Barton (uncredited)
Betrayed Women
as Head Guard Darcy
Flag of Mercy
as Clara Barton
The White Parade
as Miss Harrington
As We Forgive
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
as Aunt Millie Forrest
Strictly Personal
as Helen Matthews