Name
Mary Gordon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1882-05-16
Deathday
1963-08-23 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Known For
Ladies They Talk About
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6.202
A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot....
Relase Date : 4 Feb, 1933
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The Invisible Man
(1,004 Votes)
7.505
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggress...
Relase Date : 31 Oct, 1933
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Bride of Frankenstein
(1,165 Votes)
7.493
After recovering from injuries sustained in the mob attack upon himself and his creation, ...
Relase Date : 20 Apr, 1935
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1,250 Votes)
7.814
After the death of a United States Senator, the idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as...
Relase Date : 19 Oct, 1939
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Mutiny on the Bounty
(414 Votes)
7.372
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the H...
Relase Date : 22 Nov, 1935
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Fort Apache
(430 Votes)
7.03
Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the mi...
Relase Date : 21 May, 1948
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Kitty Foyle
(58 Votes)
6.6
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his...
Relase Date : 27 Dec, 1940
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1935 Bride of Frankenstein as Hans' Wife
- 1930 His Honor the Mayor as His Wife
- 1943 The Spider Woman as Mrs. Hudson
- 1930 The Ghosts as Chubby's Mama
- 1932 Radio Patrol as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1946 Dressed to Kill as Mrs. Hudson
- 1937 Double Wedding as Mrs. Keough
- 1945 The Body Snatcher as Mary McBride (uncredited)
- 1941 It Started with Eve as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
- 1933 The Whirlwind as Mrs. Curtis
- 1944 The Pearl of Death as Mrs. Hudson
- 1942 Sealed Lips as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
- 1945 The Woman in Green as Mrs. Hudson
- 1931 Subway Express as Mrs. Delaney
- 1940 The Invisible Woman as Mrs. Bates
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns as Cookie (uncredited)
- 1927 Naughty Nanette as Mrs. Rooney
- 1946 Little Giant as Ma Miller
- 1943 Whispering Footsteps as Ma Murphy
- 1934 The Little Minister as Nanny
- 1930 When the Wind Blows as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
- 1934 The Woman Condemned as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
- 1931 The Black Camel as Mrs. MacMasters
- 1946 Shadows Over Chinatown as Mrs. Conover
- 1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Mrs. Hudson
- 1947 The Invisible Wall as Mrs. Bledsoe
- 1939 The Story That Couldn't Be Printed as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
- 1941 Pot o' Gold as Mom McCorkle
- 1945 Law of the Badlands
- 1944 Secret Command as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
- 1936 Laughing Irish Eyes as Mrs. O'Keefe
- 1932 The Impatient Maiden as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1933 The Power and the Glory as Nurse (uncredited)
- 1939 The Night of Nights as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
- 1947 Exposed as Housekeeper
- 1948 Angels' Alley as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
- 1933 Nature in the Wrong as Mrs. Clancy
- 1940 When the Daltons Rode as Ma Dalton
- 1941 Double Cross as Mrs. Murray
- 1945 Divorce as Ellen
- 1932 Wild Girl as Washerwoman (uncredited)
- 1929 The Saturday Night Kid as Reducing customer (uncredited)
- 1929 Is Everybody Happy? as Neighbor (uncredited)
- 1934 Cross Streets as Sonny's Mother
- 1933 Sweepings as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
- 1929 Hell's Heroes as Choir Member (uncredited)
- 1942 The Pride of the Yankees as Maid (uncredited)
- 1941 Riot Squad as Mrs. McGonigle
- 1944 The Last Ride as Mrs. Mary Kelly
- 1935 The Irish in Us as Ma O'Hara
- 1928 The Ol' Gray Hoss as First taxi passenger
- 1937 Friend Indeed as Housekeeper
- 1940 Nobody's Children as Mary
- 1937 Lady Behave! as Cook
- 1935 $10 Raise as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1941 Borrowed Hero as Mrs. Riley
- 1949 Deputy Marshal as Mrs. Lance
- 1937 Meet the Boy Friend as Mrs. Grimes
- 1936 Little Miss Nobody as Mrs. Biddle
- 1943 Two Tickets to London as Mrs. Tinkle
- 1939 The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs. Hudson
- 1941 Appointment for Love as Martha
- 1940 Kitty Foyle as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
- 1948 Fort Apache as Ma (barmaid)
- 1943 Sarong Girl as Mattie
- 1939 The Jones Family in Hollywood as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1931 The Brat as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
- 1943 Smart Guy as Maggie
- 1938 City Streets as Mrs. Devlin
- 1932 Beauty Parlor as Landlady
- 1933 Ladies They Talk About as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
- 1947 The Long Night as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
- 1933 Men Must Fight as Pacifist Audience Member
- 1944 Follow the Leader
- 1932 Blonde Venus as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1949 Shamrock Hill as Grandma Rogan
- 1936 Mary of Scotland as Nurse
- 1936 Stage Struck as Mrs. Cassidy
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Mrs. Hudson
- 1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death as Mrs. Hudson
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror as Mrs. Hudson
- 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon as Mrs. Hudson
- 1937 You Can't Have Everything as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
- 1932 The Expert as Neighbor
- 1937 You're Only Young Once as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
- 1938 Blond Cheat as Maggie (uncredited)
- 1934 Change of Heart as Woman in Street (uncredited)
- 1939 Tell No Tales as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
- 1934 Charlie Chan in London as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
- 1934 The Defense Rests as Scrub Woman
- 1931 A House Divided as Townswoman (uncredited)
- 1936 The White Angel as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
- 1934 The Man from Hell as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
- 1944 The Hour Before the Dawn as Annie
- 1939 Wings of the Navy as Irene's Housekeeper
- 1939 Tail Spin as Mrs. Lee
- 1939 Broadway Serenade as Annie (uncredited)
- 1937 Her Husband Lies as Mrs. Jenks
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Woman (uncredited)
- 1933 Broadway Thru a Keyhole as Cleaning Woman
- 1939 Day-time Wife as Scrubwoman
- 1939 The Marshal Of Mesa City as Mrs. Dudley
- 1939 The Escape as Neighbor
- 1948 Big Town Scandal as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
- 1938 Kidnapped as Mrs. MacDonald
- 1946 The Dark Horse as Mrs. Mahoney
- 1946 Sister Kenny as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
- 1937 The Great O'Malley as Mrs. O'Malley
- 1947 The Judge Steps Out as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
- 1943 Here Comes Kelly as Mrs. Kelly
- 1942 Fly By Night as Ma Prescott
- 1942 Meet the Stewarts as Mrs. Stewart
- 1928 Hangman's House as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
- 1949 Tucson as Housemother (uncredited)
- 1933 Design for Living as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
- 1946 Sentimental Journey as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
- 1942 It Happened in Flatbush as Mrs. Collins
- 1942 Blue, White and Perfect as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
- 1936 Great Guy as Mrs. Ogilvie
- 1940 I Take This Oath as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
- 1940 Brother Orchid as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
- 1942 Bombay Clipper as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
- 1948 Highway 13 as Aunt Myrt Lacy
- 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty as Peddler (uncredited)
- 1931 24 Hours as Nurse
- 1940 Go West as Train Passenger (uncredited)
- 1932 Dancers in the Dark as Scrubwoman
- 1947 Roses Are Red as Cleaning Lady
- 1935 Bonnie Scotland as Mrs. Bickerdike
- 1936 The Plough and the Stars as Woman at Barricades
- 1945 Captain Eddie as Mrs. Westrom
- 1928 The Matinee Idol as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
- 1934 The Loudspeaker as Landlady
- 1939 Code of the Streets as Mrs. Flaherty
- 1946 The Hoodlum Saint as Trina
- 1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story as Mrs. Leathwaite
- 1938 Gateway as Scottish Mother
- 1935 Waterfront Lady as Mrs. O'Flaherty
- 1940 Saps at Sea as Mrs. O'Riley
- 1940 My Son, My Son! as Mrs. Mulvaney
- 1940 No, No, Nanette as Gertrude, the Cook
- 1939 Racketeers of the Range as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
- 1942 Gentleman Jim as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
- 1940 The Last Alarm as Mrs. Hadley
- 1940 Young People as Old Woman (uncredited)
- 1936 The Lady Consents as Apple Lady
- 1944 Million Dollar Kid as Mrs. McGinnis
- 1940 Women Without Names as Juror
- 1942 The Mummy's Tomb as Jane Banning
- 1934 Murder at the Vanities as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
- 1933 The Invisible Man as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
- 1948 The Strange Mrs. Crane as Nora
- 1933 Meet the Baron as Washer Woman (uncredited)
- 1932 Skyscraper Souls as Charwoman
- 1933 Pilgrimage
- 1936 The Plot Thickens as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
- 1935 Ginger as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
- 1939 Captain Fury as Mrs. Bailey
- 1933 Doctor Bull as Townswoman at Meeting
- 1943 Keep 'Em Slugging as Mrs. Banning
- 1944 The Racket Man as Mom Benson
- 1949 Haunted Trails as Aunt Libby
- 1950 West of Wyoming as Nora Jones
- 1949 Clues to Adventure as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1932 Texas Cyclone as Kate
- 1930 Song o' My Heart as Irish Woman
- 1936 Share the Wealth as Ma MacClyde
- 1929 Madame X as Nursemaid (uncredited)
- 1942 Powder Town as Mrs. Douglas
- 1930 Oh, for a Man! as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
- 1941 Unfinished Business as Miss Brady
- 1942 Half Way to Shanghai as Mrs. McIntyre
- 1939 Off the Record as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
- 1940 Tear Gas Squad as Mrs. Sullivan
- 1940 Public Deb No. 1 as Landlady
- 1938 Campus Confessions as Mrs. Twill
- 1930 Roaring Ranch as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
- 1945 Strange Confession as Mrs. O'Connor
- 1932 70,000 Witnesses as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1944 Secrets of Scotland Yard as Libby, the Housekeeper
- 1932 Pack Up Your Troubles as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
- 1925 The Home Maker as Mrs. Hennessy
- 1942 Dr. Broadway as Broadway Carrie
- 1939 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1945 See My Lawyer as Mrs. Fillmore
- 1939 She Married a Cop as Ma Duffy
- 1941 Flight from Destiny as Martha
- 1946 In Fast Company as Mrs. Cassidy
- 1934 Baby Take a Bow as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
- 1939 Rulers of the Sea as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
- 1944 Hollywood Canteen as Hostess (uncredited)
- 1931 Waterloo Bridge as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
- 1934 One More River as Cook (Uncredited)
- 1934 Manhattan Melodrama as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
- 1936 After the Thin Man as Rose (uncredited)
- 1933 My Woman as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
- 1945 Kitty as Nanny
- 1930 Anybody's Woman as Maid
- 1949 The File on Thelma Jordon as Charwoman (uncredited)
- 1934 Our Daily Bread as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
- 1933 She Done Him Wrong as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
- 1949 Mr. Soft Touch as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
- 1938 Mannequin as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
- 1931 Possessed as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
- 1926 Black Paradise as Mrs. Murphy
- 1932 Call Her Savage as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
- 1937 A Damsel in Distress as Cook (uncredited)
- 1934 Beloved as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1948 Kidnapped as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
- 1940 Queen of the Mob as Tenement Landlady
- 1942 The Strange Case of Doctor Rx as Mrs. Scott
- 1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1936 Forgotten Faces as Mrs. O'Leary
- 1935 Vagabond Lady as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
- 1934 Whom the Gods Destroy as Newfoundlander
- 1929 Dynamite as Neighbor at Store
- 1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
- 1930 Let Us Be Gay as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
- 1925 Tessie as Aunt Maggie
- 1927 Clancy's Kosher Wedding as Molly Clancy
- 1925 The People vs. Nancy Preston as Mrs. Tifft
- 1933 The World Changes as Lady at Party (uncredited)
- 1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Court Matron (uncredited)
- 1937 One Man Justice as Bridget
- 1928 The Old Code as Mary MacGregor
- 1927 Little Mickey Grogan as Kind Landlady
- 1937 Pick a Star as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
- 1927 Annie Laurie
- 1950 The Cisco Kid ( 1 episode ) as Mary O'Toole
