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Mary Gordon (actress)

April 12, 2024

For other uses, see Mary Gordon.

Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour; 16 May 1882 – 23 August 1963) was a Scottish actress 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.

Mary Gordon
Gordon in I Take This Oath (1940)
Born
Mary Gilmour

(1882-05-16)16 May 1882
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died23 August 1963(1963-08-23) (aged 81)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1925–1950
Notable workMrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes' landlady on radio and film
Children1

Early life edit

Gordon was born on 16 May 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland, the fifth of seven children of Mary and Robert Gilmour, a wire weaver.[1] She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage.[citation needed] She became a concert singer when she was 17 years old, but she left that career behind when she married. After her husband died during World War I she opened a boarding house to support her mother, her baby daughter, and herself.[2] Joining a company bound for an American tour, she came to the U.S. in her twenties, apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles, but primarily touring in stock companies.[citation needed] Gordon came to the United States with her mother and daughter soon after World War I ended. After working three months as a waitress in the Robertson-Cole Studios, she became the cook there. She had bit parts in films and coached Katharine Hepburn on using a Scottish dialect for the film The Little Minister.[3]

Career edit

With her mother and daughter, 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, Mrs. Hudson, 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.[citation needed]

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 after a long illness.[4]

Selected filmography edit

References edit

  1. ^ Scottish Census for 1901, v Roll CSSCT1891_283
  2. ^ Dillon, Franc (11 August 1935). "Cinderella, Buxom and Fifty". Detroit Free Press. p. 51. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Opportunity Knocks on Two Doors". Times Union. New York, Brooklyn. 7 July 1935. p. 11. Retrieved 1 December 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Pasadena Star-News, 26 August 1963

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For other uses see Mary Gordon Mary Gordon born Mary Gilmour 16 May 1882 23 August 1963 was a Scottish actress 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 Mary GordonGordon in I Take This Oath 1940 BornMary Gilmour 1882 05 16 16 May 1882Glasgow Lanarkshire ScotlandDied23 August 1963 1963 08 23 aged 81 Pasadena California U S OccupationActressYears active1925 1950Notable workMrs Hudson Sherlock Holmes landlady on radio and filmChildren1 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Selected filmography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life editGordon was born on 16 May 1882 in Glasgow Scotland the fifth of seven children of Mary and Robert Gilmour a wire weaver 1 She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage citation needed She became a concert singer when she was 17 years old but she left that career behind when she married After her husband died during World War I she opened a boarding house to support her mother her baby daughter and herself 2 Joining a company bound for an American tour she came to the U S in her twenties apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles but primarily touring in stock companies citation needed Gordon came to the United States with her mother and daughter soon after World War I ended After working three months as a waitress in the Robertson Cole Studios she became the cook there She had bit parts in films and coached Katharine Hepburn on using a Scottish dialect for the film The Little Minister 3 Career editWith her mother and daughter 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 Mrs Hudson 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 citation needed 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 after a long illness 4 Selected filmography editThe Dome Doctor 1925 Short Woman with Long Hair uncredited The Home Maker 1925 Mrs Hennessy Tessie 1925 Aunt Maggie One of the Bravest 1925 Tenement Boy s Mother The People vs Nancy Preston 1925 Mrs Tifft Lights of Old Broadway 1925 Minor Role uncredited Black Paradise 1926 Mrs Murphy The Dixie Flyer 1926 Mrs Clancy Naughty Nanette 1927 Mrs Rooney The Claw 1927 Bit uncredited Annie Laurie 1927 First Midwife uncredited Clancy s Kosher Wedding 1927 Molly Clancy Little Mickey Grogan 1927 Kind Landlady uncredited The Matinee Idol 1928 Woman in Audience uncredited Hangman s House 1928 The Woman at Hogan s Hideout uncredited Our Dancing Daughters 1928 Scrubwoman uncredited The Ol Gray Hoss 1928 Short First taxi passenger The Old Code 1928 Mary MacGregr The Black Watch 1929 Sandy s Wife uncredited Madame X 1929 Nursemaid uncredited Is Everybody Happy 1929 Neighbor uncredited The Saturday Night Kid 1929 Reducing customer uncredited The Sky Hawk 1929 Mary the Maid uncredited Dynamite 1929 Neighbor at Store uncredited Sunny Side Up 1929 Grocery Shopper uncredited Hell s Heroes 1929 Choir Member uncredited Seven Days Leave 1930 Bit uncredited The Duke of Dublin 1930 Short His Honor the Mayor 1930 Short When the Wind Blows 1930 Short Chubby s Mother uncredited Las Fantasmas 1930 Short Chubby s Mama Roaring Ranch 1930 Mrs O Riley uncredited Let Us Be Gay 1930 Mrs McIntyre uncredited Our Blushing Brides 1930 Mrs Mannix Tenement Woman uncredited Manslaughter 1930 Cook uncredited Song o My Heart 1930 Irish Woman uncredited Anybody s Woman 1930 uncredited Dance with Me 1930 Short Oh For a Man 1930 Stage Door Admirer with Violets uncredited Unfaithful 1931 Bit uncredited Subway Express 1931 Mrs Delaney Always Goodbye 1931 Mrs MacPherson Moviegoer uncredited The Black Camel 1931 Mrs MacMasters The Brat 1931 Angry Wife in Night Court uncredited Waterloo Bridge 1931 Distraught Woman on Stairway uncredited 24 Hours 1931 Nurse uncredited Possessed 1931 Woman at Political Rally uncredited Frankenstein 1931 Mourner uncredited Models and Wives 1931 Short A House Divided 1931 Townswoman uncredited Ladies of the Big House 1931 Inmate uncredited Delicious 1931 Dancer uncredited A Fool s Advice 1932 Woman at Rally uncredited Texas Cyclone 1932 Katie The Impatient Maiden 1932 Irish Neighbor uncredited The Expert 1932 Neighbor uncredited The Big Timer 1932 2nd Job Seeker uncredited Dancers in the Dark 1932 Cleaning Lady uncredited Devil s Lottery 1932 Inquest Onlooker uncredited Scandal for Sale 1932 Hotel Resident uncredited The Trial of Vivienne Ware 1932 Court Matron uncredited Radio Patrol 1932 Landlady uncredited Beauty Parlor 1932 Landlady uncredited Almost Married 1932 Cook 70 000 Witnesses 1932 Scrubwoman uncredited Blonde Venus 1932 Landlady uncredited Pack Up Your Troubles 1932 Mrs MacTavish uncredited Wild Girl 1932 Washerwoman uncredited Call Her Savage 1932 Lady in Tenement uncredited Laughter in Hell 1933 Townswoman uncredited She Done Him Wrong 1933 Cleaning Lady uncredited Her Splendid Folly 1933 Mrs Clancey Ladies They Talk About 1933 Prisoner in Visiting Room uncredited Men Must Fight 1933 Pacifist Audience Member uncredited Nature in the Wrong 1933 Short Mrs Clancy uncredited Sweepings 1933 Mrs Patrick O Leary uncredited The Whirlwind 1933 Mrs Curtis The Kiss Before the Mirror 1933 Scrubwoman uncredited Pilgrimage 1933 Mrs MacGregor uncredited The Power and the Glory 1933 Nurse uncredited Doctor Bull 1933 Townswoman at Meeting uncredited Brief Moment 1933 Cook uncredited Footlight Parade 1933 Wardrobe Woman on Bus uncredited My Woman 1933 Woman at Ironing Board uncredited Meet the Baron 1933 Washer Woman uncredited Broadway Through a Keyhole 1933 Cleaning Woman uncredited The Invisible Man 1933 Screaming Woman uncredited Design for Living 1933 Theatre Chambermaid uncredited The World Changes 1933 Lady at Party uncredited Beloved 1934 Mrs O Leary The Woman Condemned 1934 Crying Woman at Night Court uncredited Voice in the Night 1934 Woman on Phone in Montage uncredited Manhattan Melodrama 1934 Boat Passenger uncredited Change of Heart 1934 Woman in Street uncredited Murder at the Vanities 1934 Assistant Wardrobe Woman uncredited The Loudspeaker 1934 Landlady uncredited The Most Precious Thing in Life 1934 Washerwoman uncredited A Man s Game 1934 Landlady uncredited The World Moves On 1934 English Soldier s Mother uncredited Baby Take a Bow 1934 Mrs O Brien uncredited Cross Streets 1934 Sonny s Mother Whom the Gods Destroy 1934 Newfoundlander uncredited The Defense Rests 1934 Scrub Woman uncredited I Give My Love 1934 Marie uncredited Our Daily Bread 1934 Community Woman in Cottage uncredited One More River 1934 Cook uncredited The Man from Hell 1934 Mrs Frank McCarrol uncredited Charlie Chan in London 1934 Prison Visitor uncredited Flirtation 1934 Woman on a Window uncredited The Little Minister 1934 Nanny I m a Father 1935 Short Neighbor Vanessa Her Love Story 1935 Mrs Leathwaite Bride of Frankenstein 1935 Hans Wife Vagabond Lady 1935 Myrtle Cleaning Lady uncredited 10 Raise 1935 Landlady uncredited Ginger 1935 Mrs Monohan uncredited The Irish in Us 1935 Ma O Hara Bonnie Scotland 1935 Mrs Bickerdike Waterfront Lady 1935 Mrs O Flaherty Metropolitan 1935 Mrs Tolentino uncredited Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Peddler uncredited The Lady Consents 1936 Apple Lady uncredited Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936 Farmer s Wife on Way to Church uncredited Laughing Irish Eyes 1936 Mrs O Keefe Share the Wealth 1936 Short Ma MacClyde Forgotten Faces 1936 Mrs O Leary Little Miss Nobody 1936 Mrs Biddle uncredited The White Angel 1936 Nursing Applicant uncredited Mary of Scotland 1936 Nurse Yellowstone 1936 Mrs McDougall uncredited Stage Struck 1936 Mrs Cassidy The Plot Thickens 1936 Woman with Bag uncredited After the Thin Man 1936 Rose uncredited The Plough and the Stars 1936 Woman at Barricades Great Guy 1936 Mrs Ogilvie The Great O Malley 1937 Mrs O Malley Nancy Steele Is Missing 1937 Mrs Watson Landlady uncredited Her Husband Lies 1937 Mrs Jenks uncredited Racketeers in Exile 1937 Irish Woman uncredited Way Out West 1937 Cook uncredited That I May Live 1937 Mrs Healy uncredited Pick A Star 1937 Mrs Watts Undertaker s Wife uncredited The Man in Blue 1937 Woman uncredited Married Before Breakfast 1937 Mrs Nevins uncredited One Man Justice 1937 Bridget Meet the Boyfriend 1937 Mrs Grimes The Toast of New York 1937 Mrs Callahan Charwoman uncredited You Can t Have Everything 1937 Y W C A Scrub Woman uncredited Souls at Sea 1937 Cook uncredited Double Wedding 1937 Mrs Keough A Damsel in Distress 1937 Cook uncredited You re Only Young Once 1937 Mary s Mother uncredited Mannequin 1937 Mrs O Rourke uncredited Lady Behave 1937 Cook Friend Indeed 1937 Short Housekeeper Kidnapped 1938 Mrs MacDonald Blond Cheat 1938 Maggie the Charwoman uncredited City Streets 1938 Mrs Devlin Gateway 1938 Scottish Mother uncredited Campus Confessions 1938 Mrs Twill uncredited Vacation from Love 1938 Maggie the Cook uncredited Angels with Dirty Faces 1938 Mrs Patrick McGee uncredited Thanks for Everything 1938 Maggie Irish Woman uncredited Off the Record 1939 Mrs Finnegan uncredited Wings of the Navy 1939 Irene s Housekeeper uncredited Tail Spin 1939 Mrs Lee The Hound of the Baskervilles 1939 Mrs Hudson Broadway Serenade 1939 Annie uncredited Code of the Streets 1939 Mrs Flaherty uncredited Tell No Tales 1939 Mrs Bryant uncredited Racketeers of the Range 1939 Mary Benson s Housekeeper uncredited Captain Fury 1939 Mrs Bailey The Jones Family in Hollywood 1939 Landlady uncredited She Married a Cop 1939 Ma Duffy The Story That Couldn t Be Printed 1939 Short Woman Reading Newspaper uncredited The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 Mrs Hudson Parents on Trial 1939 Martha The Escape 1939 Neighbor uncredited Mr Smith Goes to Washington 1939 Woman uncredited The Marshal of Mesa City 1939 Mrs Dudley Rulers of the Sea 1939 Mrs Ogilvie uncredited Day Time Wife 1939 Scrubwoman uncredited The Night of Nights 1939 Mrs O Leary uncredited Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President 1939 1st Pencil Woman uncredited My Son Is Guilty 1939 Mrs Montabelli uncredited The Invisible Man Returns 1940 Cookie the Cook uncredited Women Without Names 1940 Juror uncredited My Son My Son 1940 Mrs Mulvaney Saps at Sea 1940 Mrs O Riley uncredited Tear Gas Squad 1940 Mrs Sullivan I Take This Oath 1940 Mrs Eileen Hanagan Brother Orchid 1940 Mrs Sweeney Flo s Landlady uncredited The Last Alarm 1940 Mrs Hadley The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940 Mrs Dunn uncredited Queen of the Mob 1940 Tenement Landlady When the Daltons Rode 1940 Ma Dalton Young People 1940 Old Woman uncredited Public Deb No 1 1940 Landlady uncredited Nobody s Children 1940 Mary Go West 1940 Train Passenger uncredited No No Nanette 1940 Gertrude the Cook Kitty Foyle 1940 First Charwoman uncredited The Invisible Woman 1940 Mrs Bates Flight from Destiny 1941 Martha Pot o Gold 1941 Ma McCorkle Double Cross 1941 Mrs Murray Unfinished Business 1941 Miss Brady uncredited Unexpected Uncle 1941 Mrs Mason uncredited It Started with Eve 1941 Mrs O Toole Cleaning Lady uncredited How Green Was My Valley 1941 Gossiper uncredited Appointment for Love 1941 Martha Borrowed Hero 1941 Mrs Riley Riot Squad 1941 Mrs McGonigle Sealed Lips 1942 Mrs Ann Morton Fred s mother Blue White and Perfect 1942 Mrs Flaherty Mike s Landlady uncredited Bombay Clipper 1942 Abigail Mag MacPherson Fly by Night 1942 Ma Prescott The Strange Case of Doctor Rx 1942 Mrs Scott uncredited Dr Broadway 1942 Broadway Carrie Meet the Stewarts 1942 Mrs Stewart It Happened in Flatbush 1942 Mrs Collins Powder Town 1942 Mrs Douglas The Pride of the Yankees 1942 Maid uncredited Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 Mrs Hudson uncredited Halfway to Shanghai 1942 Mrs McIntyre The Mummy s Tomb 1942 Jane Banning Gentleman Jim 1942 Mrs Casey uncredited The Boss of Big Town 1942 Mrs Lane Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 Mrs Hudson Forever and a Day 1943 Woman in Air Raid Shelter uncredited Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943 Mrs Hudson uncredited Keep Em Slugging 1943 Mrs Banning Sarong Girl 1943 Mattie Two Tickets to London 1943 Mrs Tinkle Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 Mrs Hudson uncredited Here Comes Kelly 1943 Mrs Kelly Sweet Rosie O Grady 1943 Charwoman uncredited You re a Lucky Fellow Mr Smith 1943 Woman uncredited The Spider Woman 1943 Mrs Hudson Smart Guy 1943 Maggie Whispering Footsteps 1943 Ma Murphy The Racket Man 1944 Ma Duffy uncredited Ladies Courageous 1944 Old Lady uncredited Million Dollar Kid 1944 Mrs McGinnis Hat Check Honey 1944 Jennie The Hour Before the Dawn 1944 Annie uncredited Follow the Leader 1944 Mrs McGinnis uncredited Secrets of Scotland Yard 1944 Libby the Housekeeper uncredited Secret Command 1944 Mrs McKenzie uncredited The Pearl of Death 1944 Mrs Hudson Ever Since Venus 1944 Mrs Murphy uncredited National Barn Dance 1944 Mrs Owen uncredited The Last Ride 1944 Mrs Mary Kelly Irish Eyes Are Smiling 1944 Irish Woman uncredited Hollywood Canteen 1944 Hostess uncredited Music for Millions 1944 Hotel Proprietress uncredited Eadie Was a Lady 1945 Old Lady uncredited The Body Snatcher 1945 Mrs Mary McBride uncredited It s a Pleasure 1945 Tenement Woman uncredited See My Lawyer 1945 Mrs Fillmore The Woman in Green 1945 Mrs Hudson Captain Eddie 1945 Mrs Westrom Pride of the Marines 1945 Lady at Bus Stop uncredited Divorce 1945 Ellen Strange Confession 1945 Mrs O Connor Kitty 1945 Nanny Little Giant 1946 Ma Miller Sentimental Journey 1946 Agnes uncredited The Hoodlum Saint 1946 Trina Dressed to Kill 1946 Mrs Hudson In Fast Company 1946 Mrs Cassidy Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 Mrs Conover The Dark Horse 1946 Mrs Mahoney uncredited Sing While You Dance 1946 Mom Henderson Sister Kenny 1946 Mrs Gordon uncredited Singin in the Corn 1946 Mrs O Rourke Stallion Road 1947 Mrs Ford Purcell s Housekeeper uncredited The Long Night 1947 Old Lady in Crowd uncredited The Secret Life of Walter Mitty 1947 Mother Machree uncredited Exposed 1947 Miss Keets The Invisible Wall 1947 Mrs Bledsoe Roses Are Red 1947 Scrubwoman uncredited The Judge Steps Out 1948 Annie the Scrub Woman uncredited Angels Alley 1948 Mrs Mamie Mahoney Fort Apache 1948 Ma barmaid Big Town Scandal 1948 Mary Cleaning Woman uncredited The Vicious Circle 1948 Mrs Hogan revised version uncredited The Strange Mrs Crane 1948 Nora Hills of Home 1948 Mrs Burnbrae uncredited Kidnapped 1948 Scottish Woman uncredited The Dark Past 1948 Passenger on Bus uncredited Highway 13 1948 Aunt Myrt Lacy Shamrock Hill 1949 Grandma Rogan Tucson 1949 Housemother uncredited Mighty Joe Young 1949 Old Woman unconfirmed Mr Soft Touch 1949 Slatternly Woman Tenant uncredited Haunted Trails 1949 Aunt Libby Deputy Marshall 1949 Mrs Lance Challenge to Lassie 1949 Tenement Neighbor uncredited The File on Thelma Jordon 1950 Charwoman uncredited West of Wyoming 1950 Nora JonesReferences edit Scottish Census for 1901 v Roll CSSCT1891 283 Dillon Franc 11 August 1935 Cinderella Buxom and Fifty Detroit Free Press p 51 Retrieved 1 December 2022 via Newspapers com Opportunity Knocks on Two Doors Times Union New York Brooklyn 7 July 1935 p 11 Retrieved 1 December 2022 via Newspapers com Pasadena Star News 26 August 1963External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mary 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