Mary Gordon

Acting

Born May 16, 1882, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

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.

Filmography

• The Cisco Kid — Mary O'Toole
• 1950West of Wyoming — Nora Jones
• 1949Clues to Adventure — Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1949Deputy Marshal — Mrs. Lance
• 1949Haunted Trails — Aunt Libby
• 1949Mr. Soft Touch — Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
• 1949Shamrock Hill — Grandma Rogan
• 1949The File on Thelma Jordon — Charwoman (uncredited)
• 1949Tucson — Housemother (uncredited)
• 1948Angels' Alley — Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
• 1948Big Town Scandal — Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
• 1948Fort Apache — Ma (barmaid)
• 1948Highway 13 — Aunt Myrt Lacy
• 1948Kidnapped — Scottish Woman (uncredited)
• 1948The Strange Mrs. Crane — Nora
• 1947Exposed — Housekeeper
• 1947Roses Are Red — Cleaning Lady
• 1947The Invisible Wall — Mrs. Bledsoe
• 1947The Judge Steps Out — Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
• 1947The Long Night — Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
• 1946Dressed to Kill — Mrs. Hudson
• 1946In Fast Company — Mrs. Cassidy
• 1946Little Giant — Ma Miller
• 1946Sentimental Journey — Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
• 1946Shadows Over Chinatown — Mrs. Conover
• 1946Sister Kenny — Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
• 1946The Dark Horse — Mrs. Mahoney
• 1946The Hoodlum Saint — Trina
• 1945Captain Eddie — Mrs. Westrom
• 1945Divorce — Ellen
• 1945Kitty — Nanny
• 1945Law of the Badlands
• 1945See My Lawyer — Mrs. Fillmore
• 1945Strange Confession — Mrs. O'Connor
• 1945The Body Snatcher — Mary McBride (uncredited)
• 1945The Woman in Green — Mrs. Hudson
• 1944Follow the Leader
• 1944Hollywood Canteen — Hostess (uncredited)
• 1944Million Dollar Kid — Mrs. McGinnis
• 1944Secret Command — Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
• 1944Secrets of Scotland Yard — Libby, the Housekeeper
• 1944The Hour Before the Dawn — Annie
• 1944The Last Ride — Mrs. Mary Kelly
• 1944The Pearl of Death — Mrs. Hudson
• 1944The Racket Man — Mom Benson
• 1943Here Comes Kelly — Mrs. Kelly
• 1943Keep 'Em Slugging — Mrs. Banning
• 1943Sarong Girl — Mattie
• 1943Sherlock Holmes Faces Death — Mrs. Hudson
• 1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington — Mrs. Hudson
• 1943Smart Guy — Maggie
• 1943The Spider Woman — Mrs. Hudson
• 1943Two Tickets to London — Mrs. Tinkle
• 1943Whispering Footsteps — Ma Murphy
• 1942Blue, White and Perfect — Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
• 1942Bombay Clipper — Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
• 1942Dr. Broadway — Broadway Carrie
• 1942Fly By Night — Ma Prescott
• 1942Gentleman Jim — Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
• 1942Half Way to Shanghai — Mrs. McIntyre
• 1942It Happened in Flatbush — Mrs. Collins
• 1942Meet the Stewarts — Mrs. Stewart
• 1942Powder Town — Mrs. Douglas
• 1942Sealed Lips — Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
• 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon — Mrs. Hudson
• 1942Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror — Mrs. Hudson
• 1942The Mummy's Tomb — Jane Banning
• 1942The Pride of the Yankees — Maid (uncredited)
• 1942The Strange Case of Doctor Rx — Mrs. Scott
• 1941Appointment for Love — Martha
• 1941Borrowed Hero — Mrs. Riley
• 1941Double Cross — Mrs. Murray
• 1941Flight from Destiny — Martha
• 1941It Started with Eve — Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
• 1941Pot o' Gold — Mom McCorkle
• 1941Riot Squad — Mrs. McGonigle
• 1941Unfinished Business — Miss Brady
• 1940Brother Orchid — Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
• 1940Go West — Train Passenger (uncredited)
• 1940I Take This Oath — Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
• 1940Kitty Foyle — Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
• 1940My Son, My Son! — Mrs. Mulvaney
• 1940No, No, Nanette — Gertrude, the Cook
• 1940Nobody's Children — Mary
• 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Landlady
• 1940Queen of the Mob — Tenement Landlady
• 1940Saps at Sea — Mrs. O'Riley
• 1940Tear Gas Squad — Mrs. Sullivan
• 1940The Invisible Man Returns — Cookie (uncredited)
• 1940The Invisible Woman — Mrs. Bates
• 1940The Last Alarm — Mrs. Hadley
• 1940When the Daltons Rode — Ma Dalton
• 1940Women Without Names — Juror
• 1940Young People — Old Woman (uncredited)
• 1939Broadway Serenade — Annie (uncredited)
• 1939Captain Fury — Mrs. Bailey
• 1939Code of the Streets — Mrs. Flaherty
• 1939Day-time Wife — Scrubwoman
• 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President — Mrs. O'Leary
• 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Woman (uncredited)
• 1939Off the Record — Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
• 1939Racketeers of the Range — Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
• 1939Rulers of the Sea — Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
• 1939She Married a Cop — Ma Duffy
• 1939Tail Spin — Mrs. Lee
• 1939Tell No Tales — Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
• 1939The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes — Mrs. Hudson
• 1939The Escape — Neighbor
• 1939The Hound of the Baskervilles — Mrs. Hudson
• 1939The Jones Family in Hollywood — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1939The Marshal Of Mesa City — Mrs. Dudley
• 1939The Night of Nights — 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
• 1939The Story That Couldn't Be Printed — Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
• 1939Wings of the Navy — Irene's Housekeeper
• 1938Angels with Dirty Faces
• 1938Blond Cheat — Maggie (uncredited)
• 1938Campus Confessions — Mrs. Twill
• 1938City Streets — Mrs. Devlin
• 1938Gateway — Scottish Mother
• 1938Kidnapped — Mrs. MacDonald
• 1938Mannequin — Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
• 1937A Damsel in Distress — Cook (uncredited)
• 1937Double Wedding — Mrs. Keough
• 1937Friend Indeed — Housekeeper
• 1937Her Husband Lies — Mrs. Jenks
• 1937Lady Behave! — Cook
• 1937Meet the Boy Friend — Mrs. Grimes
• 1937One Man Justice — Bridget
• 1937Pick a Star — Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
• 1937The Great O'Malley — Mrs. O'Malley
• 1937You Can't Have Everything — YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
• 1937You're Only Young Once — Mary's Mother (uncredited)
• 1936After the Thin Man — Rose (uncredited)
• 1936Forgotten Faces — Mrs. O'Leary
• 1936Great Guy — Mrs. Ogilvie
• 1936Laughing Irish Eyes — Mrs. O'Keefe
• 1936Little Miss Nobody — Mrs. Biddle
• 1936Mary of Scotland — Nurse
• 1936Share the Wealth — Ma MacClyde
• 1936Stage Struck — Mrs. Cassidy
• 1936The Lady Consents — Apple Lady
• 1936The Plot Thickens — Woman with Bag (uncredited)
• 1936The Plough and the Stars — Woman at Barricades
• 1936The White Angel — Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
• 1935$10 Raise — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1935Bonnie Scotland — Mrs. Bickerdike
• 1935Bride of Frankenstein — Hans' Wife
• 1935Ginger — Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
• 1935Mutiny on the Bounty — Peddler (uncredited)
• 1935The Irish in Us — Ma O'Hara
• 1935Vagabond Lady — Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
• 1935Vanessa: Her Love Story — Mrs. Leathwaite
• 1935Waterfront Lady — Mrs. O'Flaherty
• 1934Baby Take a Bow — Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
• 1934Beloved — Mrs. O'Leary
• 1934Change of Heart — Woman in Street (uncredited)
• 1934Charlie Chan in London — Prison Visitor (uncredited)
• 1934Cross Streets — Sonny's Mother
• 1934Manhattan Melodrama — Boat Passenger (uncredited)
• 1934Murder at the Vanities — Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
• 1934One More River — Cook (Uncredited)
• 1934Our Daily Bread — Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
• 1934The Defense Rests — Scrub Woman
• 1934The Little Minister — Nanny, Dialogue Coach
• 1934The Loudspeaker — Landlady
• 1934The Man from Hell — Mrs. Frank McCarrol
• 1934The Woman Condemned — Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
• 1934Whom the Gods Destroy — Newfoundlander
• 1933Broadway Thru a Keyhole — Cleaning Woman
• 1933Design for Living — Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
• 1933Doctor Bull — Townswoman at Meeting
• 1933Ladies They Talk About — Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
• 1933Meet the Baron — Washer Woman (uncredited)
• 1933Men Must Fight — Pacifist Audience Member
• 1933My Woman — Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
• 1933Nature in the Wrong — Mrs. Clancy
• 1933Pilgrimage
• 1933She Done Him Wrong — Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
• 1933Sweepings — Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
• 1933The Invisible Man — Screaming Woman (uncredited)
• 1933The Kiss Before the Mirror — Scrubwoman (uncredited)
• 1933The Power and the Glory — Nurse (uncredited)
• 1933The Whirlwind — Mrs. Curtis
• 1933The World Changes — Lady at Party (uncredited)
• 193270,000 Witnesses — Scrubwoman (uncredited)
• 1932Beauty Parlor — Landlady
• 1932Blonde Venus — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1932Call Her Savage — Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
• 1932Dancers in the Dark — Scrubwoman
• 1932Pack Up Your Troubles — Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
• 1932Radio Patrol — Landlady (uncredited)
• 1932Skyscraper Souls — Charwoman
• 1932Texas Cyclone — Kate
• 1932The Expert — Neighbor
• 1932The Impatient Maiden — Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
• 1932The Trial of Vivienne Ware — Court Matron (uncredited)
• 1932Wild Girl — Washerwoman (uncredited)
• 193124 Hours — Nurse
• 1931A House Divided — Townswoman (uncredited)
• 1931Possessed — Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
• 1931Subway Express — Mrs. Delaney
• 1931The Black Camel — Mrs. MacMasters
• 1931The Brat — Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
• 1931Waterloo Bridge — Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
• 1930Anybody's Woman — Maid
• 1930His Honor the Mayor — His Wife
• 1930Let Us Be Gay — Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
• 1930Oh, for a Man! — Stage Door Admirer with Violets
• 1930Roaring Ranch — Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
• 1930Song o' My Heart — Irish Woman
• 1930The Ghosts — Chubby's Mama
• 1930When the Wind Blows — Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
• 1929Dynamite — Neighbor at Store
• 1929Hell's Heroes — Choir Member (uncredited)
• 1929Is Everybody Happy? — Neighbor (uncredited)
• 1929Madame X — Nursemaid (uncredited)
• 1929The Saturday Night Kid — Reducing customer (uncredited)
• 1928Hangman's House — The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
• 1928The Matinee Idol — Woman in Audience (uncredited)
• 1928The Ol' Gray Hoss — First taxi passenger
• 1928The Old Code — Mary MacGregor
• 1927Annie Laurie
• 1927Clancy's Kosher Wedding — Molly Clancy
• 1927Little Mickey Grogan — Kind Landlady
• 1927Naughty Nanette — Mrs. Rooney
• 1926Black Paradise — Mrs. Murphy
• 1925Tessie — Aunt Maggie
• 1925The Home Maker — Mrs. Hennessy
• 1925The People vs. Nancy Preston — Mrs. Tifft