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