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