
Mary Forbes
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Forbes (1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974), born Ethel Louise Young, was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. Forbes was born in Hornsey, England. She made her first public appearance on the concert platform giving recitals. Her acting debut was in 1908 on the London stage at Aldwych Theatre. Her American stage debut came in Romance at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913. She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films. Two of her three children by her first marriage in the first quarter of 1904 to Ernest J. Taylor, Ralph and Dorothy Brenda, known as Brenda, were also actors. The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business. Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce. She married her third husband, Wesley Wall, an American businessman, in 1935; the couple remained married until her death in 1974. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, with one of her character references being Lucile Webster Gleason, actress and wife of actor James Gleason.
Known for
Credits

Jane Eyre (1943)
as Mrs. Eshton

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Lady Agatha

Ninotchka (1939)
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

Captain Blood (1935)
as Mrs. Steed

Houseboat (1958)
as British Society Woman (uncredited)

The Awful Truth (1937)
as Mrs. Vance

Terror by Night (1946)
as Lady Margaret Carstairs

A Farewell to Arms (1932)
as Miss Van Campen

Anna Karenina (1935)
as Princess Sorokina

Stage Door (1937)
as Cast of Stage Play

Mr. Lucky (1943)
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)

Working Girls (1931)
as Mrs. Johnstone

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Lady Conyngham

Another Dawn (1937)
as Mrs. Lydia Benton

All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

Vanity Fair (1932)
as Mrs. Sedley

Les Misérables (1935)
as Mlle. Baptiseme

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Mrs. Pettibone

Back Street (1941)
as Mrs. Williams

Tender Comrade (1944)
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)

Cavalcade (1933)
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

British Agent (1934)
as Lady Catherine Trehearne

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)

Twin Beds (1942)
Actor

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Aunt Martha

This Above All (1942)
as Vicar's Wife

Sadie McKee (1934)
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)

So This Is London (1930)
as Lady Worthing

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
as Mrs. MacMonachie

Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Actress (uncredited)

Bombshell (1933)
as Mrs. Middleton

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Mrs. Hanson

Cigarette Girl (1947)
as Mrs. Halstead

Wedding Present (1936)
as Mrs. Dodacker

The Devil to Pay! (1930)
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)

Ivy (1947)
as Lady Crail (uncredited)

Roberta (1935)
as (uncredited)

Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor

A Lost Lady (1934)
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

The Black Arrow (1948)
as Nun (uncredited)

Les Miserables (1952)
as Nun (uncredited)

Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Mrs. Ralston

One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
as Concert Hall Patron

Her Private Life (1929)
as Ladu Wildering

She Was a Lady (1934)
as Lady Diana Vane

The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Mrs. Gaynes

The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
as Lady Alice Crosby

We Live Again (1934)
as Mrs. Kortchagin

Holiday (1930)
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)

Rendezvous (1935)
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

The White Angel (1936)
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)

Always Goodbye (1938)
as Aunt Martha Marshall

Everybody Sing (1938)
as Miss Colvin

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
as Mrs. Withers

The Judge Steps Out (1947)
as Margaret (uncredited)

Stranded (1935)
as Grace Dean (uncredited)

The Brat (1931)
as Mrs. Forester

The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
as Lady Holloway

Blind Date (1934)
as Mrs. Hartwell

The Trespasser (1929)
as Mrs. Ferguson

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie

It Had to Be You (1947)
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)

Fast and Loose (1939)
as Mrs. Torrent

The Great Impersonation (1942)
as Lady Leslie Clayfair

Chances (1931)
as Mrs. Ingleside

Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Mrs. Travis

Florian (1940)
as Grandmother

Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone

These Glamour Girls (1939)
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)

The Life of the Party (1937)
as Mrs. Saunders

I Stole a Million (1939)
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)

Women of Glamour (1937)
as Mrs. Stark

The Exile (1947)
as Second Court Lady

The Lady Clare (1919)
as Lady Julia Medwin

The Man Who Came Back (1931)
as Mrs. Gaynes

Women Who Win (1919)
Actor

Laddie (1940)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Mrs. Randolph

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

I'll Remember April (1945)
as Mrs. Barrington

Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)
as Mrs. Kelsey

Born to Love (1931)
as The Duchess (uncredited)

Almost Married (1942)
as Mrs. Marvin
The Woman's Portion (1918)
as Lizzie

You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
as Kate Farley

Private Affairs (1940)
as Mrs. Stanley

Dizzy Dames (1935)
as Mrs. Stokes

Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Dame Dunne Hartley

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Queen Mother Elena

Outside These Walls (1939)
as Gertrude Bishop

South of Suez (1940)
as Mrs. Putnam

Laddie (1935)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

East Is West (1930)
as Mrs. Benson

Risky Business (1939)
as Mrs. Jameson

Outside of Paradise (1938)
as Mrs. Stonewall

Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Mrs. Cromwell

Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

Shock (1934)
as Lady Heatherly

The Silent Witness (1932)
as Lady Howard

Blame It on Love (1940)
as Mrs. Wadsworth

Klondike Fury (1942)
as Mrs. Langton





