
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

Ninotchka (1939)
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Lady Agatha

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

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

Terror by Night (1946)
as Lady Margaret Carstairs

Captain Blood (1935)
as Mrs. Steed

British Agent (1934)
as Lady Catherine Trehearne

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

Back Street (1941)
as Mrs. Williams

Anna Karenina (1935)
as Princess Sorokina

Houseboat (1958)
as British Society Woman (uncredited)

Working Girls (1931)
as Mrs. Johnstone

Jane Eyre (1943)
as Mrs. Eshton

A Farewell to Arms (1932)
as Miss Van Campen

Stage Door (1937)
as Cast of Stage Play

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Lady Conyngham

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

The Awful Truth (1937)
as Mrs. Vance

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Mrs. Hanson

Vanity Fair (1932)
as Mrs. Sedley

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

Twin Beds (1942)
Actor

Cavalcade (1933)
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

Cigarette Girl (1947)
as Mrs. Halstead

Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Mrs. Pettibone

This Above All (1942)
as Vicar's Wife

Another Dawn (1937)
as Mrs. Lydia Benton

Her Private Life (1929)
as Ladu Wildering

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Actress (uncredited)

Les Misérables (1935)
as Mlle. Baptiseme

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

Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Mrs. Ralston

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
as Mrs. MacMonachie

Roberta (1935)
as (uncredited)

Ivy (1947)
as Lady Crail (uncredited)

Les Miserables (1952)
as Nun (uncredited)

She Was a Lady (1934)
as Lady Diana Vane

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Aunt Martha

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

Bombshell (1933)
as Mrs. Middleton

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

The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Mrs. Randolph

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

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

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

Klondike Fury (1942)
as Mrs. Langton

Shock (1934)
as Lady Heatherly

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

The Black Arrow (1948)
as Nun (uncredited)

Always Goodbye (1938)
as Aunt Martha Marshall

Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Dame Dunne Hartley

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

The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
as Lady Alice Crosby

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

Everybody Sing (1938)
as Miss Colvin

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

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

So This Is London (1930)
as Lady Worthing

Wedding Present (1936)
as Mrs. Dodacker

The Lady Clare (1919)
as Lady Julia Medwin

The Trespasser (1929)
as Mrs. Ferguson

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Mrs. Gaynes

We Live Again (1934)
as Mrs. Kortchagin

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

The Exile (1947)
as Second Court Lady

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

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

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

Blame It on Love (1940)
as Mrs. Wadsworth

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

Rendezvous (1935)
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Queen Mother Elena

Florian (1940)
as Grandmother

Laddie (1940)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

Private Affairs (1940)
as Mrs. Stanley

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

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

Fast and Loose (1939)
as Mrs. Torrent

Chances (1931)
as Mrs. Ingleside

Outside of Paradise (1938)
as Mrs. Stonewall
The Woman's Portion (1918)
as Lizzie

Blind Date (1934)
as Mrs. Hartwell

The Brat (1931)
as Mrs. Forester

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

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

Stranded (1935)
as Grace Dean (uncredited)

Risky Business (1939)
as Mrs. Jameson

Women of Glamour (1937)
as Mrs. Stark

East Is West (1930)
as Mrs. Benson

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

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

Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Mrs. Cromwell

The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
as Lady Holloway

The Great Impersonation (1942)
as Lady Leslie Clayfair

Dizzy Dames (1935)
as Mrs. Stokes

Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Mrs. Travis

Laddie (1935)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

Almost Married (1942)
as Mrs. Marvin

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

South of Suez (1940)
as Mrs. Putnam

Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone

Women Who Win (1919)
Actor

Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

Outside These Walls (1939)
as Gertrude Bishop

The Silent Witness (1932)
as Lady Howard





