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