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