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