
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

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Lady Agatha

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

Captain Blood (1935)
as Mrs. Steed

A Farewell to Arms (1932)
as Miss Van Campen

Ninotchka (1939)
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

Jane Eyre (1943)
as Mrs. Eshton

Houseboat (1958)
as British Society Woman (uncredited)

The Awful Truth (1937)
as Mrs. Vance

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939)
as Lady Conyngham

Anna Karenina (1935)
as Princess Sorokina

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

Terror by Night (1946)
as Lady Margaret Carstairs

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
as Mrs. Pettibone

British Agent (1934)
as Lady Catherine Trehearne

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

Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor

Stage Door (1937)
as Cast of Stage Play

Working Girls (1931)
as Mrs. Johnstone

Nothing but the Truth (1941)
as Mrs. Ralston

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

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

Ivy (1947)
as Lady Crail (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln (1930)
as Actress (uncredited)

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

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

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

Back Street (1941)
as Mrs. Williams

Twin Beds (1942)
Actor

Les Misérables (1935)
as Mlle. Baptiseme

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Mrs. Hanson

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

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

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

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

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

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

Les Miserables (1952)
as Nun (uncredited)

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

Another Dawn (1937)
as Mrs. Lydia Benton

Vanity Fair (1932)
as Mrs. Sedley

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

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

Cavalcade (1933)
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

She Was a Lady (1934)
as Lady Diana Vane

So This Is London (1930)
as Lady Worthing

The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
as Lady Holloway

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

Two Tickets to London (1943)
as Dame Dunne Hartley

You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Aunt Martha

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

The Black Arrow (1948)
as Nun (uncredited)

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

The Sun Never Sets (1939)
as Mrs. Randolph

This Above All (1942)
as Vicar's Wife

Outside These Walls (1939)
as Gertrude Bishop

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

Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
as Mrs. MacMonachie

Bombshell (1933)
as Mrs. Middleton

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

Roberta (1935)
as (uncredited)

Blame It on Love (1940)
as Mrs. Wadsworth

Fast and Loose (1939)
as Mrs. Torrent

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

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
as Mrs. Gaynes

Wedding Present (1936)
as Mrs. Dodacker

Cigarette Girl (1947)
as Mrs. Halstead

We Live Again (1934)
as Mrs. Kortchagin

Florian (1940)
as Grandmother

The Exile (1947)
as Second Court Lady

Dangerous Blondes (1943)
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

Always Goodbye (1938)
as Aunt Martha Marshall

Happiness Ahead (1934)
as Mrs. Travis

Rendezvous (1935)
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

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

The Great Impersonation (1942)
as Lady Leslie Clayfair

Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
as Queen Mother Elena

Women of Glamour (1937)
as Mrs. Stark

Her Private Life (1929)
as Ladu Wildering

Blind Date (1934)
as Mrs. Hartwell

The Brat (1931)
as Mrs. Forester

The Trespasser (1929)
as Mrs. Ferguson

Chances (1931)
as Mrs. Ingleside

The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
as Lady Alice Crosby

Risky Business (1939)
as Mrs. Jameson

Stranded (1935)
as Grace Dean (uncredited)

Private Affairs (1940)
as Mrs. Stanley

South of Suez (1940)
as Mrs. Putnam

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

Shock (1934)
as Lady Heatherly

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

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

Everybody Sing (1938)
as Miss Colvin

The Lady Clare (1919)
as Lady Julia Medwin

The Perfect Gentleman (1935)
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

East Is West (1930)
as Mrs. Benson

Almost Married (1942)
as Mrs. Marvin

Women Who Win (1919)
Actor

Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone

Klondike Fury (1942)
as Mrs. Langton

Laddie (1935)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

Laddie (1940)
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

The Silent Witness (1932)
as Lady Howard

Sunny Side Up (1929)
as Mrs. Cromwell
The Woman's Portion (1918)
as Lizzie

Dizzy Dames (1935)
as Mrs. Stokes

Outside of Paradise (1938)
as Mrs. Stonewall





