
Mary Gordon
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-05-16
Day of Death
1963-08-23 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Mary Gordon
Biography
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
Acting
(1950)
West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones
(1949)
Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan
(1949)
Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
(1949)
Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby
(1949)
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (Uncredited)
(1949)
Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance
(1949)
Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)
(1949)
Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1948)
Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)
(1948)
Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
(1948)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nora
(1948)
Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
(1948)
Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
(1948)
Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
(1947)
The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe
(1947)
The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
(1947)
The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
(1947)
Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady
(1947)
Exposed
as Housekeeper
(1946)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina
(1946)
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover
(1946)
The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney
(1946)
Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson
(1946)
Little Giant
as Ma Miller
(1946)
In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
(1945)
The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson
(1945)
(1945)
Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor
(1945)
The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
(1945)
See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore
(1945)
Divorce
as Ellen
(1945)
Kitty
as Nanny
(1945)
Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom
(1944)
The Racket Man
as Mom Benson
(1944)
Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
(1944)
Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis
(1944)
Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)
(1944)
The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson
(1944)
The Hour Before the Dawn
as Annie
(1944)
(1944)
The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
(1944)
Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson
(1943)
Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy
(1943)
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning
(1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson
(1943)
The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson
(1943)
Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle
(1943)
Smart Guy
as Maggie
(1943)
Sarong Girl
as Mattie
(1943)
Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly
(1942)
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson
(1942)
Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart
(1942)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)
(1942)
Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins
(1942)
Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre
(1942)
Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
(1942)
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
(1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
(1942)
Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie
(1942)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning
(1942)
Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas
(1942)
Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
(1941)
Flight from Destiny
as Martha
(1941)
Appointment for Love
as Martha
(1941)
It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle
(1941)
Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady
(1941)
Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray
(1941)
Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley
(1941)
Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle
(1940)
Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley
(1940)
Nobody's Children
as Mary
(1940)
My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney
(1940)
Women Without Names
as Juror
(1940)
When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton
(1940)
Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
(1940)
Go West
as Train Passenger
(1940)
Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady
(1940)
The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley
(1940)
The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates
(1940)
Young People
as Old Woman
(1940)
Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
(1940)
I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
(1940)
No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook
(1940)
The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)
(1940)
Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady
(1940)
Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan
(1939)
Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper
(1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1939)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson
(1939)
Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
(1939)
Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)
(1939)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley
(1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
The Escape
as Neighbor
(1939)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
(1939)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1939)
Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey
(1939)
Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty
(1939)
Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
(1939)
Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
(1939)
Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee
(1939)
She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy
(1939)
The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
(1939)
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
(1939)
Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman
(1938)
Gateway
as Scottish Mother
(1938)
City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin
(1938)
Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill
(1938)
Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald
(1938)
Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
(1938)
(1938)
Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)
(1937)
Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough
(1937)
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley
(1937)
A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)
(1937)
Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes
(1937)
You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
(1937)
Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
(1937)
Lady Behave!
as Cook
(1937)
Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper
(1936)
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy
(1936)
The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
(1936)
Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1936)
The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades
(1936)
Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie
(1936)
Mary of Scotland
as Nurse
(1936)
The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady
(1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe
(1936)
The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle
(1936)
After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)
(1936)
Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde
(1935)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)
(1935)
Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife
(1935)
Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
(1935)
Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike
(1935)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite
(1935)
The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara
(1935)
$10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1935)
Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
(1935)
Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1934)
One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)
(1934)
Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
(1934)
Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1934)
The Little Minister
as Nanny
(1934)
The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
(1934)
Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
(1934)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
(1934)
The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
(1934)
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander
(1934)
Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
(1934)
Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother
(1934)
The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
(1934)
Murder at the Vanities
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
(1934)
The Loudspeaker
as Landlady
(1933)
The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
(1933)
Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
(1933)
Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
(1933)
Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
(1933)
She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
(1933)
The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1933)
Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
(1933)
Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting
(1933)
(1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman
(1933)
My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
(1933)
The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis
(1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1933)
Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy
(1933)
Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member
(1932)
Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman
(1932)
The Expert
as Neighbor
(1932)
Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
(1932)
Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1932)
Texas Cyclone
as Kate
(1932)
The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
(1932)
Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman
(1932)
70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1932)
Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
(1932)
Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
(1932)
Beauty Parlor
as Landlady
(1931)
The Black Camel
as Mrs. MacMasters
(1931)
Subway Express
as Mrs. Delaney
(1931)
A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1931)
24 Hours
as Nurse
(1931)
Waterloo Bridge
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
(1931)
The Brat
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
(1931)
Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
(1930)
The Ghosts
as Chubby's Mama
(1930)
Song o' My Heart
as Irish Woman
(1930)
Roaring Ranch
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
(1930)
His Honor the Mayor
as His Wife
(1930)
When the Wind Blows
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
(1930)
Anybody's Woman
as Maid
(1930)
Oh, for a Man!
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
(1930)
Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
(1929)
Hell's Heroes
as Choir Member (uncredited)
(1929)
The Saturday Night Kid
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
(1929)
Is Everybody Happy?
as Neighbor (uncredited)
(1929)
Dynamite
as Neighbor at Store
(1929)
Madame X
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
(1928)
The Matinee Idol
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
(1928)
Hangman's House
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
(1928)
The Ol' Gray Hoss
as First taxi passenger
(1927)
Naughty Nanette
as Mrs. Rooney
(1926)
Black Paradise
as Mrs. Murphy
(1925)
The Home Maker
as Mrs. Hennessy
(1925)
Tessie
as Aunt Maggie
Crew
(1934)
The Little Minister
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