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