Mary Forbes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1882
- Died
- July 22, 1974 (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Houseboat
Movie · as British Society Woman (uncredited)
Suspicion
TV · as Mrs. Merton · 1 ep
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV · as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop · 1 ep
Les Miserables
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie · as Aunt Martha
The Black Arrow
Movie · as Nun (uncredited)
Ivy
Movie · as Lady Crail (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Movie · as Margaret (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
Movie · as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
Cigarette Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Halstead
The Exile
Movie · as Second Court Lady
Terror by Night
Movie · as Lady Margaret Carstairs
Lady on a Train
Movie
Earl Carroll Vanities
Movie · as Queen Mother Elena
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Movie · as Lady Agatha
I'll Remember April
Movie · as Mrs. Barrington
Tender Comrade
Movie · as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London
Movie · as Dame Dunne Hartley
Dangerous Blondes
Movie · as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Movie · as Mrs. Pettibone
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Eshton
Mr. Lucky
Movie · as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Almost Married
Movie · as Mrs. Marvin
Klondike Fury
Movie · as Mrs. Langton
Twin Beds
Movie
The Great Impersonation
Movie · as Lady Leslie Clayfair
This Above All
Movie · as Vicar's Wife
Nothing but the Truth
Movie · as Mrs. Ralston
Back Street
Movie · as Mrs. Williams
Blame It on Love
Movie · as Mrs. Wadsworth
Laddie
Movie · as Mrs. Anna Pryor
South of Suez
Movie · as Mrs. Putnam
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie · as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
Florian
Movie · as Grandmother
Private Affairs
Movie · as Mrs. Stanley
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Movie · as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Movie · as Lady Conyngham
Outside These Walls
Movie · as Gertrude Bishop
The Sun Never Sets
Movie · as Mrs. Randolph
Risky Business
Movie · as Mrs. Jameson
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Mrs. Gaynes
Fast and Loose
Movie · as Mrs. Torrent
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Movie · as Mrs. Withers
These Glamour Girls
Movie · as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
Ninotchka
Movie · as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
Movie · as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
Movie · as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Movie · as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
Always Goodbye
Movie · as Aunt Martha Marshall
Everybody Sing
Movie · as Miss Colvin
Three Loves Has Nancy
Movie · as Mrs. Hanson
Outside of Paradise
Movie · as Mrs. Stonewall
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
Movie · as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Movie · as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
Movie · as Mrs. Vance
The Life of the Party
Movie · as Mrs. Saunders
Women of Glamour
Movie · as Mrs. Stark
Another Dawn
Movie · as Mrs. Lydia Benton
Wee Willie Winkie
Movie · as Mrs. MacMonachie
Stage Door
Movie · as Cast of Stage Play
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Movie · as Concert Hall Patron
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie · as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
The White Angel
Movie · as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Wedding Present
Movie · as Mrs. Dodacker
Laddie
Movie · as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Les Misérables
Movie · as Mlle. Baptiseme
Roberta
Movie · as (uncredited)
Captain Blood
Movie · as Mrs. Steed
Rendezvous
Movie · as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
Movie · as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
The Widow from Monte Carlo
Movie · as Lady Holloway
Stranded
Movie · as Grace Dean (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Princess Sorokina
Dizzy Dames
Movie · as Mrs. Stokes
She Was a Lady
Movie · as Lady Diana Vane
British Agent
Movie · as Lady Catherine Trehearne
You Can't Buy Everything
Movie · as Kate Farley
A Lost Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Blind Date
Movie · as Mrs. Hartwell
Most Precious Thing in Life
Movie · as Mrs. Kelsey
Two Heads on a Pillow
Movie · as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Happiness Ahead
Movie · as Mrs. Travis
We Live Again
Movie · as Mrs. Kortchagin
Shock
Movie · as Lady Heatherly
Sadie McKee
Movie · as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
Bombshell
Movie · as Mrs. Middleton
Cavalcade
Movie · as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
A Farewell to Arms
Movie · as Miss Van Campen
The Silent Witness
Movie · as Lady Howard
Vanity Fair
Movie · as Mrs. Sedley
The Man Who Came Back
Movie · as Mrs. Gaynes
Chances
Movie · as Mrs. Ingleside
Working Girls
Movie · as Mrs. Johnstone
Born to Love
Movie · as The Duchess (uncredited)
The Brat
Movie · as Mrs. Forester
East Is West
Movie · as Mrs. Benson
Strictly Unconventional
Movie · as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
The Devil to Pay!
Movie · as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
So This Is London
Movie · as Lady Worthing
Abraham Lincoln
Movie · as Actress (uncredited)
Holiday
Movie · as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
The Trespasser
Movie · as Mrs. Ferguson
Sunny Side Up
Movie · as Mrs. Cromwell
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie · as Lady Alice Crosby
Her Private Life
Movie · as Ladu Wildering
Women Who Win
Movie
The Lady Clare
Movie · as Lady Julia Medwin
The Woman's Portion
Movie · as Lizzie