Sara Haden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1898
- Died
- September 15, 1981 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Galveston, Texas, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
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Filmography
Breaking Point
TV · 1 ep
Vacation Playhouse
TV · as Emma Madison · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Bourbon Street Beat
TV · 1 ep
Lock-Up
TV · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Mother Superior · 1 ep
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Perry Mason
TV · as Florence Harvey · 1 ep
State Trooper
TV · 1 ep
Betrayed Women
Movie · as Head Guard Darcy
The Millionaire
TV · as Miss Kendis · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
The Outlaw's Daughter
Movie · as Mrs. Merril
December Bride
TV · 1 ep
A Lion Is in the Streets
Movie · as Lula May McManamee
Wagons West
Movie · as Mrs. Cook
Rodeo
Movie · as Agatha Cartwright
As We Forgive
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North
TV · 1 ep
The Abbott and Costello Show
TV · as Mrs. Bronson · 1 ep
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV · as Wife · 1 ep
The Great Rupert
Movie · as Mrs. Katie Dingle
A Life of Her Own
Movie · as Smitty
The Big Cat
Movie · as Mrs. Mary Cooper
Roughshod
Movie · as Ma Wyatt
Rachel and the Stranger
Movie · as Mrs. Jackson
The Bishop's Wife
Movie · as Mildred Cassaway
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Movie · as Aunt Milly
She-Wolf of London
Movie · as Martha Winthrop
Mr. Ace
Movie · as Alma Rhodes
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Movie · as Miss Dill
Bad Bascomb
Movie · as Tillie Lovejoy
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Movie · as Laura Pitts
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Movie · as Mrs. Bjornson
Strictly Personal
Movie · as Helen Matthews
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Broadway Rhythm
Movie · as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
Movie · as Aunt Hattie
Thousands Cheer
Movie · as Nurse #2
The Youngest Profession
Movie · as Sister Lassie
Best Foot Forward
Movie · as Miss Talbert
Lost Angel
Movie · as Rhoda Kitterick
Woman of the Year
Movie · as Matron
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Movie · as Milly Forrest
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Somewhere I'll Find You
Movie · as Miss Coulter
The Affairs of Martha
Movie · as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
Flag of Mercy
Movie · as Clara Barton
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Movie · as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Love Crazy
Movie · as Miss Cecilia Landis
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Barnacle Bill
Movie · as Aunt Letty
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Movie · as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Washington Melodrama
Movie · as Harriet Harringan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Movie · as Miss Matthews
The Shop Around the Corner
Movie · as Flora
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Boom Town
Movie · as Miss Barnes
Keeping Company
Movie · as Mrs. Foster
Hullabaloo
Movie · as 'Sue' Merriweather
Judge Hardy and Son
Movie · as Milly Forrest
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Movie · as Aunt Millie Forrest
Remember?
Movie · as Miss Wilson
Tell No Tales
Movie · as Miss Brendon
Four Girls in White
Movie · as Miss Bennett
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Movie · as Milly Forrest
The Hardys Ride High
Movie · as Milly Forrest
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Movie · as Nora
Angel of Mercy
Movie · as Clara Barton (uncredited)
Think First
Movie · as Policewoman
Out West with the Hardys
Movie · as Milly Forrest
First Lady
Movie · as Mrs. Mason
Under Cover of Night
Movie · as Janet Griswald
A Family Affair
Movie · as Milly Forrest
You're Only Young Once
Movie · as Milly Forrest
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Movie · as Anna
The Barrier
Movie · as Mrs. John 'Alluna' Gale
Captain January
Movie · as Agatha Morgan
Little Miss Nobody
Movie · as Mrs. Lewis
Half Angel
Movie · as Henrietta Hargraves
Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie · as Collins
Reunion
Movie · as Ellie
Laughing at Trouble
Movie · as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Movie · as Dr. Anna Burkhart
Can This Be Dixie?
Movie · as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Everybody's Old Man
Movie · as Susan Franklin
Mad Love
Movie · as Marie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Movie · as Aunt Martha
Way Down East
Movie · as Cordelia Peabody
Magnificent Obsession
Movie · as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Anne of Green Gables
Movie · as Mrs. Barry
The White Parade
Movie · as Miss Harrington
Hat, Coat and Glove
Movie · as The Secretary
The Fountain
Movie · as Sophie Van Leyden
The Life of Vergie Winters
Movie · as Winnie Belle
Finishing School
Movie · as Miss Fisher
Affairs of a Gentleman
Movie · as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Spitfire
Movie · as Etta Dawson
Music in the Air
Movie · as Martha