Mary Gordon
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Female
Birthday 1882-05-16
Deathday 1963-08-23 (81 years old)
Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As Mary Grace Gordon
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
Actor
as Nora Jones
as Mary O'Toole
as Charwoman (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Lance
as Aunt Libby
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
as Housemother (uncredited)
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Grandma Rogan
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
as Nora
as Ma (barmaid)
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
as Cleaning Lady
as Mrs. Bledsoe
as Housekeeper
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
as Mrs. Mahoney
as Mrs. Conover
as Mrs. Cassidy
as Mrs. Hudson
as Trina
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
as Ma Miller
as Nanny
as Mrs. O'Connor
as Ellen
as Mrs. Westrom
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
as Mrs. Fillmore
as Hostess (uncredited)
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
as Libby, the Housekeeper
as Annie
as Mrs. McGinnis
as Mom Benson
as Ma Murphy
as Mrs. Hudson
as Maggie
as Mrs. Kelly
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. Tinkle
as Mattie
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. Banning
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
as Jane Banning
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. McIntyre
as Maid (uncredited)
as Mrs. Douglas
as Mrs. Collins
as Mrs. Stewart
as Broadway Carrie
as Mrs. Scott
as Ma Prescott
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
as Mrs. McGonigle
as Mrs. Riley
as Martha
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
as Miss Brady
as Mrs. Murray
as Mom McCorkle
as Martha
as Mrs. Bates
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
as Gertrude, the Cook
as Mary
as Train Passenger
as Landlady
as Old Woman
as Ma Dalton
as Tenement Landlady
as Mrs. Hadley
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
as Mrs. Sullivan
as Mrs. O'Riley
as Mrs. Mulvaney
as Juror
as Cookie (uncredited)
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. O'Leary
as Scrubwoman
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Dudley
as Woman (uncredited)
as Neighbor
as Mrs. Hudson
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
as Ma Duffy
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
as Mrs. Bailey
as Mrs. Flaherty
as Annie (uncredited)
as Mrs. Hudson
as Mrs. Lee
as Irene's Housekeeper
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
as Mrs. Twill
as Scottish Mother
as Mrs. Devlin
as Maggie (uncredited)
as Mrs. MacDonald
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
as Housekeeper
as Cook
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
as Cook (uncredited)
as Mrs. Keough
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Grimes
as Mrs. Jenks
as Mrs. O'Malley
as Woman at Barricades
as Rose (uncredited)
as Woman with Bag
as Mrs. Ogilvie
as Mrs. Cassidy
as Nurse
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
as Mrs. Biddle
as Mrs. O'Leary
as Ma MacClyde
as Mrs. O'Keefe
as Apple Lady
as Peddler (uncredited)
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
as Mrs. Bickerdike
as Ma O'Hara
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Hans' Wife
as Mrs. Leathwaite
as Nanny
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
as Cook (Uncredited)
as Scrub Woman
as Sonny's Mother
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
as Landlady
as Woman in Street
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
as Mrs. O'Leary
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
as Cleaning Woman
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
as Nurse (uncredited)
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
as Townswoman at Meeting
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Curtis
as Mrs. Clancy
as Pacifist Audience Member
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
as Charwoman
as Landlady
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Scrubwoman
as Neighbor
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
as Kate
as Townswoman (uncredited)
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
as Nurse
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
as Mrs. MacMasters
as Mrs. Delaney
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
as Maid
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
as Chubby's Mama
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
as His Wife
as Irish Woman
as Choir Member (uncredited)
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
as Neighbor (uncredited)
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
as First taxi passenger
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
as Mrs. Rooney
as Mrs. Murphy
as Mrs. Hennessy
Crew
as Dialogue Coach