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Mary Forbes
Actor
Born December 30, 1882Died July 22, 1974 (91 years)
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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.
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
| 1958 | Houseboat · as British Society Woman (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Suspicion (TV Series) · as Mrs. Merton |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Oliphant |
| 1952 | Les Miserables · as Nun (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Pest Man Wins · as Party Guest |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | The Judge Steps Out · as Margaret (uncredited) |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Aunt Martha |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow · as Nun |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Exile · as Second Court Lady |
| 1947 | Song of Love · as Woman At Party |
| 1947 | Ivy · as Lady Crail (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Mrs. Pierce |
| 1947 | Down to Earth · as Mrs. Fenimore Hume |
| 1947 | The Other Love · as Madame Gruen - Sanitarium Patient |
| 1947 | Half-Wits Holiday · as Countess Shpritzvasser |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life · as Art Patron |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn · as Garden Party Guest |
| 1946 | Terror by Night · as Lady Margaret Carstairs |
| 1946 | One Way to Love · as Distinguished Woman |
| 1945 | That Night with You · as Mrs. Brock |
| 1945 | |
| 1945 | Guest Wife · as Dinner Guest |
| 1945 | That's the Spirit · as Undetermined Role |
| 1945 | Earl Carroll Vanities · as Queen Mother Elena |
| 1945 | The Picture of Dorian Gray · as Lady Agatha |
| 1944 | Ladies Courageous · as Sister Rose |
| 1943 | Tender Comrade · as Jo's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1943 | What a Woman! · as Senator's Wife |
| 1943 | Jane Eyre · as Mrs. Eshton |
| 1943 | Women in Bondage · as Gladys Bracken |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy · as Lady Thomas |
| 1943 | Dangerous Blondes · as Isabel Fleming (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky · as War Relief Worker (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London · as Dame Dunne Hartley |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington · as Mrs. Pettibone |
| 1942 | The Great Impersonation · as Lady Leslie Clayfair |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing · as Mrs. Louise Sandys |
| 1942 | This Above All · as Vicar's Wife |
| 1942 | |
| 1942 | Klondike Fury · as Mrs. Langton |
| 1941 | Paris Calling · as Lady Guest |
| 1941 | Nothing But the Truth · as Mrs. Ralston |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet · as Freddie's Mother |
| 1941 | Back Street · as Mrs. Williams |
| 1940 | South of Suez · as Mrs. Putnam |
| 1940 | Laddie · as Mrs. Anna Pryor |
| 1940 | Florian · as Grandmother |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too · as Lady At The Theatre (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Private Affairs · as Mrs. Stanley |
| 1939 | Ninotchka · as Lady Lavenham (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade · as Mrs. Gaynes |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · as Lady Conyngham |
| 1939 | These Glamour Girls · as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited) |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million · as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Sun Never Sets · as Mrs. Randolph |
| 1939 | It Could Happen to You · as Mrs. Quigley |
| 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up · as Mrs. Withers |
| 1939 | The Ice Follies of 1939 · as Lady Hilda |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man · as Mrs. Bel-Goodie |
| 1939 | Fast and Loose · as Mrs. Torrent |
| 1938 | Just Around the Corner · as Miss Vincent |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Mrs. Hanson |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye · as Aunt Martha Marshall |
| 1938 | The Rage of Paris · as Woman In Opera Box (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Everybody Sing · as Miss Colvin |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Mrs. Vance |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Cast Of Stage Play |
| 1937 | One Hundred Men and a Girl · as Concert Hall Patron |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party · as Mrs. Saunders |
| 1937 | Wee Willie Winkie · as Mrs. Macmonachie |
| 1937 | Another Dawn · as Mrs. Lydia Benton |
| 1937 | Women of Glamour · as Mrs. Stark |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild · as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Wedding Present · as Mrs. Dodacker |
| 1936 | The White Angel · as Lady Disapproving Of Florence #1 (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Captain Blood · as Mrs. Steed |
| 1935 | The Widow from Monte Carlo · as Lady Holloway |
| 1935 | The Perfect Gentleman · as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Rendezvous · as Lady Cavendish (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Stranded · as Grace Dean (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Dizzy Dames · as Mrs. Stokes |
| 1935 | Les Misérables · as Mlle. Baptiseme |
| 1935 | Laddie · as Mrs. Anna Pryor |
| 1935 | McFadden's Flats · as Cast |
| 1935 | |
| 1934 | The Painted Veil · as Mrs. Braithwaite |
| 1934 | Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round · as Passenger Campbell Sits Next To |
| 1934 | We Live Again · as Mrs. Kortchagin |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead · as Mrs. Travis |
| 1934 | Two Heads on a Pillow · as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire |
| 1934 | A Lost Lady · as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited) |
| 1934 | British Agent · as Lady Catherine Trehearne |
| 1934 | Blind Date · as Mrs. Hartwell |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | Now I'll Tell · as Mrs. Drake |
| 1934 | Most Precious Thing in Life · as Mrs. Kelsey |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad · as Admirer At Nightclub |
| 1934 | Sadie McKee · as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Carolina · as Aunt Catherine |
| 1934 | You Can't Buy Everything · as Kate Farley |
| 1933 | Bombshell · as Mrs. Middleton |
| 1933 | The Masquerader · as Eve Chilcote's Friend In Paris Hotel |
| 1933 | Cavalcade · as Duchess Of Churt (uncredited) |
| 1932 | A Farewell to Arms · as Miss Van Campen |
| 1932 | Vanity Fair · as Mrs. Sedley |
| 1932 | The Silent Witness · as Lady Howard |
| 1931 | Working Girls · as Mrs. Johnstone |
| 1931 | The Brat · as Mrs. Forester |
| 1931 | Chances · as Mrs. Ingleside |
| 1931 | Born to Love · as The Duchess (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Man Who Came Back · as Mrs. Gaynes |
| 1930 | The Devil to Pay! · as Mrs. Hope (uncredited) |
| 1930 | East Is West · as Mrs. Benson |
| 1930 | Abraham Lincoln · as Actress (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Holiday · as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Strictly Unconventional · as Mrs. Anna Shenstone |
| 1929 | Sunny Side Up · as Mrs. Cromwell |
| 1929 | The Trespasser · as Mrs. Ferguson |
| 1929 | The Thirteenth Chair · as Lady Alice Crosby |
| 1927 | Tillie the Toiler · as Mrs. Fish - Pennington's Mother |
| 1920 | Nance · as Felicia Damarche |