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Mary Gordon
Actor
Born May 16, 1882Died August 23, 1963 (81 years)
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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.
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.
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Mary Gordon Filmography
| 1992 | Gunfighters of the Old West · as Mrs. Dalton |
| 1986 | Laurel & Hardy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mactavish |
| 1955 | The Little Rascals (TV Series) · as Chubby's Mother (1955) |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid (TV Series) · as Mary O'toole |
| 1949 | The File on Thelma Jordon · as Charwoman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Challenge to Lassie · as Tenement Neighbor |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal · as Mrs. Lance |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young · as Old Woman |
| 1949 | Mr. Soft Touch · as Slatternly Woman Tenant (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Judge Steps Out · as Annie (scrub Woman) (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Highway 13 · as Aunt Myrt Lacy |
| 1948 | The Strange Mrs. Crane · as Nora |
| 1948 | Kidnapped · as Scottish Woman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Hills of Home · as Mrs. Burnbrae |
| 1948 | The Vicious Circle · as Mrs. Hogan (revised Version) |
| 1948 | Big Town Scandal · as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Fort Apache · as Ma (barmaid) |
| 1948 | Angels' Alley · as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney |
| 1947 | Roses Are Red · as Cleaning Lady |
| 1947 | The Invisible Wall · as Mrs. Bledsoe |
| 1947 | Exposed · as Housekeeper |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · as Mother Machree |
| 1947 | The Long Night · as Old Woman In Crowd (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Stallion Road · as Mrs. Ford, Purcell's Housekeeper |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny · as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Shadows Over Chinatown · as Mrs. Conover |
| 1946 | In Fast Company · as Mrs. Cassidy |
| 1946 | Dressed to Kill · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint · as Trina |
| 1946 | Sentimental Journey · as Agnes, The Cook (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Little Giant · as Ma Miller |
| 1945 | Kitty · as Nanny |
| 1945 | Strange Confession · as Mrs. O'connor |
| 1945 | Pride of the Marines · as Lady At Bus Stop |
| 1945 | Divorce · as Ellen |
| 1945 | The Woman in Green · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher · as Mary Mcbride (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie · as Mrs. Westrom |
| 1945 | See My Lawyer · as Mrs. Fillmore |
| 1945 | It's a Pleasure · as Tenement Woman |
| 1944 | Hollywood Canteen · as Hostess (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Music for Millions · as Hotel Proprietress |
| 1944 | Irish Eyes Are Smiling · as Irish Woman |
| 1944 | The Last Ride · as Mrs. Mary Kelly |
| 1944 | The Hour Before the Dawn · as Annie |
| 1944 | The Pearl of Death · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1944 | Secret Command · as Mrs. Mckenzie (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Secrets of Scotland Yard · as Libby, The Housekeeper |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Hat Check Honey · as Jennie |
| 1944 | Million Dollar Kid · as Mrs. Mcginnis |
| 1944 | Ladies Courageous · as Old Lady |
| 1944 | The Racket Man · as Mom Benson |
| 1943 | Whispering Footsteps · as Ma Murphy |
| 1943 | The Spider Woman · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Sweet Rosie O'Grady · as Charwoman |
| 1943 | Here Comes Kelly · as Mrs. Kelly |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes Faces Death · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Two Tickets to London · as Mrs. Tinkle |
| 1943 | Sarong Girl · as Mattie |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1943 | Keep 'Em Slugging · as Mrs. Banning |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day · as Woman In Air Raid Shelter |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1942 | The Boss of Big Town · as Mrs. Lane |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim · as Mrs. Casey (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Meet the Stewarts · as Mrs. Stewart |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Mummy's Tomb · as Jane Banning |
| 1942 | Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1942 | Halfway to Shanghai · as Mrs. Mcintyre |
| 1942 | Powder Town · as Mrs. Douglas |
| 1942 | It Happened in Flatbush · as Mrs. Collins |
| 1942 | Dr. Broadway · as Broadway Carrie |
| 1942 | The Strange Case of Doctor Rx · as Mrs. Scott |
| 1942 | Fly-By-Night · as Ma Prescott |
| 1942 | Blue, White and Perfect · as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips · as Mrs. Ann Morton (fred's Mother) |
| 1941 | Riot Squad · as Mrs. Mcgonigle |
| 1941 | Borrowed Hero · as Mrs. Riley |
| 1941 | Unexpected Uncle · as Mrs. Mason |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love · as Martha |
| 1941 | Bombay Clipper · as Abigail 'mag' Macpherson |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Gossiper |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve · as Mrs. O'toole (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Unfinished Business · as Miss Brady |
| 1941 | Double Cross · as Mrs. Murray |
| 1941 | Pot o' Gold · as Mom Mccorkle |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny · as Martha |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman · as Mrs. Bates |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle · as Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette · as Gertrude, The Cook |
| 1940 | Nobody's Children · as Mary |
| 1940 | Go West · as Train Passenger |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 · as Landlady |
| 1940 | Young People · as Old Woman |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode · as Ma Dalton |
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much · as Mrs. Dunn |
| 1940 | Queen of the Mob · as Tenement Landlady |
| 1940 | The Last Alarm · as Mrs. Hadley |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid · as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1940 | I Take This Oath · as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad · as Mrs. Sullivan |
| 1940 | Saps at Sea · as Mrs. O'riley |
| 1940 | My Son, My Son! · as Mrs. Mulvaney |
| 1940 | The Invisible Man Returns · as Cookie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | My Son Is Guilty · as Mrs. Montabelli |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea · as Mrs. Ogilvie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President · as Mrs. O'leary |
| 1939 | Day-Time Wife · as Scrubwoman |
| 1939 | The Marshal of Mesa City · as Mrs. Dudley |
| 1939 | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington · as Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Three Sons · as Woman At Barn Fire |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1939 | She Married a Cop · as Ma Duffy |
| 1939 | Captain Fury · as Mrs. Bailey |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range · as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales · as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Code of the Streets · as Mrs. Flaherty |
| 1939 | Broadway Serenade · as Annie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Hound of the Baskervilles · as Mrs. Hudson |
| 1939 | Tail Spin · as Mrs. Lee |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy · as Irene's Housekeeper |
| 1939 | Off the Record · as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Thanks for Everything · as Maggie, Irish Woman |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Vacation from Love · as Maggie, The Cook |
| 1938 | Gateway · as Scottish Mother |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat · as Maggie (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Kidnapped · as Mrs. Macdonald |
| 1937 | Mannequin · as Mrs. O'rourke (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Lady Behave! · as Cook |
| 1937 | You're Only Young Once · as Mary's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distress · as Cook (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Double Wedding · as Mrs. Keough |
| 1937 | Souls at Sea · as Cook |
| 1937 | You Can't Have Everything · as Ywca Scrub Woman (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Mrs. Callahan - Charwoman |
| 1937 | Meet the Boy Friend · as Mrs. Grimes |
| 1937 | Married Before Breakfast · as Mrs. Nevins |
| 1937 | Pick a Star · as Mrs. Watts - Undertaker's Wife |
| 1937 | Way Out West · as Cook |
| 1937 | Nancy Steele Is Missing! · as Mrs. Watson - Landlady |
| 1937 | The Great O'Malley · as Mrs. O'malley |
| 1936 | Little Miss Nobody · as Mrs. Biddle |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as Woman At Barricades |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man · as Rose (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens · as Woman With Bag (uncredited) |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Stage Struck · as Mrs. Cassidy |
| 1936 | Yellowstone · as Mrs. Mcdougall |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland · as Nurse |
| 1936 | The White Angel · as Nursing Applicant (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Farmer's Wife On Way To Church |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents · as Apple Lady |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty · as Peddler (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Metropolitan · as Mrs. Tolentino |
| 1935 | Waterfront Lady · as Mrs. O'flaherty |
| 1935 | Bonnie Scotland · as Mrs. Bickerdike |
| 1935 | The Irish in Us · as Ma O'hara |
| 1935 | Ginger · as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) |
| 1935 | $10 Raise · as Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein · as Hans' Wife |
| 1935 | Vagabond Lady · as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Vanessa, Her Love Story · as Mrs. Leathwaite |
| 1934 | The Little Minister · as Nanny |
| 1934 | Flirtation · as Woman On A Window |
| 1934 | Our Daily Bread · as Community Woman In Cottage (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Charlie Chan in London · as Prison Visitor (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The World Moves On · as English Soldier's Mother |
| 1934 | The Man from Hell · as Mrs. Frank Mccarrol |
| 1934 | One More River · as Cook (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Defense Rests · as Scrub Woman |
| 1934 | Whom the Gods Destroy · as Newfoundlander |
| 1934 | Cross Streets · as Sonny's Mother |
| 1934 | Baby, Take a Bow · as Mrs. O'brien (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Key · as Dublin Townswoman |
| 1934 | Most Precious Thing in Life · as Washerwoman |
| 1934 | The Loudspeaker · as Landlady |
| 1934 | Murder at the Vanities · as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Change of Heart · as Woman In Street (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Manhattan Melodrama · as Boat Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Oil's Well · as Cast |
| 1934 | The Woman Condemned · as Crying Woman At Night Court (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Beloved · as Mrs. O'leary |
| 1933 | Design for Living · as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The World Changes · as Lady At Party (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Invisible Man · as Screaming Woman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Broadway Thru a Keyhole · as Cleaning Woman |
| 1933 | Footlight Parade · as Wardrobe Woman On Bus |
| 1933 | Meet the Baron · as Washer Woman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Power and the Glory · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1933 | My Woman · as Woman At Ironing Board (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Brief Moment · as Cook |
| 1933 | Doctor Bull · as Townswoman At Meeting |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | The Kiss Before the Mirror · as Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Sweepings · as Mrs. Patrick O'leary (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Men Must Fight · as Pacifist Audience Member |
| 1933 | She Done Him Wrong · as Cleaning Lady (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About · as Prisoner In Visiting Room (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Laughter in Hell · as Townswoman |
| 1932 | Call Her Savage · as Lady In Tenement (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Wild Girl · as Washerwoman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus · as Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Pack Up Your Troubles · as Mrs. Mactavish (uncredited) |
| 1932 | 70,000 Witnesses · as Scrubwoman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Skyscraper Souls · as Charwoman |
| 1932 | Beauty Parlor · as Landlady |
| 1932 | Radio Patrol · as Landlady (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Trial of Vivienne Ware · as Court Matron (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Scandal for Sale · as Hotel Resident |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark · as Scrubwoman |
| 1932 | The Big Timer · as 2nd Job Seeker |
| 1932 | The Expert · as Neighbor |
| 1932 | The Impatient Maiden · as Irish Neighbor (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Texas Cyclone · as Kate |
| 1932 | A Fool's Advice · as Woman At Rally |
| 1931 | Delicious · as Dancer |
| 1931 | Ladies of the Big House · as Inmate |
| 1931 | A House Divided · as Townswoman (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Possessed · as Woman At Political Rally (uncredited) |
| 1931 | 24 Hours · as Nurse |
| 1931 | The Brat · as Angry Wife In Night Court (uncredited) |
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridge · as Distraught Woman On Stairway (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Black Camel · as Mrs. Macmasters |
| 1931 | Unfaithful · as Bit |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! · as Stage Door Admirer With Violets |
| 1930 | Anybody's Woman · as Maid |
| 1930 | Let Us Be Gay · as Mrs. Mcintyre (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Song o' My Heart · as Irish Woman |
| 1930 | Manslaughter · as Cook |
| 1930 | Our Blushing Brides · as Mrs. Mannix - Tenement Woman |
| 1930 | When the Wind Blows · as Chubby's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Seven Days Leave · as Neighbor |
| 1929 | Hell's Heroes · as Choir Member (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Sunny Side Up · as Grocery Shopper |
| 1929 | Dynamite · as Neighbor At Store |
| 1929 | The Saturday Night Kid · as Reducing Customer (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Madame X · as Nursemaid (uncredited) |
| 1929 | The Black Watch · as Sandy's Wife |
| 1928 | Our Dancing Daughters · as Scrubwoman |
| 1928 | Hangman's House · as The Woman At Hogan's Hideout |
| 1928 | The Matinee Idol · as Woman In Audience (uncredited) |
| 1927 | Clancy's Kosher Wedding · as Molly Clancy |
| 1927 | Annie Laurie · as First Midwife |
| 1925 | Lights of Old Broadway · as Bank Customer |
| 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Citizen Of Paris |