Mary Gordon
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-05-16
Place of birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Cast
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
7.50
His Honor the Mayor
1930
0.00
The Spider Woman
1943
6.80
The Ghosts
1930
0.00
Radio Patrol
1932
0.00
Dressed to Kill
1946
6.53
Double Wedding
1937
6.53
The Body Snatcher
1945
7.00
It Started with Eve
1941
7.10
The Whirlwind
1933
0.00
The Pearl of Death
1944
7.06
Sealed Lips
1942
5.80
The Woman in Green
1945
6.41
Subway Express
1931
0.00
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
6.24
The Invisible Woman
1940
5.72
Naughty Nanette
1927
0.00
Little Giant
1946
5.30
Whispering Footsteps
1943
5.30
The Little Minister
1934
5.90
When the Wind Blows
1930
6.10
The Woman Condemned
1934
4.63
The Black Camel
1931
6.00
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
5.80
The Invisible Wall
1947
5.40
Pot o' Gold
1941
5.50
Law of the Badlands
1945
0.00
Secret Command
1944
6.80
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
0.00
The Impatient Maiden
1932
0.00
The Power and the Glory
1933
6.00
The Night of Nights
1939
0.00
Exposed
1947
5.80
Angels' Alley
1948
4.00
Nature in the Wrong
1933
0.00
When the Daltons Rode
1940
6.00
Double Cross
1941
4.80
Divorce
1945
5.00
Wild Girl
1932
6.00
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
4.40
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
0.00
Cross Streets
1934
5.80
Sweepings
1933
5.80
Hell's Heroes
1929
7.00
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
7.40
Riot Squad
1941
0.00
The Last Ride
1944
6.20
The Irish in Us
1935
7.60
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
6.00
Friend Indeed
1937
0.00
Nobody's Children
1940
0.00
Lady Behave!
1937
4.70
$10 Raise
1935
8.00
Borrowed Hero
1941
4.00
Deputy Marshal
1949
5.60
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
5.17
Little Miss Nobody
1936
6.00
Two Tickets to London
1943
6.00
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
7.10
Appointment for Love
1941
5.70
Kitty Foyle
1940
6.56
Fort Apache
1948
7.00
Sarong Girl
1943
0.00
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
0.00
The Brat
1931
5.60
Smart Guy
1943
5.00
City Streets
1938
0.00
Beauty Parlor
1932
5.00
Ladies They Talk About
1933
6.10
The Long Night
1947
5.72
Men Must Fight
1933
5.70
Follow the Leader
1944
3.50
Blonde Venus
1932
6.80
Shamrock Hill
1949
1.00
Mary of Scotland
1936
6.34
Stage Struck
1936
4.00
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
6.83
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
6.71
You Can't Have Everything
1937
5.70
The Expert
1932
6.30
You're Only Young Once
1937
5.75
Blond Cheat
1938
6.00
Change of Heart
1934
6.20
Tell No Tales
1939
5.30
Charlie Chan in London
1934
6.80
The Defense Rests
1934
7.00
A House Divided
1931
6.20
The White Angel
1936
7.20
The Man from Hell
1934
4.50
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
5.50
Wings of the Navy
1939
6.00
Tail Spin
1939
5.80
Broadway Serenade
1939
6.20
Her Husband Lies
1937
6.00
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.84
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
5.70
Day-time Wife
1939
6.20
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
8.00
The Escape
1939
5.50
Big Town Scandal
1948
5.00
Kidnapped
1938
4.70
The Dark Horse
1946
0.00
Sister Kenny
1946
6.50
The Great O'Malley
1937
6.70
The Judge Steps Out
1947
7.00
Here Comes Kelly
1943
1.00
Fly By Night
1942
6.40
Meet the Stewarts
1942
4.30
Hangman's House
1928
6.40
Tucson
1949
6.00
Design for Living
1933
7.10
Sentimental Journey
1946
6.40
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
4.80
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
6.30
Great Guy
1936
6.20
I Take This Oath
1940
4.30
Brother Orchid
1940
6.50
Bombay Clipper
1942
5.50
Highway 13
1948
5.64
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
7.36
24 Hours
1931
5.50
Go West
1940
6.47
Dancers in the Dark
1932
4.80
Roses Are Red
1947
5.50
The Plough and the Stars
1936
5.80
Bonnie Scotland
1935
6.60
Captain Eddie
1945
6.00
The Matinee Idol
1928
6.30
The Loudspeaker
1934
0.00
Code of the Streets
1939
7.00
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
5.20
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
6.00
Gateway
1938
6.50
Waterfront Lady
1935
4.00
Saps at Sea
1940
6.80
My Son, My Son!
1940
4.75
No, No, Nanette
1940
6.00
Racketeers of the Range
1939
6.63
Gentleman Jim
1942
7.23
The Last Alarm
1940
4.22
Young People
1940
4.60
The Lady Consents
1936
5.80
Million Dollar Kid
1944
5.80
Women Without Names
1940
4.80
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
5.63
Murder at the Vanities
1934
5.46
The Invisible Man
1933
7.50
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
6.00
Meet the Baron
1933
4.25
Skyscraper Souls
1932
5.60
Pilgrimage
1933
6.90
The Plot Thickens
1936
6.00
Ginger
1935
4.70
Captain Fury
1939
4.86
Doctor Bull
1933
6.46
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
5.50
The Racket Man
1944
7.00
Haunted Trails
1949
0.00
West of Wyoming
1950
6.00
Clues to Adventure
1949
6.00
Texas Cyclone
1932
4.20
Song o' My Heart
1930
4.40
Share the Wealth
1936
3.00
Madame X
1929
6.10
Powder Town
1942
3.70
Oh, for a Man!
1930
5.70
Unfinished Business
1941
5.30
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
0.00
Off the Record
1939
6.00
Tear Gas Squad
1940
4.80
Public Deb No. 1
1940
4.20
Campus Confessions
1938
4.20
Roaring Ranch
1930
0.00
Strange Confession
1945
6.80
70,000 Witnesses
1932
4.80
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
5.30
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
6.70
The Home Maker
1925
0.00
Dr. Broadway
1942
5.00
See My Lawyer
1945
6.00
She Married a Cop
1939
5.67
Flight from Destiny
1941
5.20
In Fast Company
1946
6.30
Baby Take a Bow
1934
5.58
Rulers of the Sea
1939
6.50
Hollywood Canteen
1944
7.30
Waterloo Bridge
1931
7.00
One More River
1934
5.30
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
7.00
After the Thin Man
1936
7.34
My Woman
1933
3.70
Kitty
1945
5.50
Anybody's Woman
1930
5.90
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
6.57
Our Daily Bread
1934
6.87
She Done Him Wrong
1933
5.82
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
6.80
Mannequin
1938
5.86
Possessed
1931
7.00
Black Paradise
1926
4.00
Call Her Savage
1932
5.80
A Damsel in Distress
1937
6.40
Beloved
1934
0.00
Kidnapped
1948
5.50
Queen of the Mob
1940
4.50
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
5.10
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
5.50
Forgotten Faces
1936
0.00
Vagabond Lady
1935
7.20
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
5.50
Dynamite
1929
6.39
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
7.52
Let Us Be Gay
1930
4.00
Tessie
1925
0.00