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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
West of Wyoming
Character:Nora Jones
Release Date:19/02/1950
The File on Thelma Jordon
Character:Charwoman (Uncredited)
Release Date:04/11/1949
Deputy Marshal
Character:Mrs. Lance
Release Date:28/10/1949
Haunted Trails
Character:Aunt Libby
Release Date:21/08/1949
Mr. Soft Touch
Character:Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Release Date:28/07/1949
Tucson
Character:Housemother (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1949
Clues to Adventure
Character:Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/04/1949
Shamrock Hill
Character:Grandma Rogan
Release Date:01/02/1949
Highway 13
Character:Aunt Myrt Lacy
Release Date:28/12/1948
Kidnapped
Character:Scottish Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:28/11/1948
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Character:Nora
Release Date:07/10/1948
Big Town Scandal
Character:Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:27/05/1948
Fort Apache
Character:Ma (barmaid)
Release Date:21/05/1948
Angels' Alley
Character:Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
Release Date:07/03/1948
The Judge Steps Out
Character:Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1947
Roses Are Red
Character:Cleaning Lady
Release Date:10/11/1947
The Invisible Wall
Character:Mrs. Bledsoe
Release Date:15/10/1947
Exposed
Character:Housekeeper
Release Date:08/09/1947
The Long Night
Character:Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/1947
Sister Kenny
Character:Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Release Date:10/10/1946
The Dark Horse
Character:Mrs. Mahoney
Release Date:19/07/1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
Character:Mrs. Conover
Release Date:27/06/1946
In Fast Company
Character:Mrs. Cassidy
Release Date:22/06/1946
Dressed to Kill
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:24/05/1946
The Hoodlum Saint
Character:Trina
Release Date:04/04/1946
Sentimental Journey
Character:Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
Release Date:06/03/1946
Little Giant
Character:Ma Miller
Release Date:22/02/1946
Kitty
Character:Nanny
Release Date:16/10/1945
Strange Confession
Character:Mrs. O'Connor
Release Date:05/10/1945
Divorce
Character:Ellen
Release Date:18/08/1945
Captain Eddie
Character:Mrs. Westrom
Release Date:18/06/1945
The Woman in Green
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:15/06/1945
The Body Snatcher
Character:Mary McBride (uncredited)
Release Date:25/05/1945
Law of the Badlands
Character:
Release Date:14/04/1945
See My Lawyer
Character:Mrs. Fillmore
Release Date:09/03/1945
Hollywood Canteen
Character:Hostess (uncredited)
Release Date:15/12/1944
The Last Ride
Character:Mrs. Mary Kelly
Release Date:07/10/1944
The Pearl of Death
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:01/08/1944
Secret Command
Character:Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Release Date:30/07/1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Character:Libby, the Housekeeper
Release Date:26/07/1944
Follow the Leader
Character:
Release Date:03/06/1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
Character:Annie
Release Date:10/05/1944
Million Dollar Kid
Character:Mrs. McGinnis
Release Date:28/02/1944
The Racket Man
Character:Mom Benson
Release Date:18/01/1944
Whispering Footsteps
Character:Ma Murphy
Release Date:30/12/1943
Smart Guy
Character:Maggie
Release Date:17/12/1943
The Spider Woman
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:10/12/1943
Here Comes Kelly
Character:Mrs. Kelly
Release Date:19/09/1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:17/09/1943
Two Tickets to London
Character:Mrs. Tinkle
Release Date:14/06/1943
Sarong Girl
Character:Mattie
Release Date:11/06/1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:24/03/1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Character:Mrs. Banning
Release Date:01/03/1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:25/12/1942
Gentleman Jim
Character:Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
Release Date:14/11/1942
The Mummy's Tomb
Character:Jane Banning
Release Date:23/10/1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:18/09/1942
Half Way to Shanghai
Character:Mrs. McIntyre
Release Date:18/09/1942
The Pride of the Yankees
Character:Maid (uncredited)
Release Date:14/07/1942
Powder Town
Character:Mrs. Douglas
Release Date:07/06/1942
Meet the Stewarts
Character:Mrs. Stewart
Release Date:28/05/1942
It Happened in Flatbush
Character:Mrs. Collins
Release Date:28/05/1942
Dr. Broadway
Character:Broadway Carrie
Release Date:09/05/1942
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Character:Mrs. Scott
Release Date:27/03/1942
Fly By Night
Character:Ma Prescott
Release Date:19/01/1942
Bombay Clipper
Character:Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Release Date:11/01/1942
Blue, White, and Perfect
Character:Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:06/01/1942
Sealed Lips
Character:Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
Release Date:02/01/1942
Riot Squad
Character:Mrs. McGonigle
Release Date:12/12/1941
Borrowed Hero
Character:Mrs. Riley
Release Date:05/12/1941
Appointment for Love
Character:Martha
Release Date:31/10/1941
It Started with Eve
Character:Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/1941
Unfinished Business
Character:Miss Brady
Release Date:27/08/1941
Double Cross
Character:Mrs. Murray
Release Date:27/06/1941
Pot o' Gold
Character:Mom McCorkle
Release Date:03/04/1941
Flight from Destiny
Character:Martha
Release Date:08/02/1941
The Invisible Woman
Character:Mrs. Bates
Release Date:27/12/1940
Kitty Foyle
Character:Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Release Date:27/12/1940
No, No, Nanette
Character:Gertrude, the Cook
Release Date:19/12/1940
Nobody's Children
Character:Mary
Release Date:12/12/1940
Go West
Character:Train Passenger
Release Date:06/12/1940
Public Deb No. 1
Character:Landlady
Release Date:13/09/1940
Young People
Character:Old Woman
Release Date:30/08/1940
When the Daltons Rode
Character:Ma Dalton
Release Date:23/08/1940
Queen of the Mob
Character:Tenement Landlady
Release Date:28/06/1940
The Last Alarm
Character:Mrs. Hadley
Release Date:25/06/1940
Brother Orchid
Character:Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:07/06/1940
I Take This Oath
Character:Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
Release Date:20/05/1940
Tear Gas Squad
Character:Mrs. Sullivan
Release Date:04/05/1940
Saps at Sea
Character:Mrs. O'Riley
Release Date:29/04/1940
My Son, My Son!
Character:Mrs. Mulvaney
Release Date:21/03/1940
Women Without Names
Character:Juror
Release Date:14/03/1940
The Invisible Man Returns
Character:Cookie (uncredited)
Release Date:12/01/1940
The Night of Nights
Character:1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:01/12/1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Character:Mrs. O'Leary
Release Date:01/12/1939
Day-time Wife
Character:Scrubwoman
Release Date:24/11/1939
Rulers of the Sea
Character:Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
Release Date:08/11/1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Character:Mrs. Dudley
Release Date:03/11/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1939
The Escape
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:05/10/1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:01/09/1939
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Character:Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Release Date:22/07/1939
She Married a Cop
Character:Ma Duffy
Release Date:11/07/1939
Tell No Tales
Character:Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
Release Date:12/06/1939
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:02/06/1939
Racketeers of the Range
Character:Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Release Date:26/05/1939
Captain Fury
Character:Mrs. Bailey
Release Date:26/05/1939
Code of the Streets
Character:Mrs. Flaherty
Release Date:13/04/1939
Broadway Serenade
Character:Annie (uncredited)
Release Date:07/04/1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Character:Mrs. Hudson
Release Date:24/03/1939
Tail Spin
Character:Mrs. Lee
Release Date:19/02/1939
Wings of the Navy
Character:Irene's Housekeeper
Release Date:11/02/1939
Off the Record
Character:Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Release Date:21/01/1939
Angels with Dirty Faces
Character:
Release Date:26/11/1938
Campus Confessions
Character:Mrs. Twill
Release Date:23/09/1938
Gateway
Character:Scottish Mother
Release Date:05/08/1938
City Streets
Character:Mrs. Devlin
Release Date:01/07/1938
Blond Cheat
Character:Maggie (uncredited)
Release Date:17/06/1938
Kidnapped
Character:Mrs. MacDonald
Release Date:27/05/1938
Mannequin
Character:Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Release Date:21/01/1938
Friend Indeed
Character:Housekeeper
Release Date:28/12/1937
Lady Behave!
Character:Cook
Release Date:22/12/1937
You're Only Young Once
Character:Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:10/12/1937
A Damsel in Distress
Character:Cook (uncredited)
Release Date:19/11/1937
Double Wedding
Character:Mrs. Keough
Release Date:15/10/1937
You Can't Have Everything
Character:YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1937
Meet the Boy Friend
Character:Mrs. Grimes
Release Date:12/07/1937
Her Husband Lies
Character:Mrs. Jenks
Release Date:13/03/1937
The Great O'Malley
Character:Mrs. O'Malley
Release Date:13/02/1937
The Plough and the Stars
Character:Woman at Barricades
Release Date:26/12/1936
After the Thin Man
Character:Rose (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1936
The Plot Thickens
Character:Woman with Bag (uncredited)
Release Date:11/12/1936
Great Guy
Character:Mrs. Ogilvie
Release Date:01/12/1936
Stage Struck
Character:Mrs. Cassidy
Release Date:12/09/1936
Mary of Scotland
Character:Nurse
Release Date:28/07/1936
The White Angel
Character:Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Release Date:25/06/1936
Little Miss Nobody
Character:Mrs. Biddle
Release Date:05/06/1936
Forgotten Faces
Character:Mrs. O'Leary
Release Date:15/05/1936
Share the Wealth
Character:Ma MacClyde
Release Date:08/05/1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
Character:Mrs. O'Keefe
Release Date:04/03/1936
The Lady Consents
Character:Apple Lady
Release Date:07/02/1936
Mutiny on the Bounty
Character:Peddler (uncredited)
Release Date:22/11/1935
Waterfront Lady
Character:Mrs. O'Flaherty
Release Date:04/10/1935
Bonnie Scotland
Character:Mrs. Bickerdike
Release Date:23/08/1935
The Irish in Us
Character:Ma O'Hara
Release Date:31/07/1935
Ginger
Character:Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Release Date:04/07/1935
$10 Raise
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1935
Vagabond Lady
Character:Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Release Date:03/05/1935
Bride of Frankenstein
Character:Hans' Wife
Release Date:20/04/1935
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Character:Mrs. Leathwaite
Release Date:01/03/1935
The Little Minister
Character:Nanny
Release Date:28/12/1934
Our Daily Bread
Character:Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Release Date:02/10/1934
Charlie Chan in London
Character:Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Release Date:12/09/1934
The Man from Hell
Character:Mrs. Frank McCarrol
Release Date:28/08/1934
One More River
Character:Cook (Uncredited)
Release Date:06/08/1934
The Defense Rests
Character:Scrub Woman
Release Date:15/07/1934
Whom the Gods Destroy
Character:Newfoundlander
Release Date:12/07/1934
Cross Streets
Character:Sonny's Mother
Release Date:05/07/1934
Baby Take a Bow
Character:Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
Release Date:30/06/1934
The Loudspeaker
Character:Landlady
Release Date:01/06/1934
Change of Heart
Character:Woman in Street (uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1934
Murder at the Vanities
Character:Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:18/05/1934
Manhattan Melodrama
Character:Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1934
The Woman Condemned
Character:Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Release Date:03/04/1934
Beloved
Character:Mrs. O'Leary
Release Date:22/01/1934
Design for Living
Character:Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
Release Date:29/12/1933
The World Changes
Character:Lady at Party (uncredited)
Release Date:25/11/1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Character:Cleaning Woman
Release Date:02/11/1933
The Invisible Man
Character:Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:31/10/1933
Meet the Baron
Character:Washer Woman (uncredited)
Release Date:20/10/1933
The Power and the Glory
Character:Nurse (uncredited)
Release Date:06/10/1933
My Woman
Character:Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
Release Date:04/10/1933
Doctor Bull
Character:Townswoman at Meeting
Release Date:22/09/1933
Pilgrimage
Character:
Release Date:12/07/1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Character:Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Release Date:04/05/1933
Sweepings
Character:Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Release Date:14/04/1933
The Whirlwind
Character:Mrs. Curtis
Release Date:13/04/1933
Nature in the Wrong
Character:Mrs. Clancy
Release Date:18/03/1933
Men Must Fight
Character:Pacifist Audience Member
Release Date:17/02/1933
She Done Him Wrong
Character:Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Release Date:09/02/1933
Ladies They Talk About
Character:Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
Release Date:04/02/1933
Call Her Savage
Character:Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
Release Date:24/11/1932
Wild Girl
Character:Washerwoman (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1932
Blonde Venus
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:23/09/1932
Pack Up Your Troubles
Character:Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Release Date:16/09/1932
70,000 Witnesses
Character:Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Release Date:09/09/1932
Skyscraper Souls
Character:Charwoman
Release Date:16/07/1932
Beauty Parlor
Character:Landlady
Release Date:15/06/1932
Radio Patrol
Character:Landlady (uncredited)
Release Date:02/06/1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Character:Court Matron (uncredited)
Release Date:01/05/1932
Dancers in the Dark
Character:Scrubwoman
Release Date:11/03/1932
The Expert
Character:Neighbor
Release Date:05/03/1932
The Impatient Maiden
Character:Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1932
Texas Cyclone
Character:Kate
Release Date:24/02/1932
A House Divided
Character:Townswoman (uncredited)
Release Date:05/12/1931
Possessed
Character:Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/1931
24 Hours
Character:Nurse
Release Date:03/10/1931
Waterloo Bridge
Character:Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1931
The Brat
Character:Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
Release Date:23/08/1931
The Black Camel
Character:Mrs. MacMasters
Release Date:21/06/1931
Subway Express
Character:Mrs. Delaney
Release Date:01/05/1931
Oh, for a Man!
Character:Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Release Date:28/11/1930
Anybody's Woman
Character:Maid
Release Date:15/08/1930
Let Us Be Gay
Character:Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
Release Date:11/07/1930
Roaring Ranch
Character:Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Release Date:27/04/1930
The Ghosts
Character:Chubby's Mama
Release Date:05/04/1930
When the Wind Blows
Character:Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
Release Date:05/04/1930
His Honor the Mayor
Character:His Wife
Release Date:22/03/1930
Song o' My Heart
Character:Irish Woman
Release Date:11/03/1930
Hell's Heroes
Character:Choir Member (uncredited)
Release Date:27/12/1929
Dynamite
Character:Neighbor at Store
Release Date:13/12/1929
The Saturday Night Kid
Character:Reducing customer (uncredited)
Release Date:25/10/1929
Is Everybody Happy?
Character:Neighbor (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1929
Madame X
Character:Nursemaid (uncredited)
Release Date:17/08/1929
The Ol' Gray Hoss
Character:First taxi passenger
Release Date:19/10/1928
Hangman's House
Character:The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Release Date:13/05/1928
The Matinee Idol
Character:Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Release Date:14/03/1928
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
Character:Molly Clancy
Release Date:17/09/1927
Naughty Nanette
Character:Mrs. Rooney
Release Date:15/04/1927
Black Paradise
Character:Mrs. Murphy
Release Date:30/05/1926
The Home Maker
Character:Mrs. Hennessy
Release Date:22/11/1925
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Character:Mrs. Tifft
Release Date:01/11/1925
Tessie
Character:Aunt Maggie
Release Date:18/09/1925
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