Mary Gordon
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-05-16 (81 years old)
Deathday
1963-08-23
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...
Acting
1935
as Hans' Wife
1930
as His Wife
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
1930
as Chubby's Mama
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
1946
as Mrs. Hudson
1937
as Mrs. Keough
1945
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
1941
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
1933
as Mrs. Curtis
1944
as Mrs. Hudson
1942
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
1945
as Mrs. Hudson
1931
as Mrs. Delaney
1940
as Cookie (uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Bates
1927
as Mrs. Rooney
1946
as Ma Miller
1943
as Ma Murphy
1934
as Nanny
1930
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
1934
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
1931
as Mrs. MacMasters
1946
as Mrs. Conover
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
1947
as Mrs. Bledsoe
1939
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1941
as Mom McCorkle
1944
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
1936
as Mrs. O'Keefe
1932
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
1933
as Nurse (uncredited)
1939
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
1947
as Housekeeper
1948
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
1933
as Mrs. Clancy
1940
as Ma Dalton
1941
as Mrs. Murray
1945
as Ellen
1932
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
1929
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1934
as Sonny's Mother
1933
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
1929
as Choir Member (uncredited)
1942
as Maid (uncredited)
1941
as Mrs. McGonigle
1944
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
1935
as Ma O'Hara
1928
as First taxi passenger
1937
as Housekeeper
1940
as Mary
1937
as Cook
1935
as Landlady (uncredited)
1941
as Mrs. Riley
1949
as Mrs. Lance
1937
as Mrs. Grimes
1936
as Mrs. Biddle
1943
as Mrs. Tinkle
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
1941
as Martha
1940
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1948
as Ma (barmaid)
1943
as Mattie
1939
as Landlady (uncredited)
1931
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
1943
as Maggie
1938
as Mrs. Devlin
1932
as Landlady
1933
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
1947
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
1933
as Pacifist Audience Member
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
1949
as Grandma Rogan
1936
as Nurse
1936
as Mrs. Cassidy
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
1937
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
1932
as Neighbor
1937
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
1938
as Maggie (uncredited)
1934
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
1934
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
1934
as Scrub Woman
1931
as Townswoman (uncredited)
1936
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
1934
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
1944
as Annie
1939
as Irene's Housekeeper
1939
as Mrs. Lee
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
1937
as Mrs. Jenks
1939
as Woman (uncredited)
1933
as Cleaning Woman
1939
as Scrubwoman
1939
as Mrs. Dudley
1939
as Neighbor
1948
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
1938
as Mrs. MacDonald
1946
as Mrs. Mahoney
1946
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
1937
as Mrs. O'Malley
1947
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
1943
as Mrs. Kelly
1942
as Ma Prescott
1942
as Mrs. Stewart
1928
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
1949
as Housemother (uncredited)
1933
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
1946
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
1942
as Mrs. Collins
1942
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
1936
as Mrs. Ogilvie
1940
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
1940
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
1948
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
1935
as Peddler (uncredited)
1931
as Nurse
1940
as Train Passenger
1932
as Scrubwoman
1947
as Cleaning Lady
1936
as Woman at Barricades
1935
as Mrs. Bickerdike
1945
as Mrs. Westrom
1928
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
1934
as Landlady
1939
as Mrs. Flaherty
1946
as Trina
1935
as Mrs. Leathwaite
1938
as Scottish Mother
1935
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
1940
as Mrs. O'Riley
1940
as Mrs. Mulvaney
1940
as Gertrude, the Cook
1939
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
1942
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Hadley
1940
as Old Woman
1936
as Apple Lady
1944
as Mrs. McGinnis
1940
as Juror
1942
as Jane Banning
1934
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1933
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
1933
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
1948
as Nora
1932
as Charwoman
1933
1936
as Woman with Bag
1935
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Bailey
1933
as Townswoman at Meeting
1943
as Mrs. Banning
1944
as Mom Benson
1949
as Aunt Libby
1950
as Nora Jones
1949
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1932
as Kate
1930
as Irish Woman
1936
as Ma MacClyde
1929
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
1942
as Mrs. Douglas
1930
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
1941
as Miss Brady
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre
1939
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
1940
as Mrs. Sullivan
1940
as Landlady
1938
as Mrs. Twill
1930
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
1945
as Mrs. O'Connor
1932
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1944
as Libby, the Housekeeper
1932
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
1925
as Mrs. Hennessy
1942
as Broadway Carrie
1939
as Mrs. O'Leary
1945
as Mrs. Fillmore
1939
as Ma Duffy
1941
as Martha
1946
as Mrs. Cassidy
1934
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
1939
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
1944
as Hostess (uncredited)
1931
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
1934
as Cook (Uncredited)
1934
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
1936
as Rose (uncredited)
1933
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
1945
as Nanny
1930
as Maid
1949
as Charwoman (Uncredited)
1934
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
1933
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1949
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
1938
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
1931
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
1926
as Mrs. Murphy
1932
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
1937
as Cook (uncredited)
1934
as Mrs. O'Leary
1948
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
1940
as Tenement Landlady
1942
as Mrs. Scott
1933
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1936
as Mrs. O'Leary
1935
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1934
as Newfoundlander
1929
as Neighbor at Store
1930
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
1925
as Aunt Maggie
Production
1934
as Dialogue Coach
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