Mary Forbes

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1882-12-30 (92 years old)

Deathday

1974-07-22

Place of Birth

Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK

Mary Forbes

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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...

Acting

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)

1946

Terror by Night

as Lady Margaret Carstairs

1935

Laddie

as Mrs. Anna Pryor

1942

Almost Married

as Mrs. Marvin

1932

A Farewell to Arms

as Miss Van Campen

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby

1939

1937

The Awful Truth

as Mrs. Vance

1933

Bombshell

as Mrs. Middleton

1935

Les Misérables

as Mlle. Baptiseme

1934

She Was a Lady

as Lady Diana Vane

1935

Captain Blood

as Mrs. Steed

1934

British Agent

as Lady Catherine Trehearne

1944

Tender Comrade

as Jo's Mother (uncredited)

1929

The Trespasser

as Mrs. Ferguson

1939

Outside These Walls

as Gertrude Bishop

1929

Sunny Side Up

as Mrs. Cromwell

1941

Nothing But the Truth

as Mrs. Ralston

1935

Rendezvous

as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

1952

Les Miserables

as Nun (uncredited)

1941

Back Street

as Mrs. Williams

1929

The Thirteenth Chair

as Lady Alice Crosby

1958

Houseboat

as British Society Woman (uncredited)

1931

The Man Who Came Back

as Mrs. Gaynes

1930

East Is West

as Mrs. Benson

1938

Always Goodbye

as Aunt Martha Marshall

1934

1931

Chances

as Mrs. Ingleside

1939

The Sun Never Sets

as Mrs. Randolph

1934

A Lost Lady

as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

1918

1943

Two Tickets to London

as Dame Dunne Hartley

1931

Working Girls

as Mrs. Johnstone

1938

Everybody Sing

as Miss Colvin

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Mrs. Hanson

1938

Outside of Paradise

as Mrs. Stonewall

1930

Strictly Unconventional

as Mrs. Anna Shenstone

1934

Blind Date

as Mrs. Hartwell

1940

Blame It on Love

as Mrs. Wadsworth

1947

Ivy

as Lady Crail (uncredited)

1939

Risky Business

as Mrs. Jameson

1934

1940

Laddie

as Mrs. Anna Pryor

1937

The Life of the Party

as Mrs. Saunders

1934

Two Heads on a Pillow

as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

1934

Happiness Ahead

as Mrs. Travis

1930

The Devil to Pay!

as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Mrs. Gaynes

1940

South of Suez

as Mrs. Putnam

1936

The White Angel

as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)

1931

Born to Love

as The Duchess (uncredited)

1939

Fast and Loose

as Mrs. Torrent

1939

1939

These Glamour Girls

as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)

1934

We Live Again

as Mrs. Kortchagin

1935

The Perfect Gentleman

as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

1939

Ninotchka

as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

1933

Cavalcade

as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Margaret (uncredited)

1937

Women of Glamour

as Mrs. Stark

1937

Another Dawn

as Mrs. Lydia Benton

1934

Shock

as Lady Heatherly

1940

All This, and Heaven Too

as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

1932

The Silent Witness

as Lady Howard

1931

The Brat

as Mrs. Forester

1947

It Had to Be You

as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)

1940

Florian

as Grandmother

1943

Dangerous Blondes

as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

1942

Klondike Fury

as Mrs. Langton

1937

Wee Willie Winkie

as Mrs. MacMonachie

1936

Wedding Present

as Mrs. Dodacker

1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

as Queen Mother Elena

1947

Cigarette Girl

as Mrs. Halstead

1932

Vanity Fair

as Mrs. Sedley

1939

I Stole a Million

as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)

1942

The Great Impersonation

as Lady Leslie Clayfair

1935

1935

Stranded

as Grace Dean (uncredited)

1945

1938

What Do You Think? (Number Three)

as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

1943

1930

So This Is London

as Lady Worthing

1943

Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Eshton

1943

Mr. Lucky

as War Relief Worker (uncredited)

1938

The Rage of Paris

as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

1947

The Exile

as Second Court Lady

1937

Stage Door

as Cast of Stage Play

1930

Abraham Lincoln

as Actress (uncredited)

1945

I'll Remember April

as Mrs. Barrington

1940

Private Affairs

as Mrs. Stanley

1929

Her Private Life

as Ladu Wildering

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Aunt Martha

1942

This Above All

as Vicar's Wife

1937

One Hundred Men and a Girl

as Concert Hall Patron

1935

Dizzy Dames

as Mrs. Stokes

1939

The Ice Follies of 1939

as Lady Hilda (uncredited)

1930

Holiday

as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)

1934

Sadie McKee

as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)

1919

The Lady Clare

as Lady Julia Medwin

1948

The Black Arrow

as Nun (uncredited)

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