Mary Gordon
Born May 16, 1882 (Age: 143)
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Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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 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.
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 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
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
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as Mrs. Hudson
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Age: 60
Gentleman Jim
1942
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as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
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Age: 60
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
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as Jane Banning
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Age: 60
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
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as Mrs. McIntyre
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Age: 60
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
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as Mrs. Hudson
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Age: 60
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
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as Maid (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Powder Town
1942
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as Mrs. Douglas
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Age: 60
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
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as Mrs. Collins
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Age: 60
Meet the Stewarts
1942
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as Mrs. Stewart
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Age: 60
Dr. Broadway
1942
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as Broadway Carrie
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Age: 59
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
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as Mrs. Scott
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Age: 59
Fly By Night
1942
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as Ma Prescott
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Age: 59
Bombay Clipper
1942
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as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
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Age: 59
Sealed Lips
1942
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as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
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Age: 59
No Image
Riot Squad
1941
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as Mrs. McGonigle
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Age: 59
Borrowed Hero
1941
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as Mrs. Riley
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Age: 59
Appointment for Love
1941
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as Martha
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Age: 59
It Started with Eve
1941
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as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
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Age: 59
Unfinished Business
1941
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as Miss Brady
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Age: 59
Double Cross
1941
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as Mrs. Murray
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Age: 59
Pot o' Gold
1941
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as Mom McCorkle
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Age: 58
Flight from Destiny
1941
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as Martha
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Age: 58
Call Her Savage
1932
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as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
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Age: 50
Wild Girl
1932
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as Washerwoman (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Blonde Venus
1932
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as Landlady (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
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as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
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Age: 50
70,000 Witnesses
1932
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as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
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Age: 50
Skyscraper Souls
1932
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as Charwoman
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Age: 50
Beauty Parlor
1932
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as Landlady
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Age: 50
Radio Patrol
1932
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as Landlady (uncredited)
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Age: 50
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
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as Court Matron (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Dancers in the Dark
1932
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as Scrubwoman
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Age: 49
The Expert
1932
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as Neighbor
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Age: 49
The Impatient Maiden
1932
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as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Texas Cyclone
1932
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as Kate
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Age: 49
Possessed
1931
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as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
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Age: 49
The Brat
1931
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as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
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Age: 49
Subway Express
1931
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as Mrs. Delaney
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Age: 48
No Image
The Ghosts
1930
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as Chubby's Mama
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Age: 47
No Image
His Honor the Mayor
1930
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as His Wife
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Age: 47