Mary Gordon

May 16, 1882

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.

Cast

Bride of Frankenstein

(Hans' Wife)

His Honor the Mayor

(His Wife)

The Spider Woman

(Mrs. Hudson)

The Ghosts

(Chubby's Mama)

Radio Patrol

(Landlady (uncredited))

Dressed to Kill

(Mrs. Hudson)

Double Wedding

(Mrs. Keough)

The Body Snatcher

(Mary McBride (uncredited))

It Started with Eve

(Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited))

The Whirlwind

(Mrs. Curtis)

The Pearl of Death

(Mrs. Hudson)

Sealed Lips

(Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother))

The Woman in Green

(Mrs. Hudson)

Subway Express

(Mrs. Delaney)

The Invisible Man Returns

(Cookie (uncredited))

The Invisible Woman

(Mrs. Bates)

Naughty Nanette

(Mrs. Rooney)

Little Giant

(Ma Miller)

Whispering Footsteps

(Ma Murphy)

The Little Minister

(Nanny)

When the Wind Blows

(Chubby's Mother (uncredited))

The Woman Condemned

(Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited))

The Black Camel

(Mrs. MacMasters)

Shadows Over Chinatown

(Mrs. Conover)

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

(Mrs. Hudson)

The Invisible Wall

(Mrs. Bledsoe)

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

(Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited))

Pot o' Gold

(Mom McCorkle)

Law of the Badlands

Secret Command

(Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited))

Laughing Irish Eyes

(Mrs. O'Keefe)

The Impatient Maiden

(Irish Neighbor (uncredited))

The Power and the Glory

(Nurse (uncredited))

The Night of Nights

(1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited))

Exposed

(Housekeeper)

Angels' Alley

(Mrs. Mamie Mahoney)

Nature in the Wrong

(Mrs. Clancy)

When the Daltons Rode

(Ma Dalton)

Double Cross

(Mrs. Murray)

Divorce

(Ellen)

Wild Girl

(Washerwoman (uncredited))

The Saturday Night Kid

(Reducing customer (uncredited))

Is Everybody Happy?

(Neighbor (uncredited))

Cross Streets

(Sonny's Mother)

Sweepings

(Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited))

Hell's Heroes

(Choir Member (uncredited))

The Pride of the Yankees

(Maid (uncredited))

Riot Squad

(Mrs. McGonigle)

The Last Ride

(Mrs. Mary Kelly)

The Irish in Us

(Ma O'Hara)

The Ol' Gray Hoss

(First taxi passenger)

Friend Indeed

(Housekeeper)

Nobody's Children

(Mary)

Lady Behave!

(Cook)

$10 Raise

(Landlady (uncredited))

Borrowed Hero

(Mrs. Riley)

Deputy Marshal

(Mrs. Lance)

Meet the Boy Friend

(Mrs. Grimes)

Little Miss Nobody

(Mrs. Biddle)

Two Tickets to London

(Mrs. Tinkle)

The Hound of the Baskervilles

(Mrs. Hudson)

Appointment for Love

(Martha)

Kitty Foyle

(Cleaning Lady (uncredited))

Fort Apache

(Ma (barmaid))

Sarong Girl

(Mattie)

The Jones Family in Hollywood

(Landlady (uncredited))

The Brat

(Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited))

Smart Guy

(Maggie)

City Streets

(Mrs. Devlin)

Beauty Parlor

(Landlady)

Ladies They Talk About

(Prisoner in Visiting Room)

The Long Night

(Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited))

Men Must Fight

(Pacifist Audience Member)

Follow the Leader

Blonde Venus

(Landlady (uncredited))

Shamrock Hill

(Grandma Rogan)

Mary of Scotland

(Nurse)

Stage Struck

(Mrs. Cassidy)

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

(Mrs. Hudson)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

(Mrs. Hudson)

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

(Mrs. Hudson)

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

(Mrs. Hudson)

You Can't Have Everything

(YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited))

The Expert

(Neighbor)

You're Only Young Once

(Mary's Mother (uncredited))

Blond Cheat

(Maggie (uncredited))

Change of Heart

(Woman in Street)

Tell No Tales

(Mrs. Bryant (uncredited))

Charlie Chan in London

(Prison Visitor (uncredited))

The Defense Rests

(Scrub Woman)

A House Divided

(Townswoman (uncredited))

The White Angel

(Nursing Applicant (uncredited))

The Man from Hell

(Mrs. Frank McCarrol)

The Hour Before the Dawn

(Annie)

Wings of the Navy

(Irene's Housekeeper)

Tail Spin

(Mrs. Lee)

Broadway Serenade

(Annie (uncredited))

Her Husband Lies

(Mrs. Jenks)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

(Woman (uncredited))

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

(Cleaning Woman)

Day-time Wife

(Scrubwoman)

The Marshal Of Mesa City

(Mrs. Dudley)

The Escape

(Neighbor)

Big Town Scandal

(Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited))

Kidnapped

(Mrs. MacDonald)

The Dark Horse

(Mrs. Mahoney)

Sister Kenny

(Mrs. Gordon (uncredited))

The Great O'Malley

(Mrs. O'Malley)

The Judge Steps Out

(Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited))

Here Comes Kelly

(Mrs. Kelly)

Fly-By-Night

(Ma Prescott)

Meet the Stewarts

(Mrs. Stewart)

Hangman's House

(The Woman at Hogan's Hideout)

Tucson

(Housemother (uncredited))

Design for Living

(Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited))

Sentimental Journey

(Agnes, the Cook (uncredited))

It Happened in Flatbush

(Mrs. Collins)

Blue, White, and Perfect

(Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited))

Great Guy

(Mrs. Ogilvie)

I Take This Oath

(Mrs. Eileen Hanagan)

Brother Orchid

(Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited))

Bombay Clipper

(Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson)

Highway 13

(Aunt Myrt Lacy)

Mutiny on the Bounty

(Peddler (uncredited))

24 Hours

(Nurse)

Go West

(Train Passenger)

Dancers in the Dark

(Scrubwoman)

Roses Are Red

(Cleaning Lady)

The Plough and the Stars

(Woman at Barricades)

Bonnie Scotland

(Mrs. Bickerdike)

Captain Eddie

(Mrs. Westrom)

The Matinee Idol

(Woman in Audience (uncredited))

The Loudspeaker

(Landlady)

Code of the Streets

(Mrs. Flaherty)

The Hoodlum Saint

(Trina)

Vanessa: Her Love Story

(Mrs. Leathwaite)

Gateway

(Scottish Mother)

Waterfront Lady

(Mrs. O'Flaherty)

Saps at Sea

(Mrs. O'Riley)

My Son, My Son!

(Mrs. Mulvaney)

No, No, Nanette

(Gertrude, the Cook)

Racketeers of the Range

(Mary-Benson's Housekeeper)

Gentleman Jim

(Mrs. Casey (uncredited))

The Last Alarm

(Mrs. Hadley)

Young People

(Old Woman)

The Lady Consents

(Apple Lady)

Million Dollar Kid

(Mrs. McGinnis)

Women Without Names

(Juror)

The Mummy's Tomb

(Jane Banning)

Murder at the Vanities

The Invisible Man

(Screaming Woman (uncredited))

The Strange Mrs. Crane

(Nora)

Meet the Baron

(Washer Woman (uncredited))

Skyscraper Souls

(Charwoman)

Pilgrimage

The Plot Thickens

(Woman with Bag)

Ginger

(Mrs. Monahan (uncredited))

Captain Fury

(Mrs. Bailey)

Doctor Bull

(Townswoman at Meeting)

Keep 'Em Slugging

(Mrs. Banning)

The Racket Man

(Mom Benson)

Haunted Trails

(Aunt Libby)

West of Wyoming

(Nora Jones)

Clues to Adventure

(Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited))

Texas Cyclone

(Kate)

Song o' My Heart

(Irish Woman)

Share the Wealth

(Ma MacClyde)

Madame X

(Nursemaid (uncredited))

Powder Town

(Mrs. Douglas)

Oh, for a Man!

(Stage Door Admirer with Violets)

Unfinished Business

(Miss Brady)

Half Way to Shanghai

(Mrs. McIntyre)

Off the Record

(Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited))

Tear Gas Squad

(Mrs. Sullivan)

Public Deb No. 1

(Landlady)

Campus Confessions

(Mrs. Twill)

Roaring Ranch

(Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited))

Strange Confession

(Mrs. O'Connor)

70,000 Witnesses

(Scrubwoman (uncredited))

Secrets of Scotland Yard

(Libby, the Housekeeper)

Pack Up Your Troubles

(Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited))

The Home Maker

(Mrs. Hennessy)

Dr. Broadway

(Broadway Carrie)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

(Mrs. O'Leary)

See My Lawyer

(Mrs. Fillmore)

She Married a Cop

(Ma Duffy)

Flight from Destiny

(Martha)

In Fast Company

(Mrs. Cassidy)

Baby Take a Bow

(Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited))

Rulers of the Sea

(Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited))

Hollywood Canteen

(Hostess (uncredited))

Waterloo Bridge

(Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited))

One More River

(Cook (Uncredited))

Manhattan Melodrama

(Boat Passenger (uncredited))

After the Thin Man

(Rose (uncredited))

My Woman

(Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited))

Kitty

(Nanny)

Anybody's Woman

(Maid)

The File on Thelma Jordon

(Charwoman (Uncredited))

Our Daily Bread

(Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited))

She Done Him Wrong

(Cleaning Lady (uncredited))

Mr. Soft Touch

(Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited))

Mannequin

(Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited))

Possessed

(Woman at Political Rally (uncredited))

Black Paradise

(Mrs. Murphy)

Call Her Savage

(Lady in Tenement (Uncredited))

A Damsel in Distress

(Cook (uncredited))

Beloved

(Mrs. O'Leary)

Kidnapped

(Scottish Woman (uncredited))

Queen of the Mob

(Tenement Landlady)

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

(Mrs. Scott)

The Kiss Before the Mirror

(Scrubwoman (uncredited))

The Cisco Kid

(Mary O'Toole)

Crew

The Little Minister

(Dialogue Coach)