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.

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01/04/2020.

Mary Gordon (actress)  

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1, Profile : 

*Mary Gordon in The Irish in Us (1935)

Born Mary Gilmour. 16 May 1882, Burnbank, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died 23 August 1963 (aged 81), Pasadena, California, U.S.

Occupation Actress

Years active 1925–1950

Notable work

Mrs. Hudson, Sherlock Holmes' landlady on radio and film

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2. Introduction : 

 

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.

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3. Early life :

Gordon was born on 16 May 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland, the fifth of seven children of Mary and Robert Gilmour, a wire weaver. She worked as a dressmaker before finding work on the stage. Joining a company bound for an American tour, she came to the U.S. in her twenties, apparently making a few appearances on Broadway in small roles, but primarily touring in stock companies.

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4. Career :

With her mother and daughter, 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 after a long illness.

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5. Selected filmography :

The Dome Doctor (1925, Short) - Woman with Long Hair (uncredited)

The Home Maker (1925) - Mrs. Hennessy

Tessie (1925) - Aunt Maggie

One of the Bravest (1925) - Tenement Boy's Mother

The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) - Mrs. Tifft

Lights of Old Broadway (1925) - Minor Role (uncredited)

Black Paradise (1926) - Mrs. Murphy

The Dixie Flyer (1926) - Mrs. Clancy

Naughty Nanette (1927) - Mrs. Rooney

The Claw (1927) - Bit (uncredited)

Annie Laurie (1927) - First Midwife (uncredited)

Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927) - Molly Clancy

Little Mickey Grogan (1927) - Kind Landlady (uncredited)

The Matinee Idol (1928) - Woman in Audience (uncredited)

Hangman's House (1928) - The Woman at Hogan's Hideout (uncredited)

Our Dancing Daughters (1928) - Scrubwoman (uncredited)

The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928, Short) - First taxi passenger

The Old Code (1928) - Mary MacGregr

The Black Watch (1929) - Sandy's Wife (uncredited)

Madame X (1929) - Nursemaid (uncredited)

Is Everybody Happy? (1929) - Neighbor (uncredited)

The Saturday Night Kid (1929) - Reducing customer (uncredited)

The Sky Hawk (1929) - Mary, the Maid (uncredited)

Dynamite (1929) - Neighbor at Store (uncredited)

Sunny Side Up (1929) - Grocery Shopper (uncredited)

Hell's Heroes (1929) - Choir Member (uncredited)

Seven Days' Leave (1930) - Bit (uncredited)

The Duke of Dublin (1930, Short)

His Honor the Mayor (1930, Short)

When the Wind Blows (1930, Short) - Chubby's Mother (uncredited)

Las Fantasmas (1930, Short) - Chubby's Mama

Roaring Ranch (1930) - Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)

Let Us Be Gay (1930) - Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)

Our Blushing Brides (1930) - Mrs. Mannix - Tenement Woman (uncredited)

Manslaughter (1930) - Cook (uncredited)

Song o' My Heart (1930) - Irish Woman (uncredited)

Anybody's Woman (1930) - (uncredited)

Dance with Me (1930, Short)

Oh, For a Man! (1930) - Stage Door Admirer with Violets (uncredited)

Unfaithful (1931) - Bit (uncredited)

Subway Express (1931) - Mrs. Delaney

Always Goodbye (1931) - Mrs. MacPherson, Moviegoer (uncredited)

The Black Camel (1931) - Mrs. MacMasters

The Brat (1931) - Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)

Waterloo Bridge (1931) - Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)

24 Hours (1931) - Nurse (uncredited)

Possessed (1931) - Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)

Frankenstein (1931) - Mourner (uncredited)

Models and Wives (1931, Short)

A House Divided (1931) - Townswoman (uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House (1931) - Inmate (uncredited)

Delicious (1931) - Dancer (uncredited)

A Fool's Advice (1932) - Woman at Rally (uncredited)

Texas Cyclone (1932) - Katie

The Impatient Maiden (1932) - Irish Neighbor (uncredited)

The Expert (1932) - Neighbor (uncredited)

The Big Timer (1932) - 2nd Job Seeker (uncredited)

Dancers in the Dark (1932) - Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Devil's Lottery (1932) - Inquest Onlooker (uncredited)

Scandal for Sale (1932) - Hotel Resident (uncredited)

The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) - Court Matron (uncredited)

Radio Patrol (1932) - Landlady (uncredited)

Beauty Parlor (1932) - Landlady (uncredited)

Almost Married (1932) - Cook

70,000 Witnesses (1932) - Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Blonde Venus (1932) - Landlady (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) - Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)

Wild Girl (1932) - Washerwoman (uncredited)

Call Her Savage (1932) - Lady in Tenement (uncredited)

Laughter in Hell (1933) - Townswoman (uncredited)

She Done Him Wrong (1933) - Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

Her Splendid Folly (1933) - Mrs. Clancey

Ladies They Talk About (1933) - Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)

Men Must Fight (1933) - Pacifist Audience Member (uncredited)

Nature in the Wrong (1933, Short) - Mrs. Clancy (uncredited)

Sweepings (1933) - Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (uncredited)

The Whirlwind (1933) - Mrs. Curtis

The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) - Scrubwoman (uncredited)

Pilgrimage (1933) - Mrs. MacGregor (uncredited)

The Power and the Glory (1933) - Nurse (uncredited)

Doctor Bull (1933) - Townswoman at Meeting (uncredited)

Brief Moment (1933) - Cook (uncredited)

Footlight Parade (1933) - Wardrobe Woman on Bus (uncredited)

My Woman (1933) - Woman at Ironing Board (uncredited)

Meet the Baron (1933) - Washer Woman (uncredited)

Broadway Through a Keyhole (1933) - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)

The Invisible Man (1933) - Screaming Woman (uncredited)

Design for Living (1933) - Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)

The World Changes (1933) - Lady at Party (uncredited)

Beloved (1934) - Mrs. O'Leary

The Woman Condemned (1934) - Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)

Voice in the Night (1934) - Woman on Phone in Montage (uncredited)

Manhattan Melodrama (1934) - Boat Passenger (uncredited)

Change of Heart (1934) - Woman in Street (uncredited)

Murder at the Vanities (1934) - Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)

The Loudspeaker (1934) - Landlady (uncredited)

The Most Precious Thing in Life (1934) - Washerwoman (uncredited)

A Man's Game (1934) - Landlady (uncredited)

The World Moves On (1934) - English Soldier's Mother (uncredited)

Baby Take a Bow (1934) - Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

Cross Streets (1934) - Sonny's Mother

Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) - Newfoundlander (uncredited)

The Defense Rests (1934) - Scrub Woman (uncredited)

I Give My Love (1934) - Marie (uncredited)

Our Daily Bread (1934) - Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)

One More River (1934) - Cook (uncredited)

The Man from Hell (1934) - Mrs. Frank McCarrol (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in London (1934) - Prison Visitor (uncredited)

Flirtation (1934) - Woman on a Window (uncredited)

The Little Minister (1934) - Nanny

I'm a Father (1935, Short) - Neighbor

Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) - Mrs. Leathwaite

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) - Hans' Wife

Vagabond Lady (1935) - Myrtle - Cleaning Lady (uncredited)

$10 Raise (1935) - Landlady (uncredited)

Ginger (1935) - Mrs. Monohan (uncredited)

The Irish in Us (1935) - Ma O'Hara

Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Mrs. Bickerdike

Waterfront Lady (1935) - Mrs. O'Flaherty

Metropolitan (1935) - Mrs. Tolentino (uncredited)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) - Peddler (uncredited)

The Lady Consents (1936) - Apple Lady (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Farmer's Wife on Way to Church (uncredited)

Laughing Irish Eyes (1936) - Mrs. O'Keefe

Share the Wealth (1936, Short) - Ma MacClyde

Forgotten Faces (1936) - Mrs. O'Leary

Little Miss Nobody (1936) - Mrs. Biddle (uncredited)

The White Angel (1936) - Nursing Applicant (uncredited)

Mary of Scotland (1936) - Nurse

Yellowstone (1936) - Mrs. McDougall (uncredited)

Stage Struck (1936) - Mrs. Cassidy

The Plot Thickens (1936) - Woman with Bag (uncredited)

After the Thin Man (1936) - Rose (uncredited)

The Plough and the Stars (1936) - Woman at Barricades

Great Guy (1936) - Mrs. Ogilvie

The Great O'Malley (1937) - Mrs. O'Malley

Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937) - Mrs. Watson - Landlady (uncredited)

Her Husband Lies (1937) - Mrs. Jenks (uncredited)

Racketeers in Exile (1937) - Irish Woman (uncredited)

Way Out West (1937) - Cook (uncredited)

That I May Live (1937) - Mrs. Healy (uncredited)

Pick A Star (1937) - Mrs. Watts - Undertaker's Wife (uncredited)

The Man in Blue (1937) - Woman (uncredited)

Married Before Breakfast (1937) - Mrs. Nevins (uncredited)

One Man Justice (1937) - Bridget

Meet the Boyfriend (1937) - Mrs. Grimes

The Toast of New York (1937)

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