Mary Gordon
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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.
Acted in
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Mary O'Toole
West of Wyoming
1950
as Nora Jones
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Charwoman (Uncredited)
Deputy Marshal
1949
as Mrs. Lance
Haunted Trails
1949
as Aunt Libby
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Tucson
1949
as Housemother (uncredited)
Clues to Adventure
1949
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Shamrock Hill
1949
as Grandma Rogan
Highway 13
1948
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
Kidnapped
1948
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Nora
Fort Apache
1948
as Ma (barmaid)
Big Town Scandal
1948
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Angels' Alley
1948
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Roses Are Red
1947
as Cleaning Lady
The Invisible Wall
1947
as Mrs. Bledsoe
Exposed
1947
as Housekeeper
The Long Night
1947
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
The Dark Horse
1946
as Mrs. Mahoney
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
as Mrs. Conover
In Fast Company
1946
as Mrs. Cassidy
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Mrs. Hudson
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Trina
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
Little Giant
1946
as Ma Miller
Kitty
1945
as Nanny
Strange Confession
1945
as Mrs. O'Connor
Divorce
1945
as Ellen
Captain Eddie
1945
as Mrs. Westrom
The Woman in Green
1945
as Mrs. Hudson
The Body Snatcher
1945
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
Law of the Badlands
1945
See My Lawyer
1945
as Mrs. Fillmore
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Hostess (uncredited)
The Last Ride
1944
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
The Pearl of Death
1944
as Mrs. Hudson
Secret Command
1944
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Follow the Leader
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Annie
Million Dollar Kid
1944
as Mrs. McGinnis
The Racket Man
1944
as Mom Benson
Whispering Footsteps
1943
as Ma Murphy
The Spider Woman
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Smart Guy
1943
as Maggie
Here Comes Kelly
1943
as Mrs. Kelly
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Mrs. Tinkle
Sarong Girl
1943
as Mattie
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Mrs. Banning
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Jane Banning
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Maid (uncredited)
Powder Town
1942
as Mrs. Douglas
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Mrs. Collins
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Mrs. Stewart
Dr. Broadway
1942
as Broadway Carrie
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
as Mrs. Scott
Fly-By-Night
1942
as Ma Prescott
Bombay Clipper
1942
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Blue, White, and Perfect
1942
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Sealed Lips
1942
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
Riot Squad
1941
as Mrs. McGonigle
Borrowed Hero
1941
as Mrs. Riley
Appointment for Love
1941
as Martha
It Started with Eve
1941
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
Unfinished Business
1941
as Miss Brady
Double Cross
1941
as Mrs. Murray
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Mom McCorkle
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Martha
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Mrs. Bates
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Gertrude, the Cook
Nobody's Children
1940
as Mary
Go West
1940
as Train Passenger
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Landlady
Young People
1940
as Old Woman
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Ma Dalton
Queen of the Mob
1940
as Tenement Landlady
The Last Alarm
1940
as Mrs. Hadley
Brother Orchid
1940
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Mrs. Sullivan
Saps at Sea
1940
as Mrs. O'Riley
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Mrs. Mulvaney
Women Without Names
1940
as Juror
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Cookie (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
1939
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Mrs. O'Leary
Day-time Wife
1939
as Scrubwoman
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Mrs. Dudley
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Woman (uncredited)
The Escape
1939
as Neighbor
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
She Married a Cop
1939
as Ma Duffy
Tell No Tales
1939
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Landlady (uncredited)
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Captain Fury
1939
as Mrs. Bailey
Code of the Streets
1939
as Mrs. Flaherty
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
Tail Spin
1939
as Mrs. Lee
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Irene's Housekeeper
Off the Record
1939
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Campus Confessions
1938
as Mrs. Twill
Gateway
1938
as Scottish Mother
City Streets
1938
as Mrs. Devlin
Blond Cheat
1938
as Maggie (uncredited)
Kidnapped
1938
as Mrs. MacDonald
Mannequin
1938
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Friend Indeed
1937
as Housekeeper
Lady Behave!
1937
as Cook
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
A Damsel in Distress
1937
as Cook (uncredited)
Double Wedding
1937
as Mrs. Keough
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
as Mrs. Grimes
Her Husband Lies
1937
as Mrs. Jenks
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Mrs. O'Malley
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Woman at Barricades
After the Thin Man
1936
as Rose (uncredited)
The Plot Thickens
1936
as Woman with Bag
Great Guy
1936
as Mrs. Ogilvie
Stage Struck
1936
as Mrs. Cassidy
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Nurse
The White Angel
1936
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Biddle
Share the Wealth
1936
as Ma MacClyde
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Mrs. O'Keefe
The Lady Consents
1936
as Apple Lady
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Peddler (uncredited)
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Mrs. Bickerdike
The Irish in Us
1935
as Ma O'Hara
Ginger
1935
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
$10 Raise
1935
as Landlady (uncredited)
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Hans' Wife
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Mrs. Leathwaite
The Little Minister
1934
as Nanny
Our Daily Bread
1934
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in London
1934
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
The Man from Hell
1934
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
One More River
1934
as Cook (Uncredited)
The Defense Rests
1934
as Scrub Woman
Cross Streets
1934
as Sonny's Mother
Baby Take a Bow
1934
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
The Loudspeaker
1934
as Landlady
Change of Heart
1934
as Woman in Street
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
The Woman Condemned
1934
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Beloved
1934
as Mrs. O'Leary
Design for Living
1933
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
1933
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
as Cleaning Woman
Meet the Baron
1933
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Nurse (uncredited)
My Woman
1933
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
Doctor Bull
1933
as Townswoman at Meeting
Pilgrimage
1933
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Sweepings
1933
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
The Whirlwind
1933
as Mrs. Curtis
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Mrs. Clancy
Men Must Fight
1933
as Pacifist Audience Member
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Prisoner in Visiting Room
Call Her Savage
1932
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
Wild Girl
1932
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Charwoman
Beauty Parlor
1932
as Landlady
Radio Patrol
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
Dancers in the Dark
1932
as Scrubwoman
The Expert
1932
as Neighbor
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Texas Cyclone
1932
as Kate
A House Divided
1931
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Possessed
1931
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
24 Hours
1931
as Nurse
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
The Brat
1931
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
The Black Camel
1931
as Mrs. MacMasters
Subway Express
1931
as Mrs. Delaney
Oh, for a Man!
1930
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Anybody's Woman
1930
as Maid
Roaring Ranch
1930
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
The Ghosts
1930
as Chubby's Mama
When the Wind Blows
1930
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
His Honor the Mayor
1930
as His Wife
Song o' My Heart
1930
as Irish Woman
Hell's Heroes
1929
as Choir Member (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Madame X
1929
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
as First taxi passenger
Hangman's House
1928
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
The Matinee Idol
1928
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Naughty Nanette
1927
as Mrs. Rooney
Black Paradise
1926
as Mrs. Murphy
The Home Maker
1925
as Mrs. Hennessy