Sara Haden
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Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series.
Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927).
She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest.
Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue".
Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965.
She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
Acted in
Breaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Emma Madison
Route 66
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
Lock-Up
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mother Superior
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Milly Forrest
Perry Mason
1957
as Florence Harvey
State Trooper
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
Betrayed Women
1955
as Head Guard Darcy
The Millionaire
1955
as Miss Kendis
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Mrs. Merril
December Bride
1954
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Lula May McManamee
Mr. & Mrs. North
1952
Wagons West
1952
as Mrs. Cook
Rodeo
1952
as Agatha Cartwright
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Wife
A Life of Her Own
1950
as Smitty
The Great Rupert
1950
as Mrs.Katie Dingle
Roughshod
1949
as Ma Wyatt
The Big Cat
1949
as Mrs. Mary Cooper
Rachel and the Stranger
1948
as Mrs. Jackson
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mildred Cassaway
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
as Milly Forrest
Mr. Ace
1946
as Alma Rhodes
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Miss Dill
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Tillie Lovejoy
She-Wolf of London
1946
as Martha Winthrop
Strictly Personal
1945
as Helen Matthews
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Laura Pitts
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
as Mrs. Bjornson
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
as Milly Forrest
Broadway Rhythm
1944
as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Lost Angel
1943
as Rhoda Kitterick
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Miss Talbert
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit
Above Suspicion
1943
as Aunt Hattie
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Sister Lassie
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942
as Milly Forrest
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Miss Coulter
The Affairs of Martha
1942
as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
as Milly Forrest
Woman of the Year
1942
as Matron
Flag of Mercy
1942
as Clara Barton
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941
as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
as Milly Forrest
Love Crazy
1941
as Miss Cecilia Landis
Washington Melodrama
1941
as Harriet Harringan
Barnacle Bill
1941
as Aunt Letty
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Milly Forrest
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Miss Matthews
Keeping Company
1940
as Mrs. Foster
Hullabaloo
1940
as 'Sue' Merriweather
Boom Town
1940
as Miss Barnes
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Milly Forrest
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Flora
Judge Hardy and Son
1939
as Milly Forrest
Remember?
1939
as Miss Wilson
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Nora
Think First
1939
as Policewoman
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Milly Forrest
Tell No Tales
1939
as Miss Brendon
Angel of Mercy
1939
as Clara Barton (uncredited)
The Hardys Ride High
1939
as Milly Forrest
Four Girls in White
1939
as Miss Bennett
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
as Aunt Millie Forrest
Out West with the Hardys
1938
as Milly Forrest
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Milly Forrest
First Lady
1937
as Mrs. Mason
A Family Affair
1937
as Milly Forrest
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Anna
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Janet Griswald
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
Reunion
1936
as Ellie
Can This Be Dixie?
1936
as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Collins
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936
as Dr. Anna Burkhart
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Lewis
Half Angel
1936
as Henrietta Hargraves
Captain January
1936
as Agatha Morgan
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Way Down East
1935
as Cordelia Peabody
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Aunt Martha
Mad Love
1935
as Marie
Music in the Air
1934
as Martha
Anne of Green Gables
1934
as Mrs. Barry
The White Parade
1934
as Miss Harrington
The Fountain
1934
as Sophie Van Leyden
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
as The Secretary
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Winnie Belle
Finishing School
1934
as Miss Fisher
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934
as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Spitfire
1934
as Etta Dawson