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