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