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