
Mary Gordon
Born: 1882-05-16
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

Shadows Over Chinatown

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Nature in the Wrong

Fort Apache

Day-time Wife

The Home Maker

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Man from Hell

Brother Orchid

Manhattan Melodrama

The Plough and the Stars

Young People

Strange Confession

The Expert

Black Paradise

Skyscraper Souls

Stage Struck

Bonnie Scotland

Beloved

Bride of Frankenstein

Two Tickets to London

Divorce

Dr. Broadway

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Captain Eddie

Hollywood Canteen

Ginger

The Invisible Man

Little Giant

Sister Kenny

Mutiny on the Bounty

Waterloo Bridge

Flight from Destiny

Kitty Foyle

The Brat

Pilgrimage

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Great Guy

Racketeers of the Range

My Woman

Roaring Ranch

Texas Cyclone

Mannequin

Wild Girl

Half Way to Shanghai

Unfinished Business

The Pearl of Death

Tucson

The Defense Rests

Meet the Stewarts

Whispering Footsteps

Kidnapped

Smart Guy

Double Cross

Possessed

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sweepings

Dynamite

Kidnapped

Exposed

Bombay Clipper

Subway Express

City Streets

Kitty

Waterfront Lady

Cross Streets

The Impatient Maiden

The Strange Mrs. Crane

Sealed Lips

Radio Patrol

Sarong Girl

The Ol' Gray Hoss

She Married a Cop

70,000 Witnesses

Doctor Bull

My Son, My Son!

24 Hours

Fly By Night

Captain Fury

In Fast Company

Angels with Dirty Faces

The Woman in Green

The Body Snatcher

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Woman Condemned

The Spider Woman

Meet the Boy Friend

It Happened in Flatbush

After the Thin Man

The White Angel

Deputy Marshal

Beauty Parlor

The People vs. Nancy Preston

Call Her Savage

Rulers of the Sea

Our Daily Bread

I Take This Oath

Blond Cheat

The Pride of the Yankees

The Invisible Man Returns

Little Miss Nobody

Anybody's Woman

Dressed to Kill

The Hoodlum Saint

Blonde Venus

Design for Living

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Whom the Gods Destroy

Code of the Streets

Friend Indeed

Broadway Serenade

Oh, for a Man!

Appointment for Love

See My Lawyer

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Off the Record

Her Husband Lies

Gentleman Jim

The Long Night

Pot o' Gold

No, No, Nanette

You're Only Young Once

The Dark Horse

Naughty Nanette

The Irish in Us

It Started with Eve

The Loudspeaker

Mr. Soft Touch

The Invisible Woman

Blue, White, and Perfect

Women Without Names

Big Town Scandal

Meet the Baron

The File on Thelma Jordon

The Mummy's Tomb

Double Wedding

Pack Up Your Troubles

Go West

Hell's Heroes

The World Changes

Ladies They Talk About

She Done Him Wrong

A House Divided

Dancers in the Dark

The Matinee Idol

Secret Command

You Can't Have Everything

Clancy's Kosher Wedding

Charlie Chan in London

West of Wyoming

Nobody's Children

$10 Raise

Secrets of Scotland Yard

The Night of Nights

Baby Take a Bow

Hangman's House

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

One More River

Laughing Irish Eyes

A Damsel in Distress

The Little Minister

The Invisible Wall

The Whirlwind

Tail Spin

Madame X

Gateway

Mary of Scotland

Song o' My Heart

Powder Town

When the Daltons Rode

Keep 'Em Slugging

Lady Behave!

The Kiss Before the Mirror

Tell No Tales

The Last Alarm

The Jones Family in Hollywood

Highway 13

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

Vanessa: Her Love Story

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

The Judge Steps Out

The Lady Consents

Roses Are Red

Wings of the Navy

Million Dollar Kid

Share the Wealth

Men Must Fight

The Black Camel

The Racket Man

Vagabond Lady

The Great O'Malley

Borrowed Hero

Queen of the Mob

Sentimental Journey

When the Wind Blows

The Marshal Of Mesa City

Haunted Trails

The Plot Thickens

The Last Ride

Murder at the Vanities

Public Deb No. 1

Change of Heart

The Power and the Glory

Tear Gas Squad

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

The Escape

Is Everybody Happy?

Angels' Alley

Follow the Leader

Shamrock Hill

The Saturday Night Kid

Let Us Be Gay

Campus Confessions

Clues to Adventure

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Law of the Badlands
