Acting
Mary Gordon
EN cinema · 228 credits
Born
16 May 1882
Died
23 August 1963 (aged 81)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also known as Mary Grace Gordon
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
Filmography
West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones
Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance
Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan
Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby
Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)
Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe
Exposed
as Housekeeper
The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady
Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson
Little Giant
as Ma Miller
Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover
The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney
Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina
In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy
The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson
Divorce
as Ellen
Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom
Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor
See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore
Kitty
as Nanny
The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson
Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis
The Racket Man
as Mom Benson
Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson
Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy
Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle
Sarong Girl
as Mattie
Smart Guy
as Maggie
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson
Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning
Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson
Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott
Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins
Blue, White and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning
Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas
Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre
Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott
It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle
Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray
Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle
Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley
Appointment for Love
as Martha
Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady
Flight from Destiny
as Martha
The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)
The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates
When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton
Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Go West
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley
My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney
No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook
The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley
Young People
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Women Without Names
as Juror
Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan
Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady
Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper
Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee
Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)
Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman
The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley
The Escape
as Neighbor
Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty
Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey
Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary
She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy
Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin
Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)
Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald
Gateway
as Scottish Mother
Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill
Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough
Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper
Lady Behave!
as Cook
Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes
You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks
The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley
A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)
One Man Justice
as Bridget
Pick a Star
as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe
Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle
Mary of Scotland
as Nurse
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy
The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie
The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades
The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady
The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde
After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary
Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife
The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara
$10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite
Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The Little Minister
as Nanny, Dialogue Coach
The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother
Change of Heart
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman
The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
The Loudspeaker
as Landlady
Murder at the Vanities
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary
Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander
The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis
The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy
Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman
Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting
My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The World Changes
as Lady at Party (uncredited)
Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
Beauty Parlor
as Landlady
Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Expert
as Neighbor
Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman
Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman
Texas Cyclone
as Kate
70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Court Matron (uncredited)
Subway Express
as Mrs. Delaney
The Black Camel
as Mrs. MacMasters
The Brat
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)
24 Hours
as Nurse
Waterloo Bridge
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Las fantasmas
1930
The Ghosts
as Chubby's Mama
When the Wind Blows
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
Song o' My Heart
as Irish Woman
Oh, for a Man!
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Roaring Ranch
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
as Maid
Let Us Be Gay
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy?
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Madame X
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
Dynamite
as Neighbor at Store
The Ol' Gray Hoss
as First taxi passenger
Hangman's House
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
The Matinee Idol
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
The Old Code
1928
The Old Code
as Mary MacGregor
Naughty Nanette
as Mrs. Rooney
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
as Molly Clancy
Little Mickey Grogan
as Kind Landlady
Black Paradise
as Mrs. Murphy
The Home Maker
as Mrs. Hennessy
Tessie
1925
Tessie
as Aunt Maggie
The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Mrs. Tifft