Acting
Mary Forbes
EN cinema · 106 credits
Born
30 December 1882
Died
22 July 1974 (aged 91)
Birthplace
Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Also known as Ethel Louise Young
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Forbes (1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974), born Ethel Louise Young, was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. Forbes was born in Hornsey, England. She made her first public appearance on the concert platform giving recitals. Her acting debut was in 1908 on the London stage at Aldwych Theatre. Her American stage debut came in Romance at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913. She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films. Two of her three children by her first marriage in the first quarter of 1904 to Ernest J. Taylor, Ralph and Dorothy Brenda, known as Brenda, were also actors. The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business. Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce. She married her third husband, Wesley Wall, an American businessman, in 1935; the couple remained married until her death in 1974. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, with one of her character references being Lucile Webster Gleason, actress and wife of actor James Gleason.
Known for
Filmography
Houseboat
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
Les Miserables
as Nun (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Aunt Martha
The Black Arrow
as Nun (uncredited)
Ivy
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
as Margaret (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
Cigarette Girl
as Mrs. Halstead
The Exile
as Second Court Lady
Terror by Night
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Queen Mother Elena
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Agatha
I'll Remember April
as Mrs. Barrington
Tender Comrade
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London
as Dame Dunne Hartley
Dangerous Blondes
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Pettibone
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Eshton
Mr. Lucky
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Almost Married
as Mrs. Marvin
Klondike Fury
as Mrs. Langton
The Great Impersonation
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
This Above All
as Vicar's Wife
Nothing but the Truth
as Mrs. Ralston
Back Street
as Mrs. Williams
Blame It on Love
as Mrs. Wadsworth
Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
South of Suez
as Mrs. Putnam
All This, and Heaven Too
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
Florian
as Grandmother
Private Affairs
as Mrs. Stanley
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Conyngham
Outside These Walls
as Gertrude Bishop
The Sun Never Sets
as Mrs. Randolph
Risky Business
as Mrs. Jameson
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mrs. Gaynes
Fast and Loose
as Mrs. Torrent
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Mrs. Withers
These Glamour Girls
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
Ninotchka
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
Always Goodbye
as Aunt Martha Marshall
Everybody Sing
as Miss Colvin
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Hanson
Outside of Paradise
as Mrs. Stonewall
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Vance
The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Saunders
Women of Glamour
as Mrs. Stark
Another Dawn
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. MacMonachie
Stage Door
as Cast of Stage Play
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Concert Hall Patron
Theodora Goes Wild
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
The White Angel
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Wedding Present
as Mrs. Dodacker
Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Les Misérables
as Mlle. Baptiseme
Roberta
as (uncredited)
Captain Blood
as Mrs. Steed
Rendezvous
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
The Perfect Gentleman
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Lady Holloway
Stranded
as Grace Dean (uncredited)
Anna Karenina
as Princess Sorokina
Dizzy Dames
as Mrs. Stokes
She Was a Lady
as Lady Diana Vane
British Agent
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
You Can't Buy Everything
as Kate Farley
A Lost Lady
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Blind Date
as Mrs. Hartwell
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. Kelsey
Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Travis
We Live Again
as Mrs. Kortchagin
Shock
as Lady Heatherly
Sadie McKee
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
Bombshell
as Mrs. Middleton
Cavalcade
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
A Farewell to Arms
as Miss Van Campen
The Silent Witness
as Lady Howard
Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
The Man Who Came Back
as Mrs. Gaynes
Chances
as Mrs. Ingleside
Working Girls
as Mrs. Johnstone
Born to Love
as The Duchess (uncredited)
The Brat
as Mrs. Forester
East Is West
as Mrs. Benson
Strictly Unconventional
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
The Devil to Pay!
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
So This Is London
as Lady Worthing
Abraham Lincoln
as Actress (uncredited)
Holiday
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
The Trespasser
as Mrs. Ferguson
Sunny Side Up
as Mrs. Cromwell
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alice Crosby
Her Private Life
as Ladu Wildering
The Lady Clare
as Lady Julia Medwin