Mary 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.
226 acting credits
Acting · 226
The Cisco Kid
1950
The Invisible Man
1933
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
Fort Apache
1948
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
The Woman in Green
1945
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
The Invisible Woman
1940
Dressed to Kill
1946
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
Kitty Foyle
1940
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
After the Thin Man
1936
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
Waterloo Bridge
1931
Blonde Venus
1932
The Spider Woman
1943
Gentleman Jim
1942
Sister Kenny
1946
Pot o' Gold
1941
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Possessed
1931
Hollywood Canteen
1944
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
Kitty
1945
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
The Body Snatcher
1945
Brother Orchid
1940
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
She Done Him Wrong
1933
Tear Gas Squad
1940
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
You're Only Young Once
1937
Double Wedding
1937
Design for Living
1933
Broadway Serenade
1939
Gateway
1938
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
Our Daily Bread
1934
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
Saps at Sea
1940
Charlie Chan in London
1934
Go West
1940
Mary of Scotland
1936
Vagabond Lady
1935
Bonnie Scotland
1935
You Can't Have Everything
1937
The Long Night
1947
Mannequin
1938
Flight from Destiny
1941
Sweepings
1933
Young People
1940
My Woman
1933
Baby Take a Bow
1934
The Pearl of Death
1944
Kidnapped
1948
Roses Are Red
1947
Skyscraper Souls
1932
A Damsel in Distress
1937
Captain Fury
1939
Call Her Savage
1932
Ginger
1935
Tail Spin
1939
Divorce
1945
It Started with Eve
1941
One More River
1934
Dynamite
1929
Let Us Be Gay
1930
Ladies They Talk About
1933
The Black Camel
1931
Fly By Night
1942
The World Changes
1933
$10 Raise
1935
Little Giant
1946
Appointment for Love
1941
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
Two Tickets to London
1943
The Night of Nights
1939
Deputy Marshal
1949
Black Paradise
1926
The Defense Rests
1934
Secret Command
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
Hell's Heroes
1929
Pilgrimage
1933
Madame X
1929
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
The Great O'Malley
1937
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Public Deb No. 1
1940
Code of the Streets
1939
The Little Minister
1934
The Lady Consents
1936
Sealed Lips
1942
Waterfront Lady
1935
The White Angel
1936
Meet the Baron
1933
My Son, My Son!
1940
The Impatient Maiden
1932
The Escape
1939
No, No, Nanette
1940
City Streets
1938
Song o' My Heart
1930
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
Subway Express
1931
Radio Patrol
1932
Haunted Trails
1949
Kidnapped
1938
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
Wild Girl
1932
Off the Record
1939
Hangman's House
1928
Great Guy
1936
Doctor Bull
1933
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
Dancers in the Dark
1932
Meet the Stewarts
1942
Strange Confession
1945
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
Wings of the Navy
1939
Murder at the Vanities
1934
Angels' Alley
1948
Dr. Broadway
1942
Little Miss Nobody
1936
Queen of the Mob
1940
Sentimental Journey
1946
The Brat
1931
The Invisible Wall
1947
Unfinished Business
1941
Her Husband Lies
1937
Texas Cyclone
1932
Bombay Clipper
1942
The Irish in Us
1935
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
Beloved
1934
When the Wind Blows
1930
Million Dollar Kid
1944
Rulers of the Sea
1939
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
Sarong Girl
1943
Powder Town
1942
The Plot Thickens
1936
She Married a Cop
1939
Change of Heart
1934
Captain Eddie
1945
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
West of Wyoming
1950
Clues to Adventure
1949
Lady Behave!
1937
The Matinee Idol
1928
The Racket Man
1944
24 Hours
1931
Tell No Tales
1939
Stage Struck
1936
I Take This Oath
1940
The Power and the Glory
1933
Law of the Badlands
1945
Exposed
1947
Shamrock Hill
1949
Blond Cheat
1938
Riot Squad
1941
See My Lawyer
1945
The Whirlwind
1933
Here Comes Kelly
1943
Women Without Names
1940
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
The Dark Horse
1946
Big Town Scandal
1948
Smart Guy
1943
Racketeers of the Range
1939
Tucson
1949
Highway 13
1948
Campus Confessions
1938
The Last Ride
1944
Beauty Parlor
1932
Follow the Leader
1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
Whispering Footsteps
1943
Borrowed Hero
1941
The Ghosts
1930
Oh, for a Man!
1930
The Home Maker
1925
The Loudspeaker
1934
Cross Streets
1934
Forgotten Faces
1936
The Last Alarm
1940
Day-time Wife
1939
Double Cross
1941
The Woman Condemned
1934
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
A House Divided
1931
In Fast Company
1946
Share the Wealth
1936
Roaring Ranch
1930
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
70,000 Witnesses
1932
The Expert
1932
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939
Nature in the Wrong
1933
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
Friend Indeed
1937
Anybody's Woman
1930
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Naughty Nanette
1927
Nobody's Children
1940
Tessie
1925
Men Must Fight
1933
The Man from Hell
1934
His Honor the Mayor
1930
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
The Old Code
1928
One Man Justice
1937