Mary Gordon
Known for: Acting
Born: May 16, 1882
Died: August 23, 1963
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
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Filmography
228 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
6.2
The Cisco Kid
1950
6.5
West of Wyoming
1950
6.6
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
6.3
Deputy Marshal
1949
9.0
Haunted Trails
1949
6.8
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
7.5
Tucson
1949
7.3
Clues to Adventure
1949
4.5
Shamrock Hill
1949
5.8
Highway 13
1948
6.7
Kidnapped
1948
6.3
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
5.3
Big Town Scandal
1948
7.0
Fort Apache
1948
5.2
Angels' Alley
1948
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
1947
5.7
Roses Are Red
1947
6.0
The Invisible Wall
1947
6.2
Exposed
1947
5.8
The Long Night
1947
6.9
Sister Kenny
1946
7.0
The Dark Horse
1946
6.2
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
6.8
In Fast Company
1946
6.6
Dressed to Kill
1946
5.5
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
6.4
Sentimental Journey
1946
5.3
Little Giant
1946
5.7
Kitty
1945
6.8
Strange Confession
1945
6.0
Divorce
1945
7.2
Captain Eddie
1945
6.5
The Woman in Green
1945
7.0
The Body Snatcher
1945
10.0
Law of the Badlands
1945
7.3
See My Lawyer
1945
7.3
Hollywood Canteen
1944
6.4
The Last Ride
1944
7.1
The Pearl of Death
1944
6.6
Secret Command
1944
6.3
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
3.8
Follow the Leader
1944
6.4
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
5.9
Million Dollar Kid
1944
7.7
The Racket Man
1944
5.3
Whispering Footsteps
1943
7.0
Smart Guy
1943
7.0
The Spider Woman
1943
3.7
Here Comes Kelly
1943
6.9
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
7.5
Two Tickets to London
1943
7.0
Sarong Girl
1943
6.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
5.8
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
6.4
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942
5.5
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
6.5
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
6.0
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
7.3
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
4.4
Powder Town
1942
5.5
Meet the Stewarts
1942
5.4
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
6.0
Dr. Broadway
1942
5.2
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
6.7
Fly By Night
1942
6.0
Bombay Clipper
1942
6.5
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
6.0
Sealed Lips
1942
9.0
Riot Squad
1941
5.5
Borrowed Hero
1941
5.8
Appointment for Love
1941
7.2
It Started with Eve
1941
6.5
Unfinished Business
1941
5.1
Double Cross
1941
5.6
Pot o' Gold
1941
5.8
Flight from Destiny
1941
5.7
The Invisible Woman
1940
6.6
Kitty Foyle
1940
6.2
No, No, Nanette
1940
7.0
Nobody's Children
1940
6.6
Go West
1940
4.9
Public Deb No. 1
1940
5.3
Young People
1940
6.2
When the Daltons Rode
1940
6.2
Queen of the Mob
1940
4.5
The Last Alarm
1940
6.6
Brother Orchid
1940
5.8
I Take This Oath
1940
5.3
Tear Gas Squad
1940
6.8
Saps at Sea
1940
4.8
My Son, My Son!
1940
4.7
Women Without Names
1940
6.3
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
8.0
The Night of Nights
1939
5.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
6.0
Day-time Wife
1939
6.7
Rulers of the Sea
1939
7.5
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
6.2
The Escape
1939
6.9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
19397.0
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939
6.8
She Married a Cop
1939
5.4
Tell No Tales
1939
10.0
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
6.7
Racketeers of the Range
1939
5.6
Captain Fury
1939
7.7
Code of the Streets
1939
6.6
Broadway Serenade
1939
7.1
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
6.3
Tail Spin
1939
6.2
Wings of the Navy
1939
6.4
Off the Record
1939
7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
4.8
Campus Confessions
1938
7.4
Gateway
1938
6.0
City Streets
1938
7.3
Blond Cheat
1938
6.0
Kidnapped
1938
6.0
Mannequin
1938
6.7
Friend Indeed
1937
4.8
Lady Behave!
1937
5.7
You're Only Young Once
1937
6.5
A Damsel in Distress
1937
6.4
Double Wedding
1937
6.5
You Can't Have Everything
1937
5.5
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
6.5
One Man Justice
1937
4.8
Pick a Star
1937
7.0
Her Husband Lies
1937
6.9
The Great O'Malley
1937
5.7
The Plough and the Stars
1936
7.3
After the Thin Man
1936
6.3
The Plot Thickens
1936
6.3
Great Guy
1936
5.3
Stage Struck
1936
6.2
Mary of Scotland
1936
7.2
The White Angel
1936
7.5
Little Miss Nobody
1936
5.5
Forgotten Faces
1936
6.5
Share the Wealth
1936
10.0
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
6.4
The Lady Consents
1936
7.4
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
5.3
Waterfront Lady
1935
6.6
Bonnie Scotland
1935
7.5
The Irish in Us
1935
4.8
Ginger
1935
9.0
$10 Raise
1935
7.2
Vagabond Lady
1935
7.5
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
6.2
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
5.8
The Little Minister
1934
6.7
Our Daily Bread
1934
6.9
Charlie Chan in London
1934
5.7
The Man from Hell
1934
5.2
One More River
1934
7.1
The Defense Rests
1934
6.0
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
6.0
Cross Streets
1934
5.7
Baby Take a Bow
1934
8.0
The Loudspeaker
1934
6.3
Change of Heart
1934
5.6
Murder at the Vanities
1934
7.0
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
4.6
The Woman Condemned
1934
9.0
Beloved
1934
7.1
Design for Living
1933
4.8
The World Changes
1933
6.3
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
7.5
The Invisible Man
1933
5.3
Meet the Baron
1933
5.9
The Power and the Glory
1933
4.2
My Woman
1933
6.7
Doctor Bull
1933
7.1
Pilgrimage
1933
5.6
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
5.8
Sweepings
1933
8.0
The Whirlwind
1933
6.5
Nature in the Wrong
1933
6.2
Men Must Fight
1933
5.9
She Done Him Wrong
1933
6.1
Ladies They Talk About
1933
5.8
Call Her Savage
1932
6.2
Wild Girl
1932
6.8
Blonde Venus
1932
6.8
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
5.7
70,000 Witnesses
1932
5.5
Skyscraper Souls
1932
7.5
Beauty Parlor
1932
10.0
Radio Patrol
1932
9.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
5.7
Dancers in the Dark
1932
7.3
The Expert
1932
9.0
The Impatient Maiden
1932
4.5
Texas Cyclone
1932
5.6
A House Divided
1931
7.0
Possessed
1931
6.3
24 Hours
1931
6.9
Waterloo Bridge
1931
5.4
The Brat
1931
6.1
The Black Camel
1931
10.0
Subway Express
1931
6.3
Oh, for a Man!
1930
6.6
Anybody's Woman
1930
4.1
Let Us Be Gay
1930
10.0
Roaring Ranch
1930NR
The Ghosts
1930
6.7
When the Wind Blows
193010.0
His Honor the Mayor
1930
4.8
Song o' My Heart
1930
7.1
Hell's Heroes
1929
6.4
Dynamite
1929
4.7
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
9.0
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
6.3
Madame X
1929NR
The Old Code
1928
6.3
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
6.6
Hangman's House
1928
6.6
The Matinee Idol
1928
8.0
Little Mickey Grogan
1927
9.0
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
6.8
Annie Laurie
1927
10.0
Naughty Nanette
1927
5.3
Black Paradise
1926
7.0
The Home Maker
1925
10.0
The People vs. Nancy Preston
19259.0
Tessie
1925