Mary Forbes
Known for: Acting
Born: December 30, 1882
Died: July 22, 1974
Place of birth: Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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.
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Filmography
106 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
6.4
Houseboat
1958
6.2
Suspicion
1957
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
5.5
Les Miserables
1952
6.8
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
5.5
The Black Arrow
1948
6.8
The Judge Steps Out
1947
7.8
It Had to Be You
1947
6.3
The Exile
1947
6.6
Ivy
1947
7.0
Cigarette Girl
1947
6.6
Terror by Night
1946
6.7
Lady on a Train
1945
5.4
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
4.5
I'll Remember April
1945
7.1
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
5.7
Tender Comrade
1944
6.9
Jane Eyre
1943
6.3
Dangerous Blondes
1943
7.2
Mr. Lucky
1943
7.5
Two Tickets to London
1943
6.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
6.4
The Great Impersonation
1942
7.0
Almost Married
1942
6.8
This Above All
1942
3.8
Twin Beds
1942
5.1
Klondike Fury
1942
7.3
Nothing but the Truth
1941
7.3
Back Street
1941
4.6
South of Suez
1940
7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
7.0
Private Affairs
1940
4.8
Blame It on Love
1940
4.5
Florian
1940
6.6
Laddie
1940
7.5
Ninotchka
1939
6.2
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
6.9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
5.9
These Glamour Girls
1939
8.0
I Stole a Million
1939
5.5
The Sun Never Sets
1939
8.8
Outside These Walls
1939
7.2
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
5.6
The Ice Follies of 1939
1939
6.5
Risky Business
1939
7.0
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
5.9
Fast and Loose
1939
4.2
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
7.2
Always Goodbye
1938
5.8
The Rage of Paris
1938
7.0
Outside of Paradise
1938
5.0
Everybody Sing
1938
7.0
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938
7.2
The Awful Truth
1937
7.1
Stage Door
1937
6.4
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
6.2
The Life of the Party
1937
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
6.4
Another Dawn
1937
5.7
Women of Glamour
1937
6.6
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
6.2
Wedding Present
1936
7.2
The White Angel
1936
7.2
Captain Blood
1935
5.8
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
6.3
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
4.9
Rendezvous
1935
6.6
Anna Karenina
1935
6.0
Stranded
1935
8.0
Dizzy Dames
1935
7.1
Les Misérables
1935
10.0
Laddie
1935
7.1
Roberta
1935
6.8
We Live Again
1934
6.6
Happiness Ahead
1934
7.0
Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
5.8
A Lost Lady
1934
5.8
British Agent
1934
8.0
She Was a Lady
1934
8.0
Blind Date
1934
7.3
Shock
1934
5.8
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
7.0
Sadie McKee
1934
8.0
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
6.5
Bombshell
1933
5.5
Cavalcade
1933
6.1
A Farewell to Arms
1932
4.7
Vanity Fair
1932
7.0
The Silent Witness
1932
7.1
Working Girls
1931
5.4
The Brat
1931
7.4
Chances
1931
5.3
Born to Love
1931
4.3
The Man Who Came Back
1931
5.8
The Devil to Pay!
1930
5.5
Abraham Lincoln
1930
5.3
East Is West
1930
6.2
Holiday
1930
7.0
So This Is London
1930
4.3
Strictly Unconventional
1930
7.1
Sunny Side Up
1929
6.9
The Trespasser
1929
5.5
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
3.0
Her Private Life
1929
9.0
Women Who Win
1919
9.0
The Lady Clare
1919NR
The Woman's Portion
1918