Birth Day: 1882-05-16
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.
Credits
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As Nora Jones -
As Aunt Libby -
As Housemother (uncredited) -
As Charwoman (Uncredited) -
As Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited) -
As Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) -
As Grandma Rogan -
As Mrs. Lance -
As Mrs. Mamie Mahoney -
As Nora -
As Ma (barmaid) -
As Scottish Woman (uncredited) -
As Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) -
As Aunt Myrt Lacy -
As Mrs. Bledsoe -
As Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited) -
As Cleaning Lady -
As Housekeeper -
As Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited) -
As Agnes, the Cook (uncredited) -
As Ma Miller -
As Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Cassidy -
As Mrs. Conover -
As Mrs. Mahoney -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Trina -
As Mrs. Westrom -
As Mary McBride (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mrs. O'Connor -
As Ellen -
As Nanny -
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As Mrs. Fillmore -
As Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Annie -
As Mom Benson -
As Hostess (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Mary Kelly -
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As Libby, the Housekeeper -
As Mrs. McGinnis -
As Mrs. Kelly
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As Mrs. Banning -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mattie -
As Ma Murphy -
As Mrs. Tinkle -
As Maggie -
As Mrs. Casey (uncredited) -
As Jane Banning -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Mrs. Collins -
As Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) -
As Mrs. McIntyre -
As Ma Prescott -
As Maid (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Stewart -
As Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson -
As Mrs. Scott -
As Mrs. Douglas -
As Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) -
As Broadway Carrie -
As Miss Brady -
As Mrs. McGonigle
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As Mom McCorkle -
As Mrs. Riley -
As Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited) -
As Martha -
As Mrs. Murray -
As Martha -
As Mrs. Eileen Hanagan -
As Mrs. O'Riley -
As Mrs. Mulvaney -
As Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) -
As Tenement Landlady -
As Train Passenger -
As Gertrude, the Cook -
As Juror -
As Mrs. Hadley -
As Old Woman -
As Cookie (uncredited) -
As Ma Dalton -
As Landlady -
As Mrs. Sullivan -
As Mary -
As Cleaning Lady (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Bates -
As Mary-Benson's Housekeeper -
As Mrs. O'Leary -
As Ma Duffy -
As Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Neighbor -
As Scrubwoman -
As Mrs. Dudley -
As Mrs. Hudson -
As Woman (uncredited) -
As Annie (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Lee -
As Irene's Housekeeper -
As Landlady (uncredited) -
As Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
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As Mrs. Flaherty -
As Mrs. Bailey -
As Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) -
As 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Twill -
As Scottish Mother -
As Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) -
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As Mrs. MacDonald -
As Maggie (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Devlin -
As Mrs. Grimes -
As Cook (uncredited) -
As Housekeeper -
As Cook -
As Mrs. O'Malley -
As Mary's Mother (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Keough -
As Mrs. Jenks -
As YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited) -
As Nurse -
As Rose (uncredited) -
As Woman with Bag -
As Mrs. Cassidy -
As Nursing Applicant (uncredited) -
As Mrs. O'Keefe -
As Mrs. Biddle -
As Woman at Barricades -
As Ma MacClyde -
As Mrs. O'Leary -
As Mrs. Ogilvie -
As Apple Lady -
As Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) -
As Landlady (uncredited) -
As Hans' Wife -
As Ma O'Hara -
As Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited) -
As Peddler (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Bickerdike -
As Mrs. Leathwaite -
As Mrs. O'Flaherty -
As Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited) -
As Newfoundlander -
As Sonny's Mother -
As Mrs. Frank McCarrol -
As Mrs. O'Leary -
As Landlady -
As Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) -
As Scrub Woman -
As Cook (Uncredited) -
As Boat Passenger (uncredited) -
As Prison Visitor (uncredited) -
As Nanny -
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As Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited) -
As Woman in Street -
As Mrs. Curtis -
As Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) -
As Nurse (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Clancy -
As Scrubwoman (uncredited) -
As Cleaning Lady (uncredited) -
As Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) -
As Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) -
As Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited) -
As Washer Woman (uncredited) -
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As Cleaning Woman -
As Townswoman at Meeting -
As Screaming Woman (uncredited) -
As Pacifist Audience Member -
As Scrubwoman -
As Landlady -
As Irish Neighbor (uncredited) -
As Landlady (uncredited) -
As Kate -
As Washerwoman (uncredited) -
As Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited) -
As Neighbor -
As Scrubwoman (uncredited) -
As Landlady (uncredited) -
As Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) -
As Charwoman -
As Mrs. Delaney -
As Woman at Political Rally (uncredited) -
As Townswoman (uncredited) -
As Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited) -
As Mrs. MacMasters -
As Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited) -
As Nurse -
As Maid -
As Chubby's Mama
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As Irish Woman -
As His Wife
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As Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited) -
As Stage Door Admirer with Violets -
As Chubby's Mother (uncredited) -
As Neighbor at Store -
As Choir Member (uncredited) -
As Reducing customer (uncredited) -
As Neighbor (uncredited) -
As Nursemaid (uncredited) -
As Woman in Audience (uncredited) -
As First taxi passenger -
As The Woman at Hogan's Hideout -
As Mrs. Rooney -
As Mrs. Murphy -
As Mrs. Hennessy