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