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