All Movies List
The Invisible Wall

as Mrs. Bledsoe

1947
Dressed to Kill

as Mrs. Hudson

1946
Shadows Over Chinatown

as Mrs. Conover

1946
Strange Confession

as Mrs. O'Connor

1945
The Last Ride

as Mrs. Mary Kelly

1944
Secrets of Scotland Yard

as Libby, the Housekeeper

1944
Whispering Footsteps

as Ma Murphy

1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

as Mrs. Hudson

1943
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Mrs. Hudson

1943
Sarong Girl

as Mattie

1943
Sealed Lips

as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)

1942
The Mummy's Tomb

as Jane Banning

1942
Bombay Clipper

as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson

1942
Pot o' Gold

as Mom McCorkle

1941
Double Cross

as Mrs. Murray

1941
Flight from Destiny

as Martha

1941
Tear Gas Squad

as Mrs. Sullivan

1940
Campus Confessions

as Mrs. Twill

1938
Double Wedding

as Mrs. Keough

1937
Bonnie Scotland

as Mrs. Bickerdike

1935
The Irish in Us

as Ma O'Hara

1935
The Little Minister

as Nanny

1934
Texas Cyclone

as Kate

1932
Hell's Heroes

as Choir Member (uncredited)

1929
Hangman's House

as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout

1928
Mary Gordon Mary Gordon

Birthday

1882-05-16

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

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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