Mary Gordon
Biography
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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.
Acting (216 movies)
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
The Spider Woman
1943
Radio Patrol
1932
Dressed to Kill
1946
Double Wedding
1937
The Body Snatcher
1945
It Started with Eve
1941
The Whirlwind
1933
The Pearl of Death
1944
Sealed Lips
1942
The Woman in Green
1945
Subway Express
1931
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
The Invisible Woman
1940
Naughty Nanette
1927
Little Giant
1946
Whispering Footsteps
1943
The Little Minister
1934
When the Wind Blows
1930
The Woman Condemned
1934
The Black Camel
1931
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
The Invisible Wall
1947
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939
Pot o' Gold
1941
Law of the Badlands
1945
Secret Command
1944
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
The Impatient Maiden
1932
The Power and the Glory
1933
The Night of Nights
1939
Exposed
1947
Angels' Alley
1948
Nature in the Wrong
1933
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Double Cross
1941
Divorce
1945
Wild Girl
1932
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
Cross Streets
1934
Sweepings
1933
Hell's Heroes
1929
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
The Last Ride
1944
The Irish in Us
1935
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
Friend Indeed
1937
Nobody's Children
1940
Lady Behave!
1937
$10 Raise
1935
Borrowed Hero
1941
Deputy Marshal
1949
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
Little Miss Nobody
1936
Two Tickets to London
1943
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
Appointment for Love
1941
Kitty Foyle
1940
Fort Apache
1948
Sarong Girl
1943
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
The Brat
1931
Smart Guy
1943
City Streets
1938
Beauty Parlor
1932
Ladies They Talk About
1933
The Long Night
1947
Men Must Fight
1933
Follow the Leader
1944
Blonde Venus
1932
Shamrock Hill
1949
Mary of Scotland
1936
Stage Struck
1936
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
You Can't Have Everything
1937
The Expert
1932
You're Only Young Once
1937
Blond Cheat
1938
Change of Heart
1934
Tell No Tales
1939
Charlie Chan in London
1934
The Defense Rests
1934
A House Divided
1931
The White Angel
1936
The Man from Hell
1934
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
Wings of the Navy
1939
Tail Spin
1939
Broadway Serenade
1939
Her Husband Lies
1937
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Day-time Wife
1939
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
The Escape
1939
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