Mary Gordon
ActingFrom 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.
Known For
Fort Apache
Ma (barmaid)
Bride of Frankenstein
Hans' Wife
The Invisible Man
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Woman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Peddler (uncredited)
Gateway
Scottish Mother
Dressed to Kill
Mrs. Hudson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mrs. Hudson
The Invisible Man Returns
Cookie (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
Mrs. Hudson
Filmography — Acting
Fort Apache
Ma (barmaid)
Bride of Frankenstein
Hans' Wife
The Invisible Man
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Woman (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Peddler (uncredited)
Gateway
Scottish Mother
Dressed to Kill
Mrs. Hudson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Mrs. Hudson
The Invisible Man Returns
Cookie (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
Mrs. Hudson
Keep 'Em Slugging
Mrs. Banning
After the Thin Man
Rose (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Maid (uncredited)
Go West
Train Passenger
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Hudson
Blonde Venus
Landlady (uncredited)
The Body Snatcher
Mary McBride (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Hostess (uncredited)
Design for Living
Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
Mannequin
Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Mrs. Hudson
Waterloo Bridge
Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Kidnapped
Scottish Woman (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
Mom McCorkle
Gentleman Jim
Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
The Long Night
Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
Mrs. Hudson
Brother Orchid
Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland
Mrs. Bickerdike
The File on Thelma Jordon
Charwoman (uncredited)
Great Guy
Mrs. Ogilvie
The Black Camel
Mrs. MacMasters
Mary of Scotland
Nurse
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Mrs. Hudson
Sister Kenny
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
Jane Banning
The Invisible Woman
Mrs. Bates
Little Giant
Ma Miller
She Done Him Wrong
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mrs. Hudson
Shadows Over Chinatown
Mrs. Conover
Kitty
Nanny
Tail Spin
Mrs. Lee
The Hour Before the Dawn
Annie
Texas Cyclone
Kate
It Started with Eve
Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
You Can't Have Everything
YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death
Mrs. Hudson
Sweepings
Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Waterfront Lady
Mrs. O'Flaherty
Mr. Soft Touch
Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
Annie (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Trina
Dynamite
Neighbor at Store
Pack Up Your Troubles
Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes
Choir Member (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
Gertrude, the Cook
Appointment for Love
Martha
Charlie Chan in London
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
A Damsel in Distress
Cook (uncredited)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Cleaning Woman
The Great O'Malley
Mrs. O'Malley
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Mrs. Scott
Wild Girl
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Captain Eddie
Mrs. Westrom
Possessed
Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Skyscraper Souls
Charwoman
Captain Fury
Mrs. Bailey
Kidnapped
Mrs. MacDonald
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Mrs. O'Leary
Madame X
Nursemaid (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Maggie (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Day-time Wife
Scrubwoman
Double Wedding
Mrs. Keough
The Brat
Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
Blue, White and Perfect
Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Divorce
Ellen
Baby Take a Bow
Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Mrs. Hudson
Saps at Sea
Mrs. O'Riley
When the Daltons Rode
Ma Dalton
Pilgrimage
Rulers of the Sea
Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
The Invisible Wall
Mrs. Bledsoe
The Irish in Us
Ma O'Hara
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Mrs. Leathwaite
Ginger
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Doctor Bull
Townswoman at Meeting
Flight from Destiny
Martha
The Matinee Idol
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Dr. Broadway
Broadway Carrie
Young People
Old Woman
The Little Minister
Nanny
Strange Confession
Mrs. O'Connor
70,000 Witnesses
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Sentimental Journey
Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
Bombay Clipper
Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
The Impatient Maiden
Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Libby, the Housekeeper
The Plot Thickens
Woman with Bag (uncredited)
Shamrock Hill
Grandma Rogan
The Woman Condemned
Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Racketeers of the Range
Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Song o' My Heart
Irish Woman
Unfinished Business
Miss Brady
Tucson
Housemother (uncredited)
Queen of the Mob
Tenement Landlady
The Power and the Glory
Nurse (uncredited)
The World Changes
Lady at Party (uncredited)
Beauty Parlor
Landlady
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Landlady (uncredited)
Her Husband Lies
Mrs. Jenks
You're Only Young Once
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
Landlady
Vagabond Lady
Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Tear Gas Squad
Mrs. Sullivan
One More River
Cook (Uncredited)
Roses Are Red
Cleaning Lady
Secret Command
Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Off the Record
Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
She Married a Cop
Ma Duffy
Subway Express
Mrs. Delaney
Two Tickets to London
Mrs. Tinkle
Haunted Trails
Aunt Libby
Ladies They Talk About
Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
The Defense Rests
Scrub Woman
A House Divided
Townswoman (uncredited)
See My Lawyer
Mrs. Fillmore
My Son, My Son!
Mrs. Mulvaney
Lady Behave!
Cook
My Woman
Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
Mrs. Collins
The Judge Steps Out
Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Code of the Streets
Mrs. Flaherty
Call Her Savage
Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
Meet the Stewarts
Mrs. Stewart
Follow the Leader
Borrowed Hero
Mrs. Riley
Fly By Night
Ma Prescott
Wings of the Navy
Irene's Housekeeper
Dancers in the Dark
Scrubwoman
Tell No Tales
Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
The Loudspeaker
Landlady
Powder Town
Mrs. Douglas
Million Dollar Kid
Mrs. McGinnis
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Court Matron (uncredited)
Change of Heart
Woman in Street (uncredited)
Stage Struck
Mrs. Cassidy
24 Hours
Nurse
The Escape
Neighbor
Beloved
Mrs. O'Leary
Angels' Alley
Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
The Plough and the Stars
Woman at Barricades
Cross Streets
Sonny's Mother
Campus Confessions
Mrs. Twill
Hangman's House
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Exposed
Housekeeper
The Whirlwind
Mrs. Curtis
Meet the Baron
Washer Woman (uncredited)
The Racket Man
Mom Benson
Forgotten Faces
Mrs. O'Leary
When the Wind Blows
Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
$10 Raise
Landlady (uncredited)
Law of the Badlands
The Dark Horse
Mrs. Mahoney
Deputy Marshal
Mrs. Lance
Whom the Gods Destroy
Newfoundlander
Nature in the Wrong
Mrs. Clancy
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Mrs. Dudley
Women Without Names
Juror
City Streets
Mrs. Devlin
The Last Ride
Mrs. Mary Kelly
Smart Guy
Maggie
The Lady Consents
Apple Lady
Radio Patrol
Landlady (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
Reducing customer (uncredited)
Sealed Lips
Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
The White Angel
Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
The Expert
Neighbor
Friend Indeed
Housekeeper
The Man from Hell
Mrs. Frank McCarrol
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Nora
Black Paradise
Mrs. Murphy
The Home Maker
Mrs. Hennessy
His Honor the Mayor
His Wife
The Ghosts
Chubby's Mama
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Oh, for a Man!
Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Riot Squad
Mrs. McGonigle
The Last Alarm
Mrs. Hadley
Here Comes Kelly
Mrs. Kelly
Whispering Footsteps
Ma Murphy
The Ol' Gray Hoss
First taxi passenger
Half Way to Shanghai
Mrs. McIntyre
Anybody's Woman
Maid
Double Cross
Mrs. Murray
West of Wyoming
Nora Jones
In Fast Company
Mrs. Cassidy
The Night of Nights
1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy?
Neighbor (uncredited)
Highway 13
Aunt Myrt Lacy
Clues to Adventure
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roaring Ranch
Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Tessie
Aunt Maggie
Laughing Irish Eyes
Mrs. O'Keefe
Meet the Boy Friend
Mrs. Grimes
Men Must Fight
Pacifist Audience Member
Little Miss Nobody
Mrs. Biddle
Big Town Scandal
Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Sarong Girl
Mattie
Naughty Nanette
Mrs. Rooney
One Man Justice
Bridget
Nobody's Children
Mary
The People vs. Nancy Preston
Mrs. Tifft
Share the Wealth
Ma MacClyde
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
Molly Clancy