Sara Haden

Acting

Born Nov 16, 1898

From Galveston, Texas, USA

Died Sep 15, 1981

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.

Sara Haden

Known For

The Shop Around the Corner

Woman of the Year

The Bishop's Wife

Poor Little Rich Girl

Roughshod

Anne of Green Gables

Boom Town

She-Wolf of London

Music in the Air

Mad Love

Filmography — Acting

The Shop Around the Corner

Woman of the Year

The Bishop's Wife

Poor Little Rich Girl

Roughshod

Anne of Green Gables

Boom Town

She-Wolf of London

Music in the Air

Mad Love

Love Crazy

Rachel and the Stranger

Way Down East

Andy Hardy Comes Home

Thousands Cheer

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Lost Angel

Above Suspicion

A Life of Her Own

The Great Rupert

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

The Big Cat

A Family Affair

Wagons West

Finishing School

Reunion

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Best Foot Forward

The Affairs of Martha

The Life of Vergie Winters

Somewhere I'll Find You

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

She Wouldn't Say Yes

A Lion Is in the Streets

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Remember?

Washington Melodrama

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

The Youngest Profession

Spitfire

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

Half Angel

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Andy Hardy's Double Life

The Fountain

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

Four Girls in White

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

The White Parade

Captain January

Rodeo

Laughing at Trouble

First Lady

Hat, Coat and Glove

Judge Hardy and Son

Tell No Tales

Broadway Rhythm

Can This Be Dixie?

Everybody's Old Man

You're Only Young Once

The Outlaw's Daughter

Out West with the Hardys

Come Back, Miss Pipps

Magnificent Obsession

Our Hearts Were Growing Up