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Mary Gordon 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.
Birth Name
Mary Gilmour
Born
Tuesday, 16 May 1882
Died
Friday, 23 August 1963
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Cisco Kid | Mary O'Toole | 1950 |
| West of Wyoming | Nora Jones | 1950 |
| The File on Thelma Jordon | Charwoman / Charwoman (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Challenge to Lassie | Tenement Neighbor | 1949 |
| Deputy Marshal | Mrs. Lance | 1949 |
| Haunted Trails | Aunt Libby | 1949 |
| Mr. Soft Touch | Slatternly Woman Tenant / Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Old Woman | 1949 |
| Tucson | Housemother | 1949 |
| Clues to Adventure | Woman Reading Newspaper (clip from 'The Story That Couldn't Be Printed') | 1949 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Cisco Kid | Mary O'Toole | 1950 |
| West of Wyoming | Nora Jones | 1950 |
| The File on Thelma Jordon | Charwoman / Charwoman (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Challenge to Lassie | Tenement Neighbor | 1949 |
| Deputy Marshal | Mrs. Lance | 1949 |
| Haunted Trails | Aunt Libby | 1949 |
| Mr. Soft Touch | Slatternly Woman Tenant / Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) | 1949 |
| Mighty Joe Young | Old Woman | 1949 |
| Tucson | Housemother | 1949 |
| Clues to Adventure | Woman Reading Newspaper (clip from 'The Story That Couldn't Be Printed') | 1949 |
| Shamrock Hill | Grandma Rogan | 1949 |
| Highway 13 | Aunt Myrt Lacy | 1948 |
| Kidnapped | Scottish Woman | 1948 |
| Hills of Home | Mrs. Burnbrae | 1948 |
| The Strange Mrs. Crane | Nora | 1948 |
| The Vicious Circle | Mrs. Hogan (revised version) | 1948 |
| Big Town Scandal | Mary - Cleaning Woman | 1948 |
| Fort Apache | Ma (barmaid) | 1948 |
| Angels' Alley | Mrs. Mamie Mahoney | 1948 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Annie, the Scrub Woman / Annie | 1947 |
| Roses Are Red | Cleaning Lady / Scrubwoman | 1947 |
| The Invisible Wall | Mrs. Bledsoe | 1947 |
| Exposed | Miss Keets / Housekeeper | 1947 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mother Machree | 1947 |
| The Long Night | Old Lady in Crowd | 1947 |
| Stallion Road | Mrs. Ford, Purcell's Housekeeper | 1947 |
| Singin' in the Corn | Mrs. O'Rourke | 1946 |
| Sister Kenny | Mrs. Gordon | 1946 |
| Sing While You Dance | Mom Henderson | 1946 |
| The Dark Horse | Mrs. Mahoney | 1946 |
| Shadows Over Chinatown | Mrs. Conover | 1946 |
| In Fast Company | Mrs. Cassidy | 1946 |
| Dressed to Kill | Mrs. Hudson | 1946 |
| The Hoodlum Saint | Trina | 1946 |
| Sentimental Journey | Agnes | 1946 |
| Little Giant | Ma Miller | 1946 |
| Kitty | Nanny | 1946 |
| Strange Confession | Mrs. O'Connor | 1945 |
| Pride of the Marines | Lady at Bus Stop | 1945 |
| Divorce | Ellen | 1945 |
| Captain Eddie | Mrs. Westrom | 1945 |
| The Woman in Green | Mrs. Hudson | 1945 |
| Law of the Badlands | Mrs. Curry | 1945 |
| See My Lawyer | Mrs. Fillmore | 1945 |
| It's a Pleasure | Tenement Woman | 1945 |
| The Body Snatcher | Mrs. Mary McBride | 1945 |
| Eadie Was a Lady | Old Lady | 1945 |
| Music for Millions | Hotel Proprietress | 1944 |
| Hollywood Canteen | Hostess | 1944 |
| Irish Eyes Are Smiling | Irish Woman | 1944 |
| The Last Ride | Mrs. Mary Kelly | 1944 |
| National Barn Dance | Mrs. Owen | 1944 |
| Ever Since Venus | Mrs. Murphy | 1944 |
| The Pearl of Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1944 |
| Secret Command | Mrs. McKenzie | 1944 |
| Secrets of Scotland Yard | Libby, the Housekeeper / Libby the Housekeeper | 1944 |
| Follow the Leader | Mrs. McGinnis | 1944 |
| The Hour Before the Dawn | Annie | 1944 |
| Hat Check Honey | Jennie | 1944 |
| Million Dollar Kid | Mrs. McGinnis | 1944 |
| Ladies Courageous | Old Lady | 1944 |
| The Racket Man | Mom Benson / Ma Duffy | 1944 |
| Whispering Footsteps | Ma Murphy | 1943 |
| Smart Guy | Maggie | 1943 |
| The Spider Woman | Mrs. Hudson | 1943 |
| You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith | Irish Woman | 1943 |
| Sweet Rosie O'Grady | Charwoman | 1943 |
| Here Comes Kelly | Mrs. Kelly | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1943 |
| Two Tickets to London | Mrs. Tinkle | 1943 |
| Sarong Girl | Mattie | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mrs. Hudson | 1943 |
| Keep 'Em Slugging | Mrs. Banning | 1943 |
| Forever and a Day | Woman in Air Raid Shelter | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Mrs. Hudson | 1942 |
| The Boss of Big Town | Mrs. Lane | 1942 |
| Gentleman Jim | Mrs. Casey | 1942 |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Jane Banning / Jane | 1942 |
| Halfway to Shanghai | Mrs. McIntyre | 1942 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Mrs. Hudson | 1942 |
| The Pride of the Yankees | Maid | 1942 |
| Powder Town | Mrs. Douglas | 1942 |
| It Happened in Flatbush | Mrs. Collins | 1942 |
| Meet the Stewarts | Mrs. Stewart | 1942 |
| Dr. Broadway | Broadway Carrie | 1942 |
| The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Mrs. Scott | 1942 |
| Fly-By-Night | Ma Prescott | 1942 |
| Blue, White and Perfect | Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady | 1942 |
| Sealed Lips | Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) | 1942 |
| Riot Squad | Mrs. McGonigle | 1941 |
| Borrowed Hero | Mrs. Riley | 1941 |
| Appointment for Love | Martha | 1941 |
| Bombay Clipper | Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson | 1941 |
| How Green Was My Valley | Gossiper | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Mrs. O'Toole - Cleaning Lady | 1941 |
| Unexpected Uncle | Mrs. Mason | 1941 |
| Unfinished Business | Miss Brady | 1941 |
| Double Cross | Mrs. Murray | 1941 |
| Pot o' Gold | Ma McCorkle / Mom McCorkle | 1941 |
| Flight from Destiny | Martha | 1941 |
| The Invisible Woman | Mrs. Bates | 1940 |
| Kitty Foyle | First Charwoman | 1940 |
| No, No, Nanette | Gertrude, the Cook | 1940 |
| Go West | Train Passenger | 1940 |
| Nobody's Children | Mary | 1940 |
| Public Deb No. 1 | Landlady | 1940 |
| When the Daltons Rode | Ma Dalton | 1940 |
| Young People | Old Woman | 1940 |
| Queen of the Mob | Tenement Landlady | 1940 |
| The Man Who Talked Too Much | Mrs. Dunn | 1940 |
| The Last Alarm | Mrs. Hadley | 1940 |
| Brother Orchid | Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady | 1940 |
| I Take This Oath | Mrs. Eileen Hanagan | 1940 |
| Tear Gas Squad | Mrs. Sullivan | 1940 |
| Saps at Sea | Mrs. O'Riley | 1940 |
| My Son, My Son! | Mrs. Mulvaney | 1940 |
| Women Without Names | Juror | 1940 |
| The Invisible Man Returns | Cookie, the Cook | 1940 |
| My Son Is Guilty | Mrs. Montabelli | 1939 |
| Rulers of the Sea | Mrs. Ogilvie / Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mrs. O'Leary | 1939 |
| The Night of Nights | 1st Pencil Woman | 1939 |
| Day-Time Wife | Scrubwoman | 1939 |
| The Marshal of Mesa City | Mrs. Dudley | 1939 |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Woman | 1939 |
| Three Sons | Woman at Barn Fire | 1939 |
| The Escape | Neighbor | 1939 |
| Parents on Trial | Martha | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hudson | 1939 |
| She Married a Cop | Ma Duffy | 1939 |
| The Jones Family in Hollywood | Landlady | 1939 |
| Captain Fury | Mrs. Bailey | 1939 |
| Racketeers of the Range | Mary - Benson's Housekeeper | 1939 |
| Tell No Tales | Mrs. Bryant | 1939 |
| Code of the Streets | Mrs. Flaherty | 1939 |
| Broadway Serenade | Annie | 1939 |
| The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Hudson | 1939 |
| Tail Spin | Mrs. Lee | 1939 |
| Wings of the Navy | Irene's Housekeeper | 1939 |
| Off the Record | Mrs. Finnegan | 1939 |
| Thanks for Everything | Maggie, Irish Woman | 1938 |
| Angels with Dirty Faces | Mrs. Patrick McGee | 1938 |
| Vacation from Love | Maggie, the Cook | 1938 |
| Campus Confessions | Mrs. Twill | 1938 |
| Gateway | Scottish Mother | 1938 |
| City Streets | Mrs. Devlin | 1938 |
| Blond Cheat | Maggie - the Charwoman | 1938 |
| Kidnapped | Mrs. MacDonald | 1938 |
| Mannequin | Mrs. O'Rourke / Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) | 1938 |
| Friend Indeed | Housekeeper | 1937 |
| Lady Behave! | Cook | 1937 |
| You're Only Young Once | Mary's Mother | 1937 |
| A Damsel in Distress | Cook | 1937 |
| Double Wedding | Mrs. Keough | 1937 |
| Souls at Sea | Cook | 1937 |
| You Can't Have Everything | Y.W.C.A. Scrub Woman | 1937 |
| The Toast of New York | Mrs. Callahan - Charwoman | 1937 |
| Meet the Boy Friend | Mrs. Grimes | 1937 |
| One Man Justice | Bridget | 1937 |
| Married Before Breakfast | Mrs. Nevins | 1937 |
| The Man in Blue | Woman | 1937 |
| Pick a Star | Mrs. Watts - Undertaker's Wife | 1937 |
| That I May Live | Mrs. Healy | 1937 |
| Way Out West | Cook | 1937 |
| Racketeers in Exile | Irish Woman | 1937 |
| Her Husband Lies | Mrs. Jenks | 1937 |
| Nancy Steele Is Missing! | Mrs. Watson - Landlady | 1937 |
| The Great O'Malley | Mrs. O'Malley | 1937 |
| The Plough and the Stars | Woman at Barricades | 1936 |
| After the Thin Man | Rose | 1936 |
| The Plot Thickens | Woman with Bag | 1936 |
| Great Guy | Mrs. Ogilvie | 1936 |
| Stage Struck | Mrs. Cassidy | 1936 |
| Yellowstone | Mrs. McDougall | 1936 |
| Mary of Scotland | Nurse | 1936 |
| The White Angel | Nursing Applicant | 1936 |
| Little Miss Nobody | Mrs. Biddle | 1936 |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | Farmer's Wife on Way to Church | 1936 |
| Laughing Irish Eyes | Mrs. O'Keefe | 1936 |
| The Lady Consents | Apple Lady | 1936 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | Peddler | 1935 |
| Metropolitan | Mrs. Tolentino | 1935 |
| Waterfront Lady | Mrs. O'Flaherty | 1935 |
| Bonnie Scotland | Mrs. Bickerdike | 1935 |
| The Irish in Us | Ma O'Hara | 1935 |
| Ginger | Mrs. Monohan | 1935 |
| $10 Raise | Landlady | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Myrtle - Cleaning Lady | 1935 |
| The Bride of Frankenstein | Hans' Wife | 1935 |
| Vanessa, Her Love Story | Mrs. Leathwaite | 1935 |
| The Little Minister | Nanny | 1934 |
| Flirtation | Woman on a Window | 1934 |
| Our Daily Bread | Community Woman in Cottage | 1934 |
| Charlie Chan in London | Prison Visitor | 1934 |
| The Man from Hell | Mrs. Frank McCarrol | 1934 |
| One More River | Cook / Cook (Uncredited) | 1934 |
| I Give My Love | Marie | 1934 |
| The Defense Rests | Scrub Woman | 1934 |
| Whom the Gods Destroy | Newfoundlander | 1934 |
| Cross Streets | Sonny's Mother | 1934 |
| Baby, Take a Bow | Mrs. O'Brien / Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) | 1934 |
| The World Moves On | English Soldier's Mother | 1934 |
| A Man's Game | Landlady | 1934 |
| The Key | Dublin Townswoman | 1934 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life | Washerwoman | 1934 |
| The Loudspeaker | Landlady | 1934 |
| Change of Heart | Woman in Street | 1934 |
| Murder at the Vanities | Assistant Wardrobe Woman | 1934 |
| Manhattan Melodrama | Boat Passenger | 1934 |
| Voice in the Night | Woman on Phone in Montage | 1934 |
| The Woman Condemned | Crying Woman at Night Court | 1934 |
| Beloved | Mrs. O'Leary | 1934 |
| Design for Living | Theatre Chambermaid | 1933 |
| The World Changes | Lady at Party | 1933 |
| Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Cleaning Woman | 1933 |
| The Invisible Man | Screaming Woman | 1933 |
| Footlight Parade | Wardrobe Woman on Bus | 1933 |
| Meet the Baron | Washer Woman | 1933 |
| Her Splendid Folly | Mrs. Clancey | 1933 |
| The Power and the Glory | Nurse | 1933 |
| My Woman | Woman at Ironing Board / Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Brief Moment | Cook | 1933 |
| Doctor Bull | Townswoman at Meeting | 1933 |
| Pilgrimage | Mrs. MacGregor | 1933 |
| The Kiss Before the Mirror | Scrubwoman | 1933 |
| The Whirlwind | Mrs. Curtis | 1933 |
| Sweepings | Mrs. Patrick O'Leary / Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) | 1933 |
| Nature in the Wrong | Mrs. Clancy | 1933 |
| Men Must Fight | Pacifist Audience Member | 1933 |
| She Done Him Wrong | Cleaning Lady | 1933 |
| Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner in Visiting Room | 1933 |
| Laughter in Hell | Townswoman | 1933 |
| Call Her Savage | Lady in Tenement / Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) | 1932 |
| Wild Girl | Washerwoman | 1932 |
| Blonde Venus | Landlady | 1932 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Mrs. MacTavish | 1932 |
| 70, 000 Witnesses | Scrubwoman | 1932 |
| Beauty Parlor | Landlady | 1932 |
| Radio Patrol | Landlady | 1932 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Court Matron | 1932 |
| Scandal for Sale | Hotel Resident | 1932 |
| Devil's Lottery | Inquest Onlooker | 1932 |
| Dancers in the Dark | Scrubwoman / Cleaning Lady | 1932 |
| The Big Timer | 2nd Job Seeker | 1932 |
| The Expert | Neighbor | 1932 |
| The Impatient Maiden | Irish Neighbor | 1932 |
| Texas Cyclone | Katie / Kate | 1932 |
| A Fool's Advice | Woman at Rally | 1932 |
| Delicious | Dancer | 1931 |
| Ladies of the Big House | Inmate | 1931 |
| A House Divided | Townswoman | 1931 |
| Possessed | Woman at Political Rally | 1931 |
| 24 Hours | Nurse | 1931 |
| Waterloo Bridge | Distraught Woman on Stairway | 1931 |
| The Black Camel | Mrs. MacMasters | 1931 |
| Always Goodbye | Mrs. MacPherson, Moviegoer | 1931 |
| Subway Express | Mrs. Delaney | 1931 |
| Unfaithful | Bit | 1931 |
| Oh, for a Man! | Stage Door Admirer with Violets | 1930 |
| Anybody's Woman | Maid | 1930 |
| Let Us Be Gay | Mrs. McIntyre | 1930 |
| Song o' My Heart | Irish Woman | 1930 |
| Manslaughter | Cook | 1930 |
| Our Blushing Brides | Mrs. Mannix - Tenement Woman | 1930 |
| Roaring Ranch | Mrs. O'Riley | 1930 |
| When the Wind Blows | Chubby's Mother | 1930 |
| Seven Days Leave | Bit | 1930 |
| Dynamite | Neighbor at Store | 1929 |
| Hell's Heroes | Choir Member | 1929 |
| Sunny Side Up | Grocery Shopper | 1929 |
| The Saturday Night Kid | Reducing Customer | 1929 |
| Is Everybody Happy? | Neighbor | 1929 |
| Madame X | Nursemaid | 1929 |
| The Black Watch | Sandy's Wife | 1929 |
| The Sky Hawk | Mary- House Maid | 1929 |
| The Old Code | Mary MacGregr | 1928 |
| The Ol' Gray Hoss | 1928 | |
| Our Dancing Daughters | Scrubwoman | 1928 |
| Hangman's House | The Woman at Hogan's Hideout | 1928 |
| The Matinee Idol | Woman in Audience | 1928 |
| Little Mickey Grogan | Kind Landlady | 1927 |
| Clancy's Kosher Wedding | Molly Clancy | 1927 |
| The Claw | Bit | 1927 |
| Annie Laurie | First Midwife | 1927 |
| Naughty Nanette | Mrs. Rooney | 1927 |
| The Dixie Flyer | Mrs. Clancy | 1926 |
| One of the Bravest | Tenement Boy's Mother | 1926 |
| Black Paradise | Mrs. Murphy | 1926 |
| The People vs. Nancy Preston | Mrs. Tifft | 1925 |
| Lights of Old Broadway | Minor Role | 1925 |
| Tessie | Aunt Maggie | 1925 |
| The Home Maker | Mrs. Hennessy | 1925 |
| The Dome Doctor | Woman with Long Hair | 1925 |
