Mary Gordon
Acting
Born 1882-05-16
Died 1963-08-23
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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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.
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Filmography
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The Cisco Kid
Bride of Frankenstein
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Invisible Man
Fort Apache
Angels with Dirty Faces
Mutiny on the Bounty
Bonnie Scotland
Go West
Possessed
Mary of Scotland
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sealed Lips
Kitty Foyle
Beauty Parlor
The Pearl of Death
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dressed to Kill
The Pride of the Yankees
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
The Invisible Man Returns
The Woman in Green
After the Thin Man
The Long Night
Blonde Venus
Manhattan Melodrama
Saps at Sea
The Body Snatcher
Appointment for Love
Young People
The File on Thelma Jordon
The Spider Woman
Gentleman Jim
Waterloo Bridge
Sister Kenny
Tucson
You Can't Have Everything
She Done Him Wrong
Our Daily Bread
Pack Up Your Troubles
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Design for Living
Call Her Savage
Ladies They Talk About
Riot Squad
Dr. Broadway
The Plough and the Stars
Pot o' Gold
Brother Orchid
Double Cross
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
My Woman
Mr. Soft Touch
No, No, Nanette
The Invisible Woman
Wild Girl
Sentimental Journey
The Lady Consents
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Hollywood Canteen
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