Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Né le 16 mai 1882 à Glasgow, Scotland, UK, mort le 23 août 1963.

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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.

Far West (7.1) Hell's Heroes Film · 1929 dans le rôle de Choir Member (uncredited)
Fascination (6.9) Possessed Film · 1931 dans le rôle de Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Lady Lou (5.9) She Done Him Wrong Film · 1933 dans le rôle de Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Sweepings (5.8) Film · 1933 dans le rôle de Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Rythmes d'amour (5.7) Murder at the Vanities Film · 1934 dans le rôle de Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
The Brat (5.4) Film · 1931 dans le rôle de Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
Ginger (4.8) Film · 1935 dans le rôle de Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
My Woman (4.2) Film · 1933 dans le rôle de Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)