Mary Gordon
Acting
🎂 1882-05-16
From 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.
Cast credits(220)
Mary O'Toole
1950
Mrs. Hudson
1942
Peddler (uncredited)
1935
Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
1944
Ma (barmaid)
1948
Scottish Mother
1938
Woman (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. McIntyre
1942
Hans' Wife
1935
Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
1942
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
1933
Mrs. O'Leary
1936
Mrs. O'Connor
1945
Mrs. Stewart
1942
Mrs. Hudson
1939
Maid (uncredited)
1942
Trina
1946
Hostess (uncredited)
1944
Charwoman
1932
Mrs. Hudson
1946
Irene's Housekeeper
1939
Washer Woman (uncredited)
1933
Mrs. Hudson
1945
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
1934
Landlady
1940
Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
1940
Juror
1940
Mrs. Hudson
1942
Mrs. Hudson
1943
Nanny
1945
Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
1933
Martha
1941
1945
Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
1938
Housemother (uncredited)
1949
Aunt Myrt Lacy
1948
Cook
1937
Woman at Barricades
1936
Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
1940
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Mrs. Bates
1940
Ma Miller
1946
Mrs. Cassidy
1936
Cookie (uncredited)
1940
Mrs. Hudson
1943
Mrs. O'Leary
1939
Mrs. Fillmore
1945
Mrs. Mahoney
1946
Mrs. Hudson
1944
Mrs. O'Malley
1937
Jane Banning
1942
Charwoman (Uncredited)
1949
Nurse
1936
Broadway Carrie
1942
Mrs. Lance
1949
Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
1933
Nora
1948
Mrs. Hudson
1939
Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
1949
Mrs. Hudson
1943
Annie (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Tinkle
1943
Mrs. Ogilvie
1936
1938
Scrub Woman
1934
Scrubwoman
1932
Mary McBride (uncredited)
1945
Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
1939
Nanny
1934
Miss Brady
1941
Nursemaid (uncredited)
1929
Grandma Rogan
1949
Washerwoman (uncredited)
1932
Annie
1944
Mrs. O'Riley
1940
Mrs. O'Leary
1934
Mom McCorkle
1941
Mrs. Kelly
1943
Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
1947
Mrs. Leathwaite
1935
Mrs. Delaney
1931
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
1946
Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
1941
Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
1947
Mrs. Westrom
1945
Old Woman
1940
Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
1932
Mrs. Keough
1937
Ma O'Hara
1935
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1933
Ma Murphy
1943
Mrs. Conover
1946
Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
1936
Mrs. Lee
1939
Cleaning Lady
1947
Mrs. Curtis
1933
Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
1942
Landlady (uncredited)
1932
Mrs. McGinnis
1944
Mrs. Douglas
1942
Apple Lady
1936
Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
1942
Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
1939
Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
1946
Mrs. Flaherty
1939
Housekeeper
1947
Mrs. Bickerdike
1935
Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
1948
Tenement Landlady
1940
Chubby's Mama
1930
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
1928
Ma Dalton
1940
Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
1932
Kate
1932
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
1937
Mrs. Murphy
1926
Mrs. Devlin
1938
Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
1934
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
1935
Mrs. MacMasters
1931
Woman with Bag
1936
Rose (uncredited)
1936
Martha
1941
Scottish Woman (uncredited)
1948
Gertrude, the Cook
1940
Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
1931
Neighbor
1939
Mom Benson
1944
Nurse
1931
1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. Sullivan
1940
Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. MacDonald
1938
Mrs. Dudley
1939
Landlady (uncredited)
1932
Neighbor at Store
1929
Mrs. Bailey
1939
Pacifist Audience Member
1933
Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
1934
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1932
Train Passenger
1940
Ma Duffy
1939
Mrs. Frank McCarrol
1934
Mrs. Scott
1942
Landlady (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. O'Keefe
1936
Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
1933
Mrs. Hadley
1940
Ellen
1945
Mrs. Collins
1942
Landlady
1932
Irish Woman
1930
Mrs. O'Flaherty
1935
Mrs. Bledsoe
1947
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
1940
Mrs. Grimes
1937
Scrubwoman
1939
Mrs. Cassidy
1946
Mrs. McGonigle
1941
Woman in Street (uncredited)
1934
Choir Member (uncredited)
1929
Mrs. Banning
1943
Ma Prescott
1942
Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
1931
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
1934
Cook (uncredited)
1937
YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
1937
Aunt Maggie
1925
Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
1948
Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
1933
Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
1930
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1933
Townswoman (uncredited)
1931
Reducing customer (uncredited)
1929
Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
1934
Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
1930
1933
Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
1931
Mrs. Biddle
1936
Landlady
1934
Mrs. Twill
1938
Maggie
1943
Townswoman at Meeting
1933
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
1928
Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
1932
Cleaning Woman
1933
Libby, the Housekeeper
1944
Landlady (uncredited)
1935
Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
1935
Mrs. Riley
1941
Ma MacClyde
1936
Housekeeper
1937
Sonny's Mother
1934
1944
Mrs. Mulvaney
1940
Neighbor
1932
Nora Jones
1950
Stage Door Admirer with Violets
1930
Nurse (uncredited)
1933
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
1939
Maggie (uncredited)
1938
Mary
1940
Maid
1930
Mrs. Jenks
1937
Mrs. Murray
1941
Mattie
1943
Cook (Uncredited)
1934
Mrs. Hennessy
1925
Mrs. Mary Kelly
1944
Aunt Libby
1949
His Wife
1930
Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
1939
Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
1930
Newfoundlander
1934
Mrs. Rooney
1927
First taxi passenger
1928
Neighbor (uncredited)
1929
Mrs. Clancy
1933