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