Mary Gordon
Acting
1882-05-16 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
Filmography
The Cisco Kid
1950 · Series
West of Wyoming
1950 · Movie
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949 · Movie
Deputy Marshal
1949 · Movie
Haunted Trails
1949 · Movie
Mr. Soft Touch
1949 · Movie
Tucson
1949 · Movie
Clues to Adventure
1949 · Movie
Shamrock Hill
1949 · Movie
Highway 13
1948 · Movie
Kidnapped
1948 · Movie
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948 · Movie
Big Town Scandal
1948 · Movie
Fort Apache
1948 · Movie
Angels' Alley
1948 · Movie
The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Movie
Roses Are Red
1947 · Movie
The Invisible Wall
1947 · Movie
Exposed
1947 · Movie
The Long Night
1947 · Movie
Sister Kenny
1946 · Movie
The Dark Horse
1946 · Movie
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946 · Movie
In Fast Company
1946 · Movie
Dressed to Kill
1946 · Movie
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 · Movie
Sentimental Journey
1946 · Movie
Little Giant
1946 · Movie
Kitty
1945 · Movie
Strange Confession
1945 · Movie
Divorce
1945 · Movie
Captain Eddie
1945 · Movie
The Woman in Green
1945 · Movie
The Body Snatcher
1945 · Movie
Law of the Badlands
1945 · Movie
See My Lawyer
1945 · Movie
Hollywood Canteen
1944 · Movie
The Last Ride
1944 · Movie
The Pearl of Death
1944 · Movie
Secret Command
1944 · Movie
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944 · Movie
Follow the Leader
1944 · Movie
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944 · Movie
Million Dollar Kid
1944 · Movie
The Racket Man
1944 · Movie
Whispering Footsteps
1943 · Movie
Smart Guy
1943 · Movie
The Spider Woman
1943 · Movie
Here Comes Kelly
1943 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943 · Movie
Two Tickets to London
1943 · Movie
Sarong Girl
1943 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943 · Movie
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942 · Movie
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Movie
The Mummy's Tomb
1942 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942 · Movie
Half Way to Shanghai
1942 · Movie
The Pride of the Yankees
1942 · Movie
Powder Town
1942 · Movie
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 · Movie
Meet the Stewarts
1942 · Movie
Dr. Broadway
1942 · Movie
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 · Movie
Fly By Night
1942 · Movie
Bombay Clipper
1942 · Movie
Blue, White and Perfect
1942 · Movie
Sealed Lips
1942 · Movie
Riot Squad
1941 · Movie
Borrowed Hero
1941 · Movie
Appointment for Love
1941 · Movie
It Started with Eve
1941 · Movie
Unfinished Business
1941 · Movie
Double Cross
1941 · Movie
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Movie
Flight from Destiny
1941 · Movie
Kitty Foyle
1940 · Movie
The Invisible Woman
1940 · Movie
No, No, Nanette
1940 · Movie
Nobody's Children
1940 · Movie
Go West
1940 · Movie
Public Deb No. 1
1940 · Movie
Young People
1940 · Movie
When the Daltons Rode
1940 · Movie
Queen of the Mob
1940 · Movie
The Last Alarm
1940 · Movie
Brother Orchid
1940 · Movie
I Take This Oath
1940 · Movie
Tear Gas Squad
1940 · Movie
Saps at Sea
1940 · Movie
My Son, My Son!
1940 · Movie
Women Without Names
1940 · Movie
The Invisible Man Returns
1940 · Movie
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Movie
The Night of Nights
1939 · Movie
Day-time Wife
1939 · Movie
Rulers of the Sea
1939 · Movie
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939 · Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
The Escape
1939 · Movie
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939 · Movie
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939 · Movie
She Married a Cop
1939 · Movie
Tell No Tales
1939 · Movie
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939 · Movie
Captain Fury
1939 · Movie
Racketeers of the Range
1939 · Movie
Code of the Streets
1939 · Movie
Broadway Serenade
1939 · Movie
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939 · Movie
Tail Spin
1939 · Movie
Wings of the Navy
1939 · Movie
Off the Record
1939 · Movie
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938 · Movie
Campus Confessions
1938 · Movie
Gateway
1938 · Movie
City Streets
1938 · Movie
Blond Cheat
1938 · Movie
Kidnapped
1938 · Movie
Mannequin
1938 · Movie
Friend Indeed
1937 · Movie
Lady Behave!
1937 · Movie
You're Only Young Once
1937 · Movie
A Damsel in Distress
1937 · Movie
Double Wedding
1937 · Movie
You Can't Have Everything
1937 · Movie
Meet the Boy Friend
1937 · Movie
One Man Justice
1937 · Movie
Pick a Star
1937 · Movie
Her Husband Lies
1937 · Movie
The Great O'Malley
1937 · Movie
The Plough and the Stars
1936 · Movie
After the Thin Man
1936 · Movie
The Plot Thickens
1936 · Movie
Great Guy
1936 · Movie
Stage Struck
1936 · Movie
Mary of Scotland
1936 · Movie
The White Angel
1936 · Movie
Little Miss Nobody
1936 · Movie
Forgotten Faces
1936 · Movie
Share the Wealth
1936 · Movie
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936 · Movie
The Lady Consents
1936 · Movie
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935 · Movie
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Movie
Bonnie Scotland
1935 · Movie
The Irish in Us
1935 · Movie
Ginger
1935 · Movie
$10 Raise
1935 · Movie
Vagabond Lady
1935 · Movie
Bride of Frankenstein
1935 · Movie
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935 · Movie
The Little Minister
1934 · Movie
Our Daily Bread
1934 · Movie
Charlie Chan in London
1934 · Movie
The Man from Hell
1934 · Movie
One More River
1934 · Movie
The Defense Rests
1934 · Movie
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934 · Movie
Cross Streets
1934 · Movie
Baby Take a Bow
1934 · Movie
The Loudspeaker
1934 · Movie
Murder at the Vanities
1934 · Movie
Change of Heart
1934 · Movie
Manhattan Melodrama
1934 · Movie
The Woman Condemned
1934 · Movie
Beloved
1934 · Movie
Design for Living
1933 · Movie
The World Changes
1933 · Movie
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933 · Movie
The Invisible Man
1933 · Movie
Meet the Baron
1933 · Movie
The Power and the Glory
1933 · Movie
My Woman
1933 · Movie
Doctor Bull
1933 · Movie
Pilgrimage
1933 · Movie
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933 · Movie
Sweepings
1933 · Movie
The Whirlwind
1933 · Movie
Nature in the Wrong
1933 · Movie
Men Must Fight
1933 · Movie
She Done Him Wrong
1933 · Movie
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Movie
Call Her Savage
1932 · Movie
Wild Girl
1932 · Movie
Blonde Venus
1932 · Movie
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932 · Movie
70,000 Witnesses
1932 · Movie
Skyscraper Souls
1932 · Movie
Beauty Parlor
1932 · Movie
Radio Patrol
1932 · Movie
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · Movie
Dancers in the Dark
1932 · Movie
The Expert
1932 · Movie
The Impatient Maiden
1932 · Movie
Texas Cyclone
1932 · Movie
A House Divided
1931 · Movie
Possessed
1931 · Movie
24 Hours
1931 · Movie
Waterloo Bridge
1931 · Movie
The Brat
1931 · Movie
The Black Camel
1931 · Movie
Subway Express
1931 · Movie
Oh, for a Man!
1930 · Movie
Anybody's Woman
1930 · Movie
Let Us Be Gay
1930 · Movie
Roaring Ranch
1930 · Movie
When the Wind Blows
1930 · Movie
The Ghosts
1930 · Movie
His Honor the Mayor
1930 · Movie
Song o' My Heart
1930 · Movie
Hell's Heroes
1929 · Movie
Dynamite
1929 · Movie
The Saturday Night Kid
1929 · Movie
Is Everybody Happy?
1929 · Movie
Madame X
1929 · Movie
The Old Code
1928 · Movie
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928 · Movie
Hangman's House
1928 · Movie
The Matinee Idol
1928 · Movie
Little Mickey Grogan
1927 · Movie
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927 · Movie
Annie Laurie
1927 · Movie
Naughty Nanette
1927 · Movie
Black Paradise
1926 · Movie
The Home Maker
1925 · Movie
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925 · Movie
Tessie
1925 · Movie