Bride of Frankenstein1935
As Hans' Wife
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mary Gordon
Born
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 (228)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
As Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Invisible Man1933
As Screaming Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Mutiny on the Bounty1935
As Peddler (uncredited)
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Fort Apache1948
As Ma (barmaid)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes1939
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon1942
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Bonnie Scotland1935
As Mrs. Bickerdike
TMDb 6.7 / 10
After the Thin Man1936
As Rose (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Maid (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Kitty Foyle1940
As Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Go West1940
As Train Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Body Snatcher1945
As Mary McBride (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dressed to Kill1946
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Invisible Man Returns1940
As Cookie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Manhattan Melodrama1934
As Boat Passenger (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The File on Thelma Jordon1949
As Charwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Angels with Dirty Faces1938
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Sherlock Holmes in Washington1943
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Pearl of Death1944
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Blonde Venus1932
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Saps at Sea1940
As Mrs. O'Riley
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Woman in Green1945
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Long Night1947
As Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Possessed1931
As Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Waterloo Bridge1931
As Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Hound of the Baskervilles1939
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Design for Living1933
As Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
My Son, My Son!1940
As Mrs. Mulvaney
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Mary of Scotland1936
As Nurse
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Gentleman Jim1942
As Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror1942
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Murder at the Vanities1934
As Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Wild Girl1932
As Washerwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Pack Up Your Troubles1932
As Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Invisible Woman1940
As Mrs. Bates
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Mummy's Tomb1942
As Jane Banning
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death1943
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Riot Squad1941
As Mrs. McGonigle
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Hollywood Canteen1944
As Hostess (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Young People1940
As Old Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Our Daily Bread1934
As Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Blond Cheat1938
As Maggie (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Rulers of the Sea1939
As Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The World Changes1933
As Lady at Party (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Spider Woman1943
As Mrs. Hudson
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Beauty Parlor1932
As Landlady
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Double Wedding1937
As Mrs. Keough
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sealed Lips1942
As Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Mr. Soft Touch1949
As Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
City Streets1938
As Mrs. Devlin
TMDb 6.0 / 10
My Woman1933
As Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Ladies They Talk About1933
As Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Queen of the Mob1940
As Tenement Landlady
TMDb 6.2 / 10
When the Daltons Rode1940
As Ma Dalton
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Wings of the Navy1939
As Irene's Housekeeper
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Double Cross1941
As Mrs. Murray
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Baby Take a Bow1934
As Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Charlie Chan in London1934
As Prison Visitor (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
You Can't Have Everything1937
As YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Matinee Idol1928
As Woman in Audience (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Little Giant1946
As Ma Miller
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Kitty1945
As Nanny
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Sister Kenny1946
As Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx1942
As Mrs. Scott
TMDb 5.2 / 10
A Damsel in Distress1937
As Cook (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Exposed1947
As Housekeeper
TMDb 6.2 / 10
She Done Him Wrong1933
As Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Dynamite1929
As Neighbor at Store
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Judge Steps Out1947
As Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
It Started with Eve1941
As Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Brother Orchid1940
As Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Whom the Gods Destroy1934
As Newfoundlander
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Loudspeaker1934
As Landlady
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Off the Record1939
As Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
I Take This Oath1940
As Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
TMDb 5.8 / 10
You're Only Young Once1937
As Mary's Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Great O'Malley1937
As Mrs. O'Malley
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Gateway1938
As Scottish Mother
TMDb 7.4 / 10
It Happened in Flatbush1942
As Mrs. Collins
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Public Deb No. 11940
As Landlady
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Pot o' Gold1941
As Mom McCorkle
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Cross Streets1934
As Sonny's Mother
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Black Camel1931
As Mrs. MacMasters
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mannequin1938
As Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Power and the Glory1933
As Nurse (uncredited)
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Call Her Savage1932
As Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Naughty Nanette1927
As Mrs. Rooney
TMDb 10.0 / 10
In Fast Company1946
As Mrs. Cassidy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Meet the Stewarts1942
As Mrs. Stewart
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Oh, for a Man!1930
As Stage Door Admirer with Violets
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Two Tickets to London1943
As Mrs. Tinkle
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Texas Cyclone1932
As Kate
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Vagabond Lady1935
As Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Great Guy1936
As Mrs. Ogilvie
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Plough and the Stars1936
As Woman at Barricades
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Irish in Us1935
As Ma O'Hara
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Let Us Be Gay1930
As Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
TMDb 4.1 / 10
Sentimental Journey1946
As Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Night of Nights1939
As 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Broadway Thru a Keyhole1933
As Cleaning Woman
TMDb 6.3 / 10
No, No, Nanette1940
As Gertrude, the Cook
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Defense Rests1934
As Scrub Woman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Marshal Of Mesa City1939
As Mrs. Dudley
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Her Husband Lies1937
As Mrs. Jenks
TMDb 7.0 / 10
A House Divided1931
As Townswoman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Woman Condemned1934
As Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
TMDb 4.6 / 10
Skyscraper Souls1932
As Charwoman
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Code of the Streets1939
As Mrs. Flaherty
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Tucson1949
As Housemother (uncredited)
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Man from Hell1934
As Mrs. Frank McCarrol
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Lady Consents1936
As Apple Lady
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blue, White and Perfect1942
As Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Captain Fury1939
As Mrs. Bailey
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Plot Thickens1936
As Woman with Bag (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Tell No Tales1939
As Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Little Minister1934
As Nanny
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Divorce1945
As Ellen
TMDb 6.0 / 10
She Married a Cop1939
As Ma Duffy
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Vanessa: Her Love Story1935
As Mrs. Leathwaite
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Dancers in the Dark1932
As Scrubwoman
TMDb 5.7 / 10
When the Wind Blows1930
As Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Sarong Girl1943
As Mattie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Tail Spin1939
As Mrs. Lee
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Half Way to Shanghai1942
As Mrs. McIntyre
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Kidnapped1938
As Mrs. MacDonald
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The White Angel1936
As Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Hour Before the Dawn1944
As Annie
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Anybody's Woman1930
As Maid
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Strange Mrs. Crane1948
As Nora
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President1939
As Mrs. O'Leary
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Broadway Serenade1939
As Annie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Shadows Over Chinatown1946
As Mrs. Conover
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Doctor Bull1933
As Townswoman at Meeting
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Pick a Star1937
As Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Jones Family in Hollywood1939
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Unfinished Business1941
As Miss Brady
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Tear Gas Squad1940
As Mrs. Sullivan
TMDb 5.3 / 10
One Man Justice1937
As Bridget
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Impatient Maiden1932
As Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Bombay Clipper1942
As Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Trial of Vivienne Ware1932
As Court Matron (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
24 Hours1931
As Nurse
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Appointment for Love1941
As Martha
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Dr. Broadway1942
As Broadway Carrie
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Saturday Night Kid1929
As Reducing customer (uncredited)
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Little Miss Nobody1936
As Mrs. Biddle
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Madame X1929
As Nursemaid (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The People vs. Nancy Preston1925
As Mrs. Tifft
TMDb 10.0 / 10
One More River1934
As Cook (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Meet the Boy Friend1937
As Mrs. Grimes
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Angels' Alley1948
As Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Nobody's Children1940
As Mary
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Kiss Before the Mirror1933
As Scrubwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
70,000 Witnesses1932
As Scrubwoman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Waterfront Lady1935
As Mrs. O'Flaherty
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Women Without Names1940
As Juror
TMDb 4.7 / 10
The Expert1932
As Neighbor
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Flight from Destiny1941
As Martha
TMDb 5.8 / 10
See My Lawyer1945
As Mrs. Fillmore
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Brat1931
As Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Racket Man1944
As Mom Benson
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Escape1939
As Neighbor
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Strange Confession1945
As Mrs. O'Connor
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Annie Laurie1927
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Hoodlum Saint1946
As Trina
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Change of Heart1934
As Woman in Street (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Radio Patrol1932
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Captain Eddie1945
As Mrs. Westrom
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Secrets of Scotland Yard1944
As Libby, the Housekeeper
TMDb 6.3 / 10
$10 Raise1935
As Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Sweepings1933
As Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Powder Town1942
As Mrs. Douglas
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Beloved1934
As Mrs. O'Leary
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Share the Wealth1936
As Ma MacClyde
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Men Must Fight1933
As Pacifist Audience Member
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Hangman's House1928
As The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Roses Are Red1947
As Cleaning Lady
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Secret Command1944
As Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Haunted Trails1949
As Aunt Libby
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Song o' My Heart1930
As Irish Woman
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Big Town Scandal1948
As Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Lady Behave!1937
As Cook
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed1939
As Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Keep 'Em Slugging1943
As Mrs. Banning
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Clancy's Kosher Wedding1927
As Molly Clancy
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Little Mickey Grogan1927
As Kind Landlady
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Shamrock Hill1949
As Grandma Rogan
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Kidnapped1948
As Scottish Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Ginger1935
As Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
TMDb 4.8 / 10
The Ol' Gray Hoss1928
As First taxi passenger
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Deputy Marshal1949
As Mrs. Lance
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Meet the Baron1933
As Washer Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Hell's Heroes1929
As Choir Member (uncredited)
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Follow the Leader1944
TMDb 3.8 / 10
The Invisible Wall1947
As Mrs. Bledsoe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Day-time Wife1939
As Scrubwoman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Whispering Footsteps1943
As Ma Murphy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Subway Express1931
As Mrs. Delaney
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Dark Horse1946
As Mrs. Mahoney
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Highway 131948
As Aunt Myrt Lacy
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Law of the Badlands1945
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Tessie
Tessie1925
As Aunt Maggie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Pilgrimage1933
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Friend Indeed1937
As Housekeeper
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Black Paradise1926
As Mrs. Murphy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
The Last Ride1944
As Mrs. Mary Kelly
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Stage Struck1936
As Mrs. Cassidy
TMDb 5.3 / 10
West of Wyoming1950
As Nora Jones
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Is Everybody Happy?1929
As Neighbor (uncredited)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Racketeers of the Range1939
As Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Million Dollar Kid1944
As Mrs. McGinnis
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Campus Confessions1938
As Mrs. Twill
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Forgotten Faces1936
As Mrs. O'Leary
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Smart Guy1943
As Maggie
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Laughing Irish Eyes1936
As Mrs. O'Keefe
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Roaring Ranch1930
As Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Home Maker1925
As Mrs. Hennessy
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Last Alarm1940
As Mrs. Hadley
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Borrowed Hero1941
As Mrs. Riley
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Old Code
The Old Code1928
As Mary MacGregor
Here Comes Kelly1943
As Mrs. Kelly
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Fly By Night1942
As Ma Prescott
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Nature in the Wrong1933
As Mrs. Clancy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Whirlwind1933
As Mrs. Curtis
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Clues to Adventure1949
As Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
His Honor the Mayor
His Honor the Mayor1930
As His Wife
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Ghosts
The Ghosts1930
As Chubby's Mama
Filmography and biography: TMDb