Mary Gordon
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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 bega...
Known For
Filmography
West of Wyoming
1950
as Nora Jones
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Mary O'Toole
Deputy Marshal
1949
as Mrs. Lance
Shamrock Hill
1949
as Grandma Rogan
Tucson
1949
as Housemother (uncredited)
Haunted Trails
1949
as Aunt Libby
Clues to Adventure
1949
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
1949
as Charwoman (uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Angels' Alley
1948
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
Fort Apache
1948
as Ma (barmaid)
Big Town Scandal
1948
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Highway 13
1948
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Nora
Kidnapped
1948
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
The Invisible Wall
1947
as Mrs. Bledsoe
Exposed
1947
as Housekeeper
The Long Night
1947
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Roses Are Red
1947
as Cleaning Lady
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Mrs. Hudson
Little Giant
1946
as Ma Miller
Shadows Over Chinatown
1946
as Mrs. Conover
The Dark Horse
1946
as Mrs. Mahoney
Sister Kenny
1946
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Sentimental Journey
1946
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Trina
In Fast Company
1946
as Mrs. Cassidy
The Body Snatcher
1945
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
The Woman in Green
1945
as Mrs. Hudson
Law of the Badlands
1945
Divorce
1945
as Ellen
Captain Eddie
1945
as Mrs. Westrom
Strange Confession
1945
as Mrs. O'Connor
See My Lawyer
1945
as Mrs. Fillmore
Kitty
1945
as Nanny
The Pearl of Death
1944
as Mrs. Hudson
Secret Command
1944
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
The Last Ride
1944
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
Follow the Leader
1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
1944
as Annie
Million Dollar Kid
1944
as Mrs. McGinnis
The Racket Man
1944
as Mom Benson
Secrets of Scotland Yard
1944
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Hollywood Canteen
1944
as Hostess (uncredited)
The Spider Woman
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Whispering Footsteps
1943
as Ma Murphy
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Mrs. Tinkle
Sarong Girl
1943
as Mattie
Smart Guy
1943
as Maggie
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
1943
as Mrs. Hudson
Here Comes Kelly
1943
as Mrs. Kelly
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Mrs. Banning
Sealed Lips
1942
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Maid (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
1942
as Mrs. Hudson
Fly By Night
1942
as Ma Prescott
Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Mrs. Stewart
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Mrs. Collins
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Bombay Clipper
1942
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb
1942
as Jane Banning
Powder Town
1942
as Mrs. Douglas
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
as Mrs. McIntyre
Dr. Broadway
1942
as Broadway Carrie
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942
as Mrs. Scott
It Started with Eve
1941
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Mom McCorkle
Double Cross
1941
as Mrs. Murray
Riot Squad
1941
as Mrs. McGonigle
Borrowed Hero
1941
as Mrs. Riley
Appointment for Love
1941
as Martha
Unfinished Business
1941
as Miss Brady
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Martha
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Mrs. Bates
The Invisible Man Returns
1940
as Cookie (uncredited)
When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Ma Dalton
Nobody's Children
1940
as Mary
Kitty Foyle
1940
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
I Take This Oath
1940
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
Brother Orchid
1940
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Go West
1940
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Saps at Sea
1940
as Mrs. O'Riley
My Son, My Son!
1940
as Mrs. Mulvaney
No, No, Nanette
1940
as Gertrude, the Cook
The Last Alarm
1940
as Mrs. Hadley
Young People
1940
as Old Woman (uncredited)
Women Without Names
1940
as Juror
Tear Gas Squad
1940
as Mrs. Sullivan
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Landlady
Queen of the Mob
1940
as Tenement Landlady
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
1939
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
1939
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1939
as Mrs. Hudson
The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Landlady (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
1939
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Irene's Housekeeper
Tail Spin
1939
as Mrs. Lee
Broadway Serenade
1939
as Annie (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Woman (uncredited)
Day-time Wife
1939
as Scrubwoman
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
as Mrs. Dudley
The Escape
1939
as Neighbor
Code of the Streets
1939
as Mrs. Flaherty
Racketeers of the Range
1939
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Captain Fury
1939
as Mrs. Bailey
Off the Record
1939
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Mrs. O'Leary
She Married a Cop
1939
as Ma Duffy
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
City Streets
1938
as Mrs. Devlin
Blond Cheat
1938
as Maggie (uncredited)
Kidnapped
1938
as Mrs. MacDonald
Gateway
1938
as Scottish Mother
Campus Confessions
1938
as Mrs. Twill
Mannequin
1938
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Double Wedding
1937
as Mrs. Keough
Friend Indeed
1937
as Housekeeper
Lady Behave!
1937
as Cook
Meet the Boy Friend
1937
as Mrs. Grimes
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
1937
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Her Husband Lies
1937
as Mrs. Jenks
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Mrs. O'Malley
A Damsel in Distress
1937
as Cook (uncredited)
One Man Justice
1937
as Bridget
Pick a Star
1937
as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
as Mrs. O'Keefe
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Biddle
Mary of Scotland
1936
as Nurse
Stage Struck
1936
as Mrs. Cassidy
The White Angel
1936
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Great Guy
1936
as Mrs. Ogilvie
The Plough and the Stars
1936
as Woman at Barricades
The Lady Consents
1936
as Apple Lady
The Plot Thickens
1936
as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
Share the Wealth
1936
as Ma MacClyde
After the Thin Man
1936
as Rose (uncredited)
Forgotten Faces
1936
as Mrs. O'Leary
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Hans' Wife
The Irish in Us
1935
as Ma O'Hara
$10 Raise
1935
as Landlady (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
1935
as Peddler (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Mrs. Bickerdike
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
as Mrs. Leathwaite
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
Ginger
1935
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The Little Minister
1934
as Nanny
The Woman Condemned
1934
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Cross Streets
1934
as Sonny's Mother
Change of Heart
1934
as Woman in Street (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in London
1934
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
The Defense Rests
1934
as Scrub Woman
The Man from Hell
1934
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
The Loudspeaker
1934
as Landlady
Murder at the Vanities
1934
as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
1934
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
One More River
1934
as Cook (Uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
1934
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
1934
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Beloved
1934
as Mrs. O'Leary
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Newfoundlander
The Whirlwind
1933
as Mrs. Curtis
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Nurse (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Mrs. Clancy
Sweepings
1933
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
1933
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
Men Must Fight
1933
as Pacifist Audience Member
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
as Cleaning Woman
Design for Living
1933
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
1933
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
1933
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
Pilgrimage
1933
Doctor Bull
1933
as Townswoman at Meeting
My Woman
1933
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
1933
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
1933
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The World Changes
1933
as Lady at Party (uncredited)
Radio Patrol
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Wild Girl
1932
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
Beauty Parlor
1932
as Landlady
Blonde Venus
1932
as Landlady (uncredited)
The Expert
1932
as Neighbor
Dancers in the Dark
1932
as Scrubwoman
Skyscraper Souls
1932
as Charwoman
Texas Cyclone
1932
as Kate
70,000 Witnesses
1932
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Call Her Savage
1932
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Court Matron (uncredited)
Subway Express
1931
as Mrs. Delaney
The Black Camel
1931
as Mrs. MacMasters
The Brat
1931
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
A House Divided
1931
as Townswoman (uncredited)
24 Hours
1931
as Nurse
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Possessed
1931
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
His Honor the Mayor
1930
as His Wife
The Ghosts
1930
as Chubby's Mama
When the Wind Blows
1930
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
Song o' My Heart
1930
as Irish Woman
Oh, for a Man!
1930
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Roaring Ranch
1930
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
1930
as Maid
Let Us Be Gay
1930
as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy?
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes
1929
as Choir Member (uncredited)
Madame X
1929
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
Dynamite
1929
as Neighbor at Store
The Ol' Gray Hoss
1928
as First taxi passenger
Hangman's House
1928
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
The Matinee Idol
1928
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
The Old Code
1928
as Mary MacGregor
Naughty Nanette
1927
as Mrs. Rooney
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
1927
as Molly Clancy
Little Mickey Grogan
1927
as Kind Landlady
Annie Laurie
1927
Black Paradise
1926
as Mrs. Murphy
The Home Maker
1925
as Mrs. Hennessy
Tessie
1925
as Aunt Maggie
The People vs. Nancy Preston
1925
as Mrs. Tifft