Birthday
1882/05/16
Day of death
1963/08/23 (81 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also know as
Mary Grace Gordon
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...Read more
(1935) Bride of Frankenstein
as Hans' Wife
(1930) His Honor the Mayor
as His Wife
(1943) The Spider Woman
as Mrs. Hudson
(1930) The Ghosts
as Chubby's Mama
(1932) Radio Patrol
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1946) Dressed to Kill
as Mrs. Hudson
(1937) Double Wedding
as Mrs. Keough
(1945) The Body Snatcher
as Mary McBride (uncredited)
(1941) It Started with Eve
as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
(1933) The Whirlwind
as Mrs. Curtis
(1944) The Pearl of Death
as Mrs. Hudson
(1942) Sealed Lips
as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
(1945) The Woman in Green
as Mrs. Hudson
(1931) Subway Express
as Mrs. Delaney
(1940) The Invisible Man Returns
as Cookie (uncredited)
(1940) The Invisible Woman
as Mrs. Bates
(1927) Naughty Nanette
as Mrs. Rooney
(1946) Little Giant
as Ma Miller
(1943) Whispering Footsteps
as Ma Murphy
(1934) The Little Minister
as Nanny
(1930) When the Wind Blows
as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
(1934) The Woman Condemned
as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
(1931) The Black Camel
as Mrs. MacMasters
(1946) Shadows Over Chinatown
as Mrs. Conover
(1939) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs. Hudson
(1947) The Invisible Wall
as Mrs. Bledsoe
(1939) The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
(1941) Pot o' Gold
as Mom McCorkle
(1945) Law of the Badlands
as ---
(1944) Secret Command
as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
(1936) Laughing Irish Eyes
as Mrs. O'Keefe
(1932) The Impatient Maiden
as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
(1933) The Power and the Glory
as Nurse (uncredited)
(1939) The Night of Nights
as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
(1947) Exposed
as Housekeeper
(1948) Angels' Alley
as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
(1933) Nature in the Wrong
as Mrs. Clancy
(1940) When the Daltons Rode
as Ma Dalton
(1941) Double Cross
as Mrs. Murray
(1945) Divorce
as Ellen
(1932) Wild Girl
as Washerwoman (uncredited)
(1929) The Saturday Night Kid
as Reducing customer (uncredited)
(1929) Is Everybody Happy?
as Neighbor (uncredited)
(1934) Cross Streets
as Sonny's Mother
(1933) Sweepings
as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
(1929) Hell's Heroes
as Choir Member (uncredited)
(1942) The Pride of the Yankees
as Maid (uncredited)
(1941) Riot Squad
as Mrs. McGonigle
(1944) The Last Ride
as Mrs. Mary Kelly
(1935) The Irish in Us
as Ma O'Hara
(1928) The Ol' Gray Hoss
as First taxi passenger
(1937) Friend Indeed
as Housekeeper
(1940) Nobody's Children
as Mary
(1937) Lady Behave!
as Cook
(1935) $10 Raise
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1941) Borrowed Hero
as Mrs. Riley
(1949) Deputy Marshal
as Mrs. Lance
(1937) Meet the Boy Friend
as Mrs. Grimes
(1936) Little Miss Nobody
as Mrs. Biddle
(1943) Two Tickets to London
as Mrs. Tinkle
(1939) The Hound of the Baskervilles
as Mrs. Hudson
(1941) Appointment for Love
as Martha
(1940) Kitty Foyle
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
(1948) Fort Apache
as Ma (barmaid)
(1943) Sarong Girl
as Mattie
(1939) The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1931) The Brat
as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
(1943) Smart Guy
as Maggie
(1938) City Streets
as Mrs. Devlin
(1932) Beauty Parlor
as Landlady
(1933) Ladies They Talk About
as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
(1947) The Long Night
as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
(1933) Men Must Fight
as Pacifist Audience Member
(1944) Follow the Leader
as ---
(1932) Blonde Venus
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1949) Shamrock Hill
as Grandma Rogan
(1936) Mary of Scotland
as Nurse
(1936) Stage Struck
as Mrs. Cassidy
(1943) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
as Mrs. Hudson
(1943) Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Hudson
(1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
as Mrs. Hudson
(1942) Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
as Mrs. Hudson
(1937) You Can't Have Everything
as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
(1932) The Expert
as Neighbor
(1937) You're Only Young Once
as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
(1938) Blond Cheat
as Maggie (uncredited)
(1934) Change of Heart
as Woman in Street
(1939) Tell No Tales
as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
(1934) Charlie Chan in London
as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
(1934) The Defense Rests
as Scrub Woman
(1931) A House Divided
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1936) The White Angel
as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
(1934) The Man from Hell
as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
(1944) The Hour Before the Dawn
as Annie
(1939) Wings of the Navy
as Irene's Housekeeper
(1939) Tail Spin
as Mrs. Lee
(1939) Broadway Serenade
as Annie (uncredited)
(1937) Her Husband Lies
as Mrs. Jenks
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Woman (uncredited)
(1933) Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Cleaning Woman
(1939) Day-time Wife
as Scrubwoman
(1939) The Marshal Of Mesa City
as Mrs. Dudley
(1939) The Escape
as Neighbor
(1948) Big Town Scandal
as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
(1938) Kidnapped
as Mrs. MacDonald
(1946) The Dark Horse
as Mrs. Mahoney
(1946) Sister Kenny
as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
(1937) The Great O'Malley
as Mrs. O'Malley
(1947) The Judge Steps Out
as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
(1943) Here Comes Kelly
as Mrs. Kelly
(1942) Fly By Night
as Ma Prescott
(1942) Meet the Stewarts
as Mrs. Stewart
(1928) Hangman's House
as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
(1949) Tucson
as Housemother (uncredited)
(1933) Design for Living
as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
(1946) Sentimental Journey
as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
(1942) It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Collins
(1942) Blue, White, and Perfect
as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
(1936) Great Guy
as Mrs. Ogilvie
(1940) I Take This Oath
as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
(1940) Brother Orchid
as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
(1942) Bombay Clipper
as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
(1948) Highway 13
as Aunt Myrt Lacy
(1935) Mutiny on the Bounty
as Peddler (uncredited)
(1931) 24 Hours
as Nurse
(1940) Go West
as Train Passenger
(1932) Dancers in the Dark
as Scrubwoman
(1947) Roses Are Red
as Cleaning Lady
(1936) The Plough and the Stars
as Woman at Barricades
(1935) Bonnie Scotland
as Mrs. Bickerdike
(1945) Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Westrom
(1928) The Matinee Idol
as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
(1934) The Loudspeaker
as Landlady
(1939) Code of the Streets
as Mrs. Flaherty
(1946) The Hoodlum Saint
as Trina
(1935) Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Mrs. Leathwaite
(1938) Gateway
as Scottish Mother
(1935) Waterfront Lady
as Mrs. O'Flaherty
(1940) Saps at Sea
as Mrs. O'Riley
(1940) My Son, My Son!
as Mrs. Mulvaney
(1940) No, No, Nanette
as Gertrude, the Cook
(1939) Racketeers of the Range
as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
(1942) Gentleman Jim
as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
(1940) The Last Alarm
as Mrs. Hadley
(1940) Young People
as Old Woman
(1936) The Lady Consents
as Apple Lady
(1944) Million Dollar Kid
as Mrs. McGinnis
(1940) Women Without Names
as Juror
(1942) The Mummy's Tomb
as Jane Banning
(1934) Murder at the Vanities
as ---
(1933) The Invisible Man
as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
(1948) The Strange Mrs. Crane
as Nora
(1933) Meet the Baron
as Washer Woman (uncredited)
(1932) Skyscraper Souls
as Charwoman
(1933) Pilgrimage
as ---
(1936) The Plot Thickens
as Woman with Bag
(1935) Ginger
as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
(1939) Captain Fury
as Mrs. Bailey
(1933) Doctor Bull
as Townswoman at Meeting
(1943) Keep 'Em Slugging
as Mrs. Banning
(1944) The Racket Man
as Mom Benson
(1949) Haunted Trails
as Aunt Libby
(1950) West of Wyoming
as Nora Jones
(1949) Clues to Adventure
as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1932) Texas Cyclone
as Kate
(1930) Song o' My Heart
as Irish Woman
(1936) Share the Wealth
as Ma MacClyde
(1929) Madame X
as Nursemaid (uncredited)
(1942) Powder Town
as Mrs. Douglas
(1930) Oh, for a Man!
as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
(1941) Unfinished Business
as Miss Brady
(1942) Half Way to Shanghai
as Mrs. McIntyre
(1939) Off the Record
as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
(1940) Tear Gas Squad
as Mrs. Sullivan
(1940) Public Deb No. 1
as Landlady
(1938) Campus Confessions
as Mrs. Twill
(1930) Roaring Ranch
as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
(1945) Strange Confession
as Mrs. O'Connor
(1932) 70,000 Witnesses
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1944) Secrets of Scotland Yard
as Libby, the Housekeeper
(1932) Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
(1925) The Home Maker
as Mrs. Hennessy
(1942) Dr. Broadway
as Broadway Carrie
(1939) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1945) See My Lawyer
as Mrs. Fillmore
(1939) She Married a Cop
as Ma Duffy
(1941) Flight from Destiny
as Martha
(1946) In Fast Company
as Mrs. Cassidy
(1934) Baby Take a Bow
as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
(1939) Rulers of the Sea
as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
(1944) Hollywood Canteen
as Hostess (uncredited)
(1931) Waterloo Bridge
as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
(1934) One More River
as Cook (Uncredited)
(1934) Manhattan Melodrama
as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
(1936) After the Thin Man
as Rose (uncredited)
(1933) My Woman
as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
(1945) Kitty
as Nanny
(1930) Anybody's Woman
as Maid
(1949) The File on Thelma Jordon
as Charwoman (Uncredited)
(1934) Our Daily Bread
as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
(1933) She Done Him Wrong
as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
(1949) Mr. Soft Touch
as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
(1938) Mannequin
as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
(1931) Possessed
as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
(1926) Black Paradise
as Mrs. Murphy
(1932) Call Her Savage
as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
(1937) A Damsel in Distress
as Cook (uncredited)
(1934) Beloved
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1948) Kidnapped
as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
(1940) Queen of the Mob
as Tenement Landlady
(1942) The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Mrs. Scott
(1933) The Kiss Before the Mirror
as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1936) Forgotten Faces
as Mrs. O'Leary
(1935) Vagabond Lady
as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
(1934) Whom the Gods Destroy
as Newfoundlander
(1950) The Cisco Kid
as Mary O'Toole