Birthday
1882/12/30
Day of death
1974/07/22 (91 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Also know as
Ethel Louise Young
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Forbes (1 January 1883 – 22 July 1974), born Ethel Louise Young, was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died. She appeared in more than 130 films between 1919 and 1958. Forbes was born in Hornsey, England. She made her first public appearance on the concert platform giving recitals. Her acting debut was in 1908 on the London stage at Aldwych Theatre. Her American stage debut came in Romance at M...Read more
(1936) Theodora Goes Wild
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
(1946) Terror by Night
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
(1935) Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
(1942) Almost Married
as Mrs. Marvin
(1932) A Farewell to Arms
as Miss Van Campen
(1938) You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
(1939) You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
(1937) The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Vance
(1933) Bombshell
as Mrs. Middleton
(1935) Les Misérables
as Mlle. Baptiseme
(1935) Roberta
as ---
(1934) She Was a Lady
as Lady Diana Vane
(1935) Captain Blood
as Mrs. Steed
(1939) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Conyngham
(1934) British Agent
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
(1944) Tender Comrade
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
(1929) The Trespasser
as Mrs. Ferguson
(1939) Outside These Walls
as Gertrude Bishop
(1929) Sunny Side Up
as Mrs. Cromwell
(1941) Nothing But the Truth
as Mrs. Ralston
(1935) Rendezvous
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
(1952) Les Miserables
as Nun (uncredited)
(1941) Back Street
as Mrs. Williams
(1929) The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alice Crosby
(1958) Houseboat
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
(1931) The Man Who Came Back
as Mrs. Gaynes
(1930) East Is West
as Mrs. Benson
(1938) Always Goodbye
as Aunt Martha Marshall
(1934) You Can't Buy Everything
as Kate Farley
(1945) Lady on a Train
as ---
(1931) Chances
as Mrs. Ingleside
(1939) The Sun Never Sets
as Mrs. Randolph
(1934) A Lost Lady
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
(1918) The Woman's Portion
as Lizzie
(1943) Two Tickets to London
as Dame Dunne Hartley
(1931) Working Girls
as Mrs. Johnstone
(1938) Everybody Sing
as Miss Colvin
(1938) Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Hanson
(1938) Outside of Paradise
as Mrs. Stonewall
(1930) Strictly Unconventional
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
(1934) Blind Date
as Mrs. Hartwell
(1940) Blame It on Love
as Mrs. Wadsworth
(1947) Ivy
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
(1939) Risky Business
as Mrs. Jameson
(1934) Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. Kelsey
(1919) Women Who Win
as ---
(1940) Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
(1937) The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Saunders
(1934) Two Heads on a Pillow
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
(1934) Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Travis
(1930) The Devil to Pay!
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
(1939) Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mrs. Gaynes
(1940) South of Suez
as Mrs. Putnam
(1936) The White Angel
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
(1931) Born to Love
as The Duchess (uncredited)
(1939) Fast and Loose
as Mrs. Torrent
(1939) Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Mrs. Withers
(1939) These Glamour Girls
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
(1934) We Live Again
as Mrs. Kortchagin
(1935) The Perfect Gentleman
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
(1939) Ninotchka
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
(1933) Cavalcade
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
(1947) The Judge Steps Out
as Margaret (uncredited)
(1937) Women of Glamour
as Mrs. Stark
(1937) Another Dawn
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
(1934) Shock
as Lady Heatherly
(1940) All This, and Heaven Too
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
(1932) The Silent Witness
as Lady Howard
(1931) The Brat
as Mrs. Forester
(1947) It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
(1940) Florian
as Grandmother
(1943) Dangerous Blondes
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
(1942) Klondike Fury
as Mrs. Langton
(1937) Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. MacMonachie
(1936) Wedding Present
as Mrs. Dodacker
(1945) Earl Carroll Vanities
as Queen Mother Elena
(1947) Cigarette Girl
as Mrs. Halstead
(1932) Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
(1939) I Stole a Million
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
(1942) Twin Beds
as ---
(1942) The Great Impersonation
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
(1935) The Widow from Monte Carlo
as Lady Holloway
(1935) Stranded
as Grace Dean (uncredited)
(1945) The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Agatha
(1938) What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
(1943) Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Pettibone
(1930) So This Is London
as Lady Worthing
(1943) Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Eshton
(1943) Mr. Lucky
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
(1938) The Rage of Paris
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
(1947) The Exile
as Second Court Lady
(1937) Stage Door
as Cast of Stage Play
(1930) Abraham Lincoln
as Actress (uncredited)
(1935) Anna Karenina
as ---
(1945) I'll Remember April
as Mrs. Barrington
(1940) Private Affairs
as Mrs. Stanley
(1929) Her Private Life
as Ladu Wildering
(1948) You Gotta Stay Happy
as Aunt Martha
(1942) This Above All
as Vicar's Wife
(1937) One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Concert Hall Patron
(1935) Dizzy Dames
as Mrs. Stokes
(1939) The Ice Follies of 1939
as Lady Hilda
(1930) Holiday
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
(1934) Sadie McKee
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
(1919) The Lady Clare
as Lady Julia Medwin
(1948) The Black Arrow
as Nun (uncredited)
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
(1957) Suspicion
as Mrs. Merton