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