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.
Hans' Wife
Bride of Frankenstein
His Wife
His Honor the Mayor
Mrs. Hudson
The Spider Woman
Chubby's Mama
Las fantasmas
Landlady (uncredited)
Radio Patrol
Mrs. Hudson
Dressed to Kill
Mrs. Keough
Double Wedding
Mary McBride (uncredited)
The Body Snatcher
Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
Mrs. Curtis
The Whirlwind
Mrs. Hudson
The Pearl of Death
Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
Sealed Lips
Mrs. Hudson
The Woman in Green
Mrs. Delaney
Subway Express
Cookie (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns
Mrs. Bates
The Invisible Woman
Mrs. Rooney
Naughty Nanette
Ma Miller
Little Giant
Ma Murphy
Whispering Footsteps
Nanny
The Little Minister
Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
When the Wind Blows
Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
The Woman Condemned
Mrs. MacMasters
The Black Camel
Mrs. Conover
Shadows Over Chinatown
Mrs. Hudson
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Mrs. Bledsoe
The Invisible Wall
Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Mom McCorkle
Pot o' Gold
Law of the Badlands
Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Secret Command
Mrs. O'Keefe
Laughing Irish Eyes
Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
The Impatient Maiden
Nurse (uncredited)
The Power and the Glory
1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
Housekeeper
Exposed
Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
Angels' Alley
Mrs. Clancy
Nature in the Wrong
Ma Dalton
When the Daltons Rode
Mrs. Murray
Double Cross
Ellen
Divorce
Washerwoman (uncredited)
Wild Girl
Reducing customer (uncredited)
The Saturday Night Kid
Neighbor (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy?
Sonny's Mother
Cross Streets
Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Sweepings
Choir Member (uncredited)
Hell's Heroes
Maid (uncredited)
The Pride of the Yankees
Mrs. McGonigle
Riot Squad
Mrs. Mary Kelly
The Last Ride
Ma O'Hara
The Irish in Us
First taxi passenger
The Ol' Gray Hoss
Housekeeper
Friend Indeed
Mary
Nobody's Children
Cook
Lady Behave!
Landlady (uncredited)
$10 Raise
Mrs. Riley
Borrowed Hero
Mrs. Lance
Deputy Marshal
Mrs. Grimes
Meet the Boy Friend
Mrs. Biddle
Little Miss Nobody
Mrs. Tinkle
Two Tickets to London
Mrs. Hudson
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Martha
Appointment for Love
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
Ma (barmaid)
Fort Apache
Mattie
Sarong Girl
Landlady (uncredited)
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
The Brat
Maggie
Smart Guy
Mrs. Devlin
City Streets
Landlady
Beauty Parlor
Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
The Long Night
Pacifist Audience Member
Men Must Fight
Follow the Leader
Landlady (uncredited)
Blonde Venus
Grandma Rogan
Shamrock Hill
Nurse
Mary of Scotland
Mrs. Cassidy
Stage Struck
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Mrs. Hudson
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
You Can't Have Everything
Neighbor
The Expert
Mary's Mother (uncredited)
You're Only Young Once
Maggie (uncredited)
Blond Cheat
Woman in Street (uncredited)
Change of Heart
Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in London
Scrub Woman
The Defense Rests
Townswoman (uncredited)
A House Divided
Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
The White Angel
Mrs. Frank McCarrol
The Man from Hell
Annie
The Hour Before the Dawn
Irene's Housekeeper
Wings of the Navy
Mrs. Lee
Tail Spin
Annie (uncredited)
Broadway Serenade
Mrs. Jenks
Her Husband Lies
Woman (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Cleaning Woman
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Scrubwoman
Day-time Wife
Mrs. Dudley
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Neighbor
The Escape
Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Big Town Scandal
Mrs. MacDonald
Kidnapped
Mrs. Mahoney
The Dark Horse
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
Mrs. O'Malley
The Great O'Malley
Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out
Mrs. Kelly
Here Comes Kelly
Ma Prescott
Fly By Night
Mrs. Stewart
Meet the Stewarts
The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Hangman's House
Housemother (uncredited)
Tucson
Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
Design for Living
Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
Sentimental Journey
Mrs. Collins
It Happened in Flatbush
Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Blue, White, and Perfect
Mrs. Ogilvie
Great Guy
Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
I Take This Oath
Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Bombay Clipper
Aunt Myrt Lacy
Highway 13
Peddler (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty
Nurse
24 Hours
Train Passenger
Go West
Scrubwoman
Dancers in the Dark
Cleaning Lady
Roses Are Red
Woman at Barricades
The Plough and the Stars
Mrs. Bickerdike
Bonnie Scotland
Mrs. Westrom
Captain Eddie
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
The Matinee Idol
Landlady
The Loudspeaker
Mrs. Flaherty
Code of the Streets
Trina
The Hoodlum Saint
Mrs. Leathwaite
Vanessa: Her Love Story
Scottish Mother
Gateway
Mrs. O'Flaherty
Waterfront Lady
Mrs. O'Riley
Saps at Sea
Mrs. Mulvaney
My Son, My Son!
Gertrude, the Cook
No, No, Nanette
Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
Racketeers of the Range
Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
Mrs. Hadley
The Last Alarm
Old Woman
Young People
Apple Lady
The Lady Consents
Mrs. McGinnis
Million Dollar Kid
Juror
Women Without Names
Jane Banning
The Mummy's Tomb
Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
Murder at the Vanities
Screaming Woman (uncredited)
The Invisible Man
Nora
The Strange Mrs. Crane
Washer Woman (uncredited)
Meet the Baron
Charwoman
Skyscraper Souls
Pilgrimage
Woman with Bag
The Plot Thickens
Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Ginger
Mrs. Bailey
Captain Fury
Townswoman at Meeting
Doctor Bull
Mrs. Banning
Keep 'Em Slugging
Mom Benson
The Racket Man
Aunt Libby
Haunted Trails
Nora Jones
West of Wyoming
Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clues to Adventure
Kate
Texas Cyclone
Irish Woman
Song o' My Heart
Ma MacClyde
Share the Wealth
Nursemaid (uncredited)
Madame X
Mrs. Douglas
Powder Town
Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Oh, for a Man!
Miss Brady
Unfinished Business
Mrs. McIntyre
Half Way to Shanghai
Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Off the Record
Mrs. Sullivan
Tear Gas Squad
Landlady
Public Deb No. 1
Mrs. Twill
Campus Confessions
Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Roaring Ranch
Mrs. O'Connor
Strange Confession
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
70,000 Witnesses
Libby, the Housekeeper
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
Mrs. Hennessy
The Home Maker
Broadway Carrie
Dr. Broadway
Mrs. O'Leary
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Mrs. Fillmore
See My Lawyer
Ma Duffy
She Married a Cop
Martha
Flight from Destiny
Mrs. Cassidy
In Fast Company
Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
Hostess (uncredited)
Hollywood Canteen
Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Waterloo Bridge
Cook (Uncredited)
One More River
Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Rose (uncredited)
After the Thin Man
Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
My Woman
Nanny
Kitty
Maid
Anybody's Woman
Charwoman (Uncredited)
The File on Thelma Jordon
Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Our Daily Bread
Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
She Done Him Wrong
Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Mr. Soft Touch
Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Mannequin
Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Possessed
Mrs. Murphy
Black Paradise
Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
Call Her Savage
Cook (uncredited)
A Damsel in Distress
Mrs. O'Leary
Beloved
Scottish Woman (uncredited)
Kidnapped
Tenement Landlady
Queen of the Mob
Mrs. Scott
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
Scrubwoman (uncredited)
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Mrs. O'Leary
Forgotten Faces
Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
Newfoundlander
Whom the Gods Destroy
Neighbor at Store
Dynamite
Angels with Dirty Faces
Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay
Aunt Maggie
Tessie
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
219
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-05-16
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
Mary Grace Gordon