
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

Landlady (uncredited)
Blonde Venus

Follow the Leader

Grandma Rogan
Shamrock Hill

Nurse
Mary of Scotland

Mrs. Cassidy
Stage Struck

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
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

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

Washer Woman (uncredited)
Meet the Baron

Nora
The Strange Mrs. Crane

Charwoman
Skyscraper Souls

Pilgrimage

Woman with Bag (uncredited)
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

Molly Clancy
Clancy's Kosher Wedding

Mrs. Tifft
The People vs. Nancy Preston

Lady at Party (uncredited)
The World Changes

Court Matron (uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
223
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-05-16
Place of Birth
Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Also Known As
Mary Grace Gordon