
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 Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913. She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films. Two of her three children by her first marriage in the first quarter of 1904 to Ernest J. Taylor, Ralph and Dorothy Brenda, known as Brenda, were also actors. The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business. Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce. She married her third husband, Wesley Wall, an American businessman, in 1935; the couple remained married until her death in 1974. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943, with one of her character references being Lucile Webster Gleason, actress and wife of actor James Gleason.

Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild

Lady Margaret Carstairs
Terror by Night

Mrs. Anna Pryor
Laddie

Mrs. Marvin
Almost Married

Miss Van Campen
A Farewell to Arms

Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
You Can't Take It with You

Mrs. Bel-Goodie
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Mrs. Vance
The Awful Truth

Mrs. Middleton
Bombshell

Mlle. Baptiseme
Les Misérables

(uncredited)
Roberta

Lady Diana Vane
She Was a Lady

Mrs. Steed
Captain Blood

Lady Conyngham
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Lady Catherine Trehearne
British Agent

Jo's Mother (uncredited)
Tender Comrade

Mrs. Ferguson
The Trespasser

Gertrude Bishop
Outside These Walls

Mrs. Cromwell
Sunny Side Up

Mrs. Ralston
Nothing But the Truth

Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
Rendezvous

Nun (uncredited)
Les Miserables

Mrs. Williams
Back Street

Lady Alice Crosby
The Thirteenth Chair

British Society Woman (uncredited)
Houseboat

Mrs. Gaynes
The Man Who Came Back

Mrs. Benson
East Is West

Aunt Martha Marshall
Always Goodbye

Kate Farley
You Can't Buy Everything

Lady on a Train

Mrs. Ingleside
Chances

Mrs. Randolph
The Sun Never Sets

Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
A Lost Lady

Lizzie
The Woman's Portion

Dame Dunne Hartley
Two Tickets to London

Mrs. Johnstone
Working Girls

Miss Colvin
Everybody Sing

Mrs. Hanson
Three Loves Has Nancy

Mrs. Stonewall
Outside of Paradise

Mrs. Anna Shenstone
Strictly Unconventional

Mrs. Hartwell
Blind Date

Mrs. Wadsworth
Blame It on Love

Lady Crail (uncredited)
Ivy

Mrs. Jameson
Risky Business

Mrs. Kelsey
Most Precious Thing in Life

Women Who Win

Mrs. Anna Pryor
Laddie

Mrs. Saunders
The Life of the Party

Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Two Heads on a Pillow

Mrs. Travis
Happiness Ahead

Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
The Devil to Pay!

Mrs. Gaynes
Hollywood Cavalcade

Mrs. Putnam
South of Suez

Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
The White Angel

The Duchess (uncredited)
Born to Love

Mrs. Torrent
Fast and Loose

Mrs. Withers
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls

Mrs. Kortchagin
We Live Again

Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
The Perfect Gentleman

Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Ninotchka

Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
Cavalcade

Margaret (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out

Mrs. Stark
Women of Glamour

Mrs. Lydia Benton
Another Dawn

Lady Heatherly
Shock

Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
All This, and Heaven Too

Lady Howard
The Silent Witness

Mrs. Forester
The Brat

Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
It Had to Be You

Grandmother
Florian

Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
Dangerous Blondes

Mrs. Langton
Klondike Fury

Mrs. MacMonachie
Wee Willie Winkie

Mrs. Dodacker
Wedding Present

Queen Mother Elena
Earl Carroll Vanities

Mrs. Halstead
Cigarette Girl

Mrs. Sedley
Vanity Fair

Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
I Stole a Million

Twin Beds

Lady Leslie Clayfair
The Great Impersonation

Lady Holloway
The Widow from Monte Carlo

Grace Dean (uncredited)
Stranded

Lady Agatha
The Picture of Dorian Gray

Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)

Mrs. Pettibone
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Lady Worthing
So This Is London

Mrs. Eshton
Jane Eyre

War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky

Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris

Second Court Lady
The Exile

Cast of Stage Play
Stage Door

Actress (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln

Princess Sorokina
Anna Karenina

Mrs. Barrington
I'll Remember April

Mrs. Stanley
Private Affairs

Ladu Wildering
Her Private Life

Aunt Martha
You Gotta Stay Happy

Vicar's Wife
This Above All

Concert Hall Patron
One Hundred Men and a Girl

Mrs. Stokes
Dizzy Dames

Lady Hilda (uncredited)
The Ice Follies of 1939

Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
Holiday

Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
Sadie McKee

Lady Julia Medwin
The Lady Clare

Nun (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Female
Birthday
1882-12-30
Place of Birth
Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Also Known As
Ethel Louise Young