Mary Forbes

Biography

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.

Known For

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

Personal Info

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