Sara Haden
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
Known For
Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Flora
The Shop Around the Corner
Matron
Woman of the Year
Miss Cecilia Landis
Love Crazy
Aunt Hattie
Above Suspicion
Marie
Mad Love
Milly Forrest
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit
Thousands Cheer
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Milly Forrest
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Mrs. Barry
Anne of Green Gables
Martha Winthrop
She-Wolf of London
Mildred Cassaway
The Bishop's Wife
Mrs.Katie Dingle
The Great Rupert
Miss Harrington
The White Parade
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Agatha Morgan
Captain January
Milly Forrest
Out West with the Hardys
Milly Forrest
Judge Hardy and Son
Head Guard Darcy
Betrayed Women
Laura Pitts
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Sister Lassie
The Youngest Profession
Mrs. Mason
First Lady
Lula May McManamee
A Lion Is in the Streets
Janet Griswald
Under Cover of Night
Milly Forrest
A Family Affair
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Aunt Millie Forrest
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
The Secretary
Hat, Coat and Glove
Mrs. Mary Cooper
The Big Cat
Aunt Letty
Barnacle Bill
Smitty
A Life of Her Own
Aunt Martha
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Miss Wilson
Remember?
Mrs. Cook
Wagons West
Cordelia Peabody
Way Down East
Mrs. Lewis
Little Miss Nobody
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Sophie Van Leyden
The Fountain
Milly Forrest
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Miss Barnes
Boom Town
Winnie Belle
The Life of Vergie Winters
Miss Coulter
Somewhere I'll Find You
Harriet Harringan
Washington Melodrama
Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Magnificent Obsession
Agatha Cartwright
Rodeo
Henrietta Hargraves
Half Angel
Collins
Poor Little Rich Girl
Ellie
Reunion
Milly Forrest
You're Only Young Once
Miss Brendon
Tell No Tales
Mrs. Foster
Keeping Company
Miss Fisher
Finishing School
Miss Bennett
Four Girls in White
Mrs. Jennie Nevins
Laughing at Trouble
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Affairs of a Gentleman
Etta Dawson
Spitfire
Alma Rhodes
Mr. Ace
Milly Forrest
The Hardys Ride High
Nora
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Miss Dill
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Miss Talbert
Best Foot Forward
Mrs. Bjornson
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Mrs. Merril
The Outlaw's Daughter
Miss Matthews
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Dr. Anna Burkhart
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Martha
Music in the Air
Tillie Lovejoy
Bad Bascomb
Mrs. Jackson
Rachel and the Stranger
'Sue' Merriweather
Hullabaloo
Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Broadway Rhythm
Clara Barton (uncredited)
Angel of Mercy
Policewoman
Think First
Rhoda Kitterick
Lost Angel
Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
The Affairs of Martha
Ma Wyatt
Roughshod
Clara Barton
Flag of Mercy
Helen Matthews
Strictly Personal
Anna
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Can This Be Dixie?
Susan Franklin
Everybody's Old Man
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
84
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-11-16
Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Also Known As
Catherine Haden