1882-05-16 Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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.
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West of Wyoming | Nora Jones | 1950-02-19 |
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Deputy Marshal | Mrs. Lance | 1949-10-28 |
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Shamrock Hill | Grandma Rogan | 1949-02-01 |
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The File on Thelma Jordon | Charwoman (uncredited) | 1949-11-04 |
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Mr. Soft Touch | Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited) | 1949-07-28 |
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Haunted Trails | Aunt Libby | 1949-08-21 |
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Tucson | Housemother (uncredited) | 1949-04-27 |
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Clues to Adventure | Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1949-04-11 |
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Angels' Alley | Mrs. Mamie Mahoney | 1948-03-07 |
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Big Town Scandal | Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited) | 1948-05-27 |
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Fort Apache | Ma (barmaid) | 1948-05-21 |
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Kidnapped | Scottish Woman (uncredited) | 1948-11-28 |
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Highway 13 | Aunt Myrt Lacy | 1948-12-28 |
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The Strange Mrs. Crane | Nora | 1948-10-07 |
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The Judge Steps Out | Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
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The Invisible Wall | Mrs. Bledsoe | 1947-10-15 |
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The Long Night | Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited) | 1947-05-28 |
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Exposed | Housekeeper | 1947-09-08 |
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Roses Are Red | Cleaning Lady | 1947-11-10 |
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Dressed to Kill | Mrs. Hudson | 1946-05-24 |
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The Hoodlum Saint | Trina | 1946-04-04 |
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Sentimental Journey | Agnes, the Cook (uncredited) | 1946-03-06 |
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Little Giant | Ma Miller | 1946-02-22 |
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Shadows Over Chinatown | Mrs. Conover | 1946-06-27 |
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Sister Kenny | Mrs. Gordon (uncredited) | 1946-10-10 |
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The Dark Horse | Mrs. Mahoney | 1946-07-19 |
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In Fast Company | Mrs. Cassidy | 1946-06-22 |
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Divorce | Ellen | 1945-08-18 |
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Strange Confession | Mrs. O'Connor | 1945-10-05 |
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See My Lawyer | Mrs. Fillmore | 1945-03-09 |
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Kitty | Nanny | 1945-10-16 |
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The Body Snatcher | Mary McBride (uncredited) | 1945-05-25 |
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Captain Eddie | Mrs. Westrom | 1945-06-18 |
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Law of the Badlands | 1945-04-14 | |
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The Woman in Green | Mrs. Hudson | 1945-06-15 |
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The Racket Man | Mom Benson | 1944-01-18 |
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The Hour Before the Dawn | Annie | 1944-05-10 |
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Secrets of Scotland Yard | Libby, the Housekeeper | 1944-07-26 |
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Million Dollar Kid | Mrs. McGinnis | 1944-02-28 |
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Follow the Leader | 1944-06-03 | |
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The Last Ride | Mrs. Mary Kelly | 1944-10-07 |
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Secret Command | Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited) | 1944-07-30 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Hostess (uncredited) | 1944-12-15 |
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The Pearl of Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1944-08-01 |
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Smart Guy | Maggie | 1943-12-17 |
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Two Tickets to London | Mrs. Tinkle | 1943-06-14 |
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Sarong Girl | Mattie | 1943-06-11 |
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Keep 'Em Slugging | Mrs. Banning | 1943-03-01 |
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Whispering Footsteps | Ma Murphy | 1943-12-30 |
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The Spider Woman | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-12-10 |
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-03-24 |
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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death | Mrs. Hudson | 1943-09-17 |
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Here Comes Kelly | Mrs. Kelly | 1943-09-19 |
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The Pride of the Yankees | Maid (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
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Dr. Broadway | Broadway Carrie | 1942-05-09 |
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Meet the Stewarts | Mrs. Stewart | 1942-05-28 |
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Blue, White and Perfect | Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited) | 1942-01-06 |
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Powder Town | Mrs. Douglas | 1942-06-07 |
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Sealed Lips | Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother) | 1942-01-02 |
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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Mrs. Scott | 1942-03-27 |
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Gentleman Jim | Mrs. Casey (uncredited) | 1942-11-14 |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror | Mrs. Hudson | 1942-09-18 |
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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon | Mrs. Hudson | 1942-12-25 |
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Fly By Night | Ma Prescott | 1942-01-19 |
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The Mummy's Tomb | Jane Banning | 1942-10-23 |
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Half Way to Shanghai | Mrs. McIntyre | 1942-09-18 |
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Bombay Clipper | Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson | 1942-01-11 |
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It Happened in Flatbush | Mrs. Collins | 1942-05-28 |
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Unfinished Business | Miss Brady | 1941-08-27 |
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Pot o' Gold | Mom McCorkle | 1941-04-03 |
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Borrowed Hero | Mrs. Riley | 1941-12-05 |
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It Started with Eve | Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited) | 1941-09-26 |
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Flight from Destiny | Martha | 1941-02-08 |
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Appointment for Love | Martha | 1941-10-31 |
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Double Cross | Mrs. Murray | 1941-06-27 |
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Riot Squad | Mrs. McGonigle | 1941-12-12 |
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Brother Orchid | Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited) | 1940-06-07 |
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I Take This Oath | Mrs. Eileen Hanagan | 1940-05-20 |
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Saps at Sea | Mrs. O'Riley | 1940-04-29 |
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Go West | Train Passenger | 1940-12-06 |
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Queen of the Mob | Tenement Landlady | 1940-06-28 |
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My Son, My Son! | Mrs. Mulvaney | 1940-03-21 |
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No, No, Nanette | Gertrude, the Cook | 1940-12-19 |
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Nobody's Children | Mary | 1940-12-12 |
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The Last Alarm | Mrs. Hadley | 1940-06-25 |
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The Invisible Woman | Mrs. Bates | 1940-12-27 |
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Kitty Foyle | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | 1940-12-27 |
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Women Without Names | Juror | 1940-03-14 |
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The Invisible Man Returns | Cookie (uncredited) | 1940-01-12 |
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Young People | Old Woman | 1940-08-30 |
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Tear Gas Squad | Mrs. Sullivan | 1940-05-04 |
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When the Daltons Rode | Ma Dalton | 1940-08-23 |
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Public Deb No. 1 | Landlady | 1940-09-13 |
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Day-time Wife | Scrubwoman | 1939-11-24 |
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The Marshal Of Mesa City | Mrs. Dudley | 1939-11-03 |
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Woman (uncredited) | 1939-10-19 |
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The Escape | Neighbor | 1939-10-05 |
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The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Hudson | 1939-03-24 |
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Code of the Streets | Mrs. Flaherty | 1939-04-13 |
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Captain Fury | Mrs. Bailey | 1939-05-26 |
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The Story That Couldn't Be Printed | Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited) | 1939-07-22 |
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The Jones Family in Hollywood | Landlady (uncredited) | 1939-06-02 |
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Off the Record | Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mrs. O'Leary | 1939-12-01 |
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She Married a Cop | Ma Duffy | 1939-07-11 |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs. Hudson | 1939-09-01 |
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Racketeers of the Range | Mary-Benson's Housekeeper | 1939-05-26 |
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Wings of the Navy | Irene's Housekeeper | 1939-02-11 |
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Tail Spin | Mrs. Lee | 1939-02-19 |
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The Night of Nights | 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited) | 1939-12-01 |
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Tell No Tales | Mrs. Bryant (uncredited) | 1939-06-12 |
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Rulers of the Sea | Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
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Broadway Serenade | Annie (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
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Mannequin | Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited) | 1938-01-21 |
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City Streets | Mrs. Devlin | 1938-07-01 |
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Gateway | Scottish Mother | 1938-08-05 |
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Kidnapped | Mrs. MacDonald | 1938-05-27 |
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Blond Cheat | Maggie (uncredited) | 1938-06-17 |
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Campus Confessions | Mrs. Twill | 1938-09-23 |
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Angels with Dirty Faces | 1938-11-26 | |
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A Damsel in Distress | Cook (uncredited) | 1937-11-19 |
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The Great O'Malley | Mrs. O'Malley | 1937-02-13 |
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You Can't Have Everything | YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited) | 1937-08-02 |
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You're Only Young Once | Mary's Mother (uncredited) | 1937-12-10 |
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Meet the Boy Friend | Mrs. Grimes | 1937-07-12 |
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Friend Indeed | Housekeeper | 1937-12-28 |
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Double Wedding | Mrs. Keough | 1937-10-15 |
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One Man Justice | Bridget | 1937-07-01 |
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Her Husband Lies | Mrs. Jenks | 1937-03-13 |
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Lady Behave! | Cook | 1937-12-22 |
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Little Miss Nobody | Mrs. Biddle | 1936-06-05 |
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Share the Wealth | Ma MacClyde | 1936-05-08 |
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The Plough and the Stars | Woman at Barricades | 1936-12-26 |
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The Plot Thickens | Woman with Bag (uncredited) | 1936-12-11 |
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The Lady Consents | Apple Lady | 1936-02-07 |
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Mary of Scotland | Nurse | 1936-07-28 |
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Stage Struck | Mrs. Cassidy | 1936-09-12 |
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Great Guy | Mrs. Ogilvie | 1936-12-01 |
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After the Thin Man | Rose (uncredited) | 1936-12-25 |
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The White Angel | Nursing Applicant (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
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Laughing Irish Eyes | Mrs. O'Keefe | 1936-03-04 |
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Forgotten Faces | Mrs. O'Leary | 1936-05-15 |
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Vagabond Lady | Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited) | 1935-05-03 |
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Ginger | Mrs. Monahan (uncredited) | 1935-07-04 |
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$10 Raise | Landlady (uncredited) | 1935-05-04 |
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Mutiny on the Bounty | Peddler (uncredited) | 1935-11-22 |
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The Irish in Us | Ma O'Hara | 1935-07-31 |
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Bride of Frankenstein | Hans' Wife | 1935-04-20 |
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Bonnie Scotland | Mrs. Bickerdike | 1935-08-23 |
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Waterfront Lady | Mrs. O'Flaherty | 1935-10-04 |
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Vanessa: Her Love Story | Mrs. Leathwaite | 1935-03-01 |
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Manhattan Melodrama | Boat Passenger (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
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Charlie Chan in London | Prison Visitor (uncredited) | 1934-09-12 |
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The Defense Rests | Scrub Woman | 1934-07-15 |
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Baby Take a Bow | Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited) | 1934-06-30 |
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The Woman Condemned | Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited) | 1934-04-03 |
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One More River | Cook (Uncredited) | 1934-08-06 |
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The Man from Hell | Mrs. Frank McCarrol | 1934-08-28 |
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Our Daily Bread | Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited) | 1934-10-02 |
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The Loudspeaker | Landlady | 1934-06-01 |
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Murder at the Vanities | Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) | 1934-05-18 |
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Whom the Gods Destroy | Newfoundlander | 1934-07-12 |
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Cross Streets | Sonny's Mother | 1934-07-05 |
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Beloved | Mrs. O'Leary | 1934-01-22 |
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The Little Minister | Nanny | 1934-12-28 |
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Change of Heart | Woman in Street (uncredited) | 1934-05-18 |
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Nature in the Wrong | Mrs. Clancy | 1933-03-18 |
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The Power and the Glory | Nurse (uncredited) | 1933-10-06 |
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My Woman | Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited) | 1933-10-04 |
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The Kiss Before the Mirror | Scrubwoman (uncredited) | 1933-05-04 |
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The Whirlwind | Mrs. Curtis | 1933-04-13 |
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She Done Him Wrong | Cleaning Lady (uncredited) | 1933-02-09 |
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Sweepings | Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited) | 1933-04-14 |
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The World Changes | Lady at Party (uncredited) | 1933-11-25 |
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The Invisible Man | Screaming Woman (uncredited) | 1933-10-31 |
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Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
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Men Must Fight | Pacifist Audience Member | 1933-02-17 |
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Ladies They Talk About | Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited) | 1933-02-04 |
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Meet the Baron | Washer Woman (uncredited) | 1933-10-20 |
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Broadway Thru a Keyhole | Cleaning Woman | 1933-11-02 |
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Doctor Bull | Townswoman at Meeting | 1933-09-22 |
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Design for Living | Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited) | 1933-12-29 |
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Dancers in the Dark | Scrubwoman | 1932-03-11 |
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Beauty Parlor | Landlady | 1932-06-15 |
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The Expert | Neighbor | 1932-03-05 |
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Call Her Savage | Lady in Tenement (Uncredited) | 1932-11-24 |
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Texas Cyclone | Kate | 1932-02-24 |
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The Impatient Maiden | Irish Neighbor (uncredited) | 1932-03-01 |
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70,000 Witnesses | Scrubwoman (uncredited) | 1932-09-09 |
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Court Matron (uncredited) | 1932-05-01 |
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Blonde Venus | Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
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Pack Up Your Troubles | Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited) | 1932-09-16 |
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Wild Girl | Washerwoman (uncredited) | 1932-11-09 |
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Radio Patrol | Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-06-02 |
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Skyscraper Souls | Charwoman | 1932-07-16 |
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Possessed | Woman at Political Rally (uncredited) | 1931-11-21 |
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Subway Express | Mrs. Delaney | 1931-05-01 |
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The Brat | Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited) | 1931-08-23 |
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A House Divided | Townswoman (uncredited) | 1931-12-05 |
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24 Hours | Nurse | 1931-10-03 |
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Waterloo Bridge | Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited) | 1931-09-01 |
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The Black Camel | Mrs. MacMasters | 1931-06-21 |
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Las fantasmas | Chubby's Mama | 1930-04-05 |
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His Honor the Mayor | His Wife | 1930-03-22 |
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Anybody's Woman | Maid | 1930-08-15 |
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Roaring Ranch | Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited) | 1930-04-27 |
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When the Wind Blows | Chubby's Mother (uncredited) | 1930-04-05 |
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Oh, for a Man! | Stage Door Admirer with Violets | 1930-11-28 |
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Song o' My Heart | Irish Woman | 1930-03-11 |
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Let Us Be Gay | Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited) | 1930-07-11 |
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Dynamite | Neighbor at Store | 1929-12-13 |
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Is Everybody Happy? | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1929-10-19 |
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The Saturday Night Kid | Reducing customer (uncredited) | 1929-10-25 |
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Hell's Heroes | Choir Member (uncredited) | 1929-12-27 |
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Madame X | Nursemaid (uncredited) | 1929-08-17 |
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The Old Code | Mary MacGregor | 1928-11-14 |
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Hangman's House | The Woman at Hogan's Hideout | 1928-05-13 |
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The Ol' Gray Hoss | First taxi passenger | 1928-10-19 |
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The Matinee Idol | Woman in Audience (uncredited) | 1928-03-14 |
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Clancy's Kosher Wedding | Molly Clancy | 1927-09-17 |
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Naughty Nanette | Mrs. Rooney | 1927-04-15 |
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Black Paradise | Mrs. Murphy | 1926-05-30 |
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The People vs. Nancy Preston | Mrs. Tifft | 1925-11-01 |
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Tessie | Aunt Maggie | 1925-09-18 |
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The Home Maker | Mrs. Hennessy | 1925-11-22 |
