1882-12-30 Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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.
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Houseboat | British Society Woman (uncredited) | 1958-11-19 |
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Les Miserables | Nun (uncredited) | 1952-08-14 |
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You Gotta Stay Happy | Aunt Martha | 1948-10-28 |
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The Black Arrow | Nun (uncredited) | 1948-03-18 |
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The Exile | Second Court Lady | 1947-10-17 |
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It Had to Be You | Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited) | 1947-12-07 |
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The Judge Steps Out | Margaret (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
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Cigarette Girl | Mrs. Halstead | 1947-02-13 |
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Ivy | Lady Crail (uncredited) | 1947-06-26 |
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Terror by Night | Lady Margaret Carstairs | 1946-02-01 |
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Earl Carroll Vanities | Queen Mother Elena | 1945-04-05 |
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The Picture of Dorian Gray | Lady Agatha | 1945-03-03 |
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Lady on a Train | 1945-08-03 | |
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I'll Remember April | Mrs. Barrington | 1945-04-01 |
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Tender Comrade | Jo's Mother (uncredited) | 1944-05-30 |
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Two Tickets to London | Dame Dunne Hartley | 1943-06-14 |
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Jane Eyre | Mrs. Eshton | 1943-12-24 |
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Mr. Lucky | War Relief Worker (uncredited) | 1943-07-01 |
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Dangerous Blondes | Isabel Fleming (uncredited) | 1943-09-23 |
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Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mrs. Pettibone | 1943-03-24 |
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Twin Beds | 1942-04-30 | |
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Almost Married | Mrs. Marvin | 1942-05-22 |
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The Great Impersonation | Lady Leslie Clayfair | 1942-12-18 |
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Klondike Fury | Mrs. Langton | 1942-03-20 |
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This Above All | Vicar's Wife | 1942-05-12 |
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Back Street | Mrs. Williams | 1941-02-07 |
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Nothing But the Truth | Mrs. Ralston | 1941-10-10 |
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Blame It on Love | Mrs. Wadsworth | 1940-06-18 |
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Florian | Grandmother | 1940-06-05 |
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All This, and Heaven Too | Lady at the Theatre (uncredited) | 1940-07-05 |
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Private Affairs | Mrs. Stanley | 1940-07-05 |
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Laddie | Mrs. Anna Pryor | 1940-01-18 |
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South of Suez | Mrs. Putnam | 1940-11-16 |
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Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Mrs. Withers | 1939-03-24 |
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Fast and Loose | Mrs. Torrent | 1939-02-17 |
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Hollywood Cavalcade | Mrs. Gaynes | 1939-10-13 |
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These Glamour Girls | Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited) | 1939-08-18 |
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Mrs. Bel-Goodie | 1939-02-17 |
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Lady Conyngham | 1939-09-01 |
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I Stole a Million | Flower Shop Customer (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
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Outside These Walls | Gertrude Bishop | 1939-05-04 |
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Risky Business | Mrs. Jameson | 1939-03-03 |
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Ninotchka | Lady Lavenham (uncredited) | 1939-11-23 |
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The Ice Follies of 1939 | Lady Hilda (uncredited) | 1939-03-10 |
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The Sun Never Sets | Mrs. Randolph | 1939-05-31 |
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Everybody Sing | Miss Colvin | 1938-01-01 |
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Always Goodbye | Aunt Martha Marshall | 1938-06-24 |
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You Can't Take It with You | Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby | 1938-09-01 |
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Three Loves Has Nancy | Mrs. Hanson | 1938-09-02 |
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Outside of Paradise | Mrs. Stonewall | 1938-02-08 |
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The Rage of Paris | Woman in Opera Box (uncredited) | 1938-06-09 |
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What Do You Think? (Number Three) | Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited) | 1938-01-15 |
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Wee Willie Winkie | Mrs. MacMonachie | 1937-07-30 |
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The Life of the Party | Mrs. Saunders | 1937-09-03 |
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Another Dawn | Mrs. Lydia Benton | 1937-06-26 |
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One Hundred Men and a Girl | Concert Hall Patron | 1937-09-05 |
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Women of Glamour | Mrs. Stark | 1937-03-09 |
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Stage Door | Cast of Stage Play | 1937-10-08 |
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The Awful Truth | Mrs. Vance | 1937-10-21 |
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The White Angel | Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited) | 1936-06-25 |
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Wedding Present | Mrs. Dodacker | 1936-10-09 |
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Theodora Goes Wild | Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited) | 1936-11-12 |
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Rendezvous | Lady Cavendish (uncredited) | 1935-10-25 |
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Anna Karenina | 1935-08-30 | |
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Laddie | Mrs. Anna Pryor | 1935-03-18 |
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Roberta | 1935-03-07 | |
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Les Misérables | Mlle. Baptiseme | 1935-04-20 |
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Captain Blood | Mrs. Steed | 1935-12-26 |
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Stranded | Grace Dean (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
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The Widow from Monte Carlo | Lady Holloway | 1935-12-19 |
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The Perfect Gentleman | Lady Clyffe-Pembrook | 1935-11-22 |
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Dizzy Dames | Mrs. Stokes | 1935-05-29 |
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A Lost Lady | Mrs. Hardy (uncredited) | 1934-09-29 |
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She Was a Lady | Lady Diana Vane | 1934-08-22 |
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British Agent | Lady Catherine Trehearne | 1934-09-15 |
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Shock | Lady Heatherly | 1934-07-19 |
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Happiness Ahead | Mrs. Travis | 1934-10-27 |
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Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Caroline Devonshire | 1934-10-02 |
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You Can't Buy Everything | Kate Farley | 1934-01-26 |
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Most Precious Thing in Life | Mrs. Kelsey | 1934-06-15 |
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Blind Date | Mrs. Hartwell | 1934-07-20 |
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Sadie McKee | Mrs. Alderson (uncredited) | 1934-05-09 |
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We Live Again | Mrs. Kortchagin | 1934-11-01 |
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Bombshell | Mrs. Middleton | 1933-10-13 |
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Cavalcade | Duchess of Churt (uncredited) | 1933-02-08 |
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Vanity Fair | Mrs. Sedley | 1932-03-15 |
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The Silent Witness | Lady Howard | 1932-02-07 |
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A Farewell to Arms | Miss Van Campen | 1932-12-08 |
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The Man Who Came Back | Mrs. Gaynes | 1931-01-11 |
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Chances | Mrs. Ingleside | 1931-07-18 |
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The Brat | Mrs. Forester | 1931-08-23 |
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Born to Love | The Duchess (uncredited) | 1931-04-17 |
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Working Girls | Mrs. Johnstone | 1931-12-12 |
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The Devil to Pay! | Mrs. Hope (uncredited) | 1930-12-18 |
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Holiday | Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited) | 1930-07-03 |
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Strictly Unconventional | Mrs. Anna Shenstone | 1930-05-03 |
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So This Is London | Lady Worthing | 1930-05-23 |
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East Is West | Mrs. Benson | 1930-10-23 |
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Abraham Lincoln | Actress (uncredited) | 1930-11-08 |
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Sunny Side Up | Mrs. Cromwell | 1929-12-25 |
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The Trespasser | Mrs. Ferguson | 1929-11-11 |
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The Thirteenth Chair | Lady Alice Crosby | 1929-10-19 |
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Her Private Life | Ladu Wildering | 1929-08-25 |
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The Lady Clare | Lady Julia Medwin | 1919-01-01 |
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Women Who Win | 1919-01-02 | |
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The Woman's Portion | Lizzie | 1918-01-01 |
