1898-11-16 Galveston, Texas, USA
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.
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Andy Hardy Comes Home | Milly Forrest | 1958-12-22 |
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Betrayed Women | Head Guard Darcy | 1955-07-17 |
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The Outlaw's Daughter | Mrs. Merril | 1954-11-01 |
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A Lion Is in the Streets | Lula May McManamee | 1953-09-23 |
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Wagons West | Mrs. Cook | 1952-07-06 |
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As We Forgive | 1952-01-01 | |
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Rodeo | Agatha Cartwright | 1952-03-09 |
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A Life of Her Own | Smitty | 1950-09-01 |
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The Great Rupert | Mrs. Katie Dingle | 1950-03-01 |
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Roughshod | Ma Wyatt | 1949-05-11 |
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The Big Cat | Mrs. Mary Cooper | 1949-04-01 |
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Rachel and the Stranger | Mrs. Jackson | 1948-09-18 |
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The Bishop's Wife | Mildred Cassaway | 1947-12-25 |
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Mr. Ace | Alma Rhodes | 1946-08-02 |
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Bad Bascomb | Tillie Lovejoy | 1946-05-26 |
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Milly Forrest | 1946-12-25 |
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She-Wolf of London | Martha Winthrop | 1946-05-17 |
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Our Hearts Were Growing Up | Miss Dill | 1946-06-14 |
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes | Mrs. Bjornson | 1945-09-06 |
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She Wouldn't Say Yes | Laura Pitts | 1945-11-29 |
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Strictly Personal | Helen Matthews | 1945-12-12 |
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble | Milly Forrest | 1944-05-04 |
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Broadway Rhythm | Miss Wynn (uncredited) | 1944-01-19 |
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Best Foot Forward | Miss Talbert | 1943-10-08 |
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Thousands Cheer | Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit | 1943-09-13 |
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Above Suspicion | Aunt Hattie | 1943-05-31 |
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Lost Angel | Rhoda Kitterick | 1943-12-23 |
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The Youngest Profession | Sister Lassie | 1943-02-26 |
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Woman of the Year | Matron | 1942-02-05 |
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy | Milly Forrest | 1942-03-03 |
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Flag of Mercy | Clara Barton | 1942-01-31 |
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Somewhere I'll Find You | Miss Coulter | 1942-08-27 |
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The Affairs of Martha | Mrs. Justin I. Peacock | 1942-06-21 |
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Andy Hardy's Double Life | Milly Forrest | 1942-12-01 |
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Come Back, Miss Pipps | Miss Pipps (uncredited) | 1941-10-24 |
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Washington Melodrama | Harriet Harringan | 1941-04-17 |
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H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary | 1941-12-04 |
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Barnacle Bill | Aunt Letty | 1941-04-07 |
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | Milly Forrest | 1941-02-21 |
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The Trial of Mary Dugan | Miss Matthews | 1941-02-14 |
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Love Crazy | Miss Cecilia Landis | 1941-05-23 |
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy | Milly Forrest | 1941-08-15 |
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Hullabaloo | 'Sue' Merriweather | 1940-10-25 |
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Keeping Company | Mrs. Foster | 1940-12-27 |
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Boom Town | Miss Barnes | 1940-08-30 |
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The Shop Around the Corner | Flora | 1940-01-12 |
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | Milly Forrest | 1940-07-05 |
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Four Girls in White | Miss Bennett | 1939-01-27 |
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Think First | Policewoman | 1939-09-08 |
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Remember? | Miss Wilson | 1939-12-19 |
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare | Nora | 1939-11-24 |
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Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) | Aunt Millie Forrest | 1939-01-09 |
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Milly Forrest | 1939-07-21 |
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Tell No Tales | Miss Brendon | 1939-06-12 |
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The Hardys Ride High | Milly Forrest | 1939-04-21 |
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Angel of Mercy | Clara Barton (uncredited) | 1939-05-20 |
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Judge Hardy and Son | Milly Forrest | 1939-12-22 |
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Out West with the Hardys | Milly Forrest | 1938-11-25 |
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First Lady | Mrs. Mason | 1937-12-04 |
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Under Cover of Night | Janet Griswald | 1937-01-08 |
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A Family Affair | Milly Forrest | 1937-03-12 |
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney | Anna | 1937-02-19 |
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You're Only Young Once | Milly Forrest | 1937-12-10 |
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Reunion | Ellie | 1936-11-20 |
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Poor Little Rich Girl | Collins | 1936-07-18 |
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Half Angel | Henrietta Hargraves | 1936-05-22 |
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The Crime of Dr. Forbes | Dr. Anna Burkhart | 1936-07-05 |
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Laughing at Trouble | Mrs. Jennie Nevins | 1936-12-11 |
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Captain January | Agatha Morgan | 1936-04-17 |
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Can This Be Dixie? | Miss Beauregard Peachtree | 1936-11-13 |
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Little Miss Nobody | Mrs. Lewis | 1936-06-05 |
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Everybody's Old Man | Susan Franklin | 1936-03-20 |
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Mad Love | Marie | 1935-07-12 |
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Aunt Martha | 1935-09-27 |
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Magnificent Obsession | Mrs. Nancy Ashford | 1935-12-30 |
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Way Down East | Cordelia Peabody | 1935-10-25 |
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Finishing School | Miss Fisher | 1934-05-04 |
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The Fountain | Sophie Van Leyden | 1934-08-22 |
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Hat, Coat and Glove | The Secretary | 1934-07-26 |
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Affairs of a Gentleman | Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary | 1934-05-01 |
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Spitfire | Etta Dawson | 1934-03-08 |
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The White Parade | Miss Harrington | 1934-11-16 |
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Anne of Green Gables | Mrs. Barry | 1934-11-23 |
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Music in the Air | Martha | 1934-12-13 |
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The Life of Vergie Winters | Winnie Belle | 1934-06-14 |
