Mary Gordon (actress)
Mary Gordon ( born May 16, 1882 in Glasgow as Mary Gilmour, † August 23 1963 in Pasadena ) was a Scottish actress.
Life
Gordon was the fifth of seven children of a Drahtflechters. Initially she worked as a seamstress, but moved 20 to 30 years of age with a troupe of actors in the United States. There she went on tour and played some minor roles in Broadway shows. In the twenties, she eventually came to Los Angeles, where she first took over silent film roles, such as Joan Crawford's 1928 film Our Dancing Daughters.
Mary Gordon played 1922-1950 in a significant number of almost 300 films. Her most famous role was Sherlock Holmes ' housekeeper Mrs. Hudson in the famous detective series with Basil Rathbone, which she embodied in ten films and several radio plays 1939-1946. Also on films of John Ford and Laurel and Hardy, she was involved. All her life she played especially mothers and housekeepers. Characteristic of it was her Scottish accent she also did not take off when they played about Irish or English roles. In 1950, shortly before the end of her career, she came to a single television appearance. In 1963, she passed away after a long illness.
Filmography (selection)
External links and sources
- Mary Gordon at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mary Gordon in All Movie Guide (English)
- Actor
- Briton
- Scotsman
- Person (Glasgow )
- Silent film actresses
- Born in 1882
- Died in 1963
- Woman