Mary Gordon
Biography
Mary Gordon was a Scottish actress whose specialty was housekeepers and mothers, above all Sherlock Holmes's landlady, Mrs. Hudson. Born in Glasgow in 1882, she worked as a dressmaker and sang in concerts before moving to the stage, then traveled to the United States, where she toured mostly in stock companies and took a few small Broadway parts. She settled in Los Angeles in the mid-1920s and began playing the domestic roles that shaped her career. Her association with John Ford began with Hangman's House (1928), and she appeared in seven more of his films. She coached Katharine Hepburn in Scottish dialect for The Little Minister (1934). Her best-known role was Mrs. Hudson, which she first played in 1939 and repeated in ten Sherlock Holmes movies and many radio plays. Her nearly 300 films spanned 1925 to 1950. She had a regular radio role on Those We Love and entertained servicemen at the Hollywood Canteen during World War II.
81years old at death
- Born Glasgow
- Died Pasadena
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 36
- Career span
- 17 years1931 to 1948
Genres
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A change of course
Gordon spent three months as a waitress at the Robertson-Cole Studios, and then she took the job of cook in the same place.
Big break
In 1939, Gordon took on what became her best-remembered part, Sherlock Holmes' landlady Mrs. Hudson, playing her in ten films and numerous radio plays.
A change of course
Gordon became a charter member of the Hollywood Canteen, and she entertained servicemen there for the whole of the Second World War.
A first
Gordon entered retirement at the same time television was reshaping the entertainment industry, and she made only a single appearance in that medium.
Mary Gordon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roy William Neill directed seven of these films, James Whale two. Two actors appear in ten of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Roy William NeillDirector, 7 films, 1942 to 1946
All films by Roy William Neill
James WhaleDirector, 2 films, 1931 to 1935
All films by James Whale
Also four films together3 more actors
- E.E. CliveThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) and Charlie Chan in London (1934)
- Leyland HodgsonDressed to Kill (1946), Strange Confession (1945), The Pearl of Death (1944) and Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
- Dennis HoeyThe Pearl of Death (1944), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), The Spider Woman (1943) and Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Mary Gordon's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$10.3 million
6 of the 36 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 36 films: 6 worldwide figure; 30 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 30Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$3.0M29.0% of the total
- 2$2.0M19.3% of the total
- 3$1.7M16.4% of the total
- 4$1.5M14.7% of the total
- 5$1.5M14.2% of the total
- 6$660K6.4% of the total
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