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Mary Forbes
Actor

Mary Forbes

30 Dec 1882Born
22 Jul 1974Died
91Age at death
108Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 108 credits.

  1. 1958HouseboatFilm: British Society Woman (uncredited)
  2. 1957SuspicionSeries: Mrs. Merton (1 episode)
  3. 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries: Mrs. Herbert Winthrop (1 episode)
  4. 1952Les MiserablesFilm: Nun (uncredited)
  5. 1948You Gotta Stay HappyFilm: Aunt Martha
  6. 1948The Black ArrowFilm: Nun (uncredited)
  7. 1947The Judge Steps OutFilm: Margaret (uncredited)
  8. 1947It Had to Be YouFilm: Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
  9. 1947The ExileFilm: Second Court Lady
  10. 1947IvyFilm: Lady Crail (uncredited)
  11. 1947Cigarette GirlFilm: Mrs. Halstead
  12. 1946Terror by NightFilm: Lady Margaret Carstairs
  13. 1945Lady on a TrainFilm
  14. 1945Earl Carroll VanitiesFilm: Queen Mother Elena
  15. 1945I'll Remember AprilFilm: Mrs. Barrington
  16. 1945The Picture of Dorian GrayFilm: Lady Agatha
  17. 1944Tender ComradeFilm: Jo's Mother (uncredited)
  18. 1943Jane EyreFilm: Mrs. Eshton
  19. 1943Dangerous BlondesFilm: Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
  20. 1943Mr. LuckyFilm: War Relief Worker (uncredited)
  21. 1943Two Tickets to LondonFilm: Dame Dunne Hartley
  22. 1943Sherlock Holmes in WashingtonFilm: Mrs. Pettibone
  23. 1942The Great ImpersonationFilm: Lady Leslie Clayfair
  24. 1942Almost MarriedFilm: Mrs. Marvin
  25. 1942This Above AllFilm: Vicar's Wife
  26. 1942Twin BedsFilm
  27. 1942Klondike FuryFilm: Mrs. Langton
  28. 1941Nothing but the TruthFilm: Mrs. Ralston
  29. 1941Back StreetFilm: Mrs. Williams
  30. 1940South of SuezFilm: Mrs. Putnam
  31. 1940All This, and Heaven TooFilm: Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
  32. 1940Private AffairsFilm: Mrs. Stanley
  33. 1940Blame It on LoveFilm: Mrs. Wadsworth
  34. 1940FlorianFilm: Grandmother
  35. 1940LaddieFilm: Mrs. Anna Pryor
  36. 1939NinotchkaFilm: Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
  37. 1939Hollywood CavalcadeFilm: Mrs. Gaynes
  38. 1939The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesFilm: Lady Conyngham
  39. 1939These Glamour GirlsFilm: Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
  40. 1939I Stole a MillionFilm: Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
  41. 1939The Sun Never SetsFilm: Mrs. Randolph
  42. 1939Outside These WallsFilm: Gertrude Bishop
  43. 1939Three Smart Girls Grow UpFilm: Mrs. Withers
  44. 1939The Ice Follies of 1939Film: Lady Hilda (uncredited)
  45. 1939Risky BusinessFilm: Mrs. Jameson
  46. 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest ManFilm: Mrs. Bel-Goodie
  47. 1939Fast and LooseFilm: Mrs. Torrent
  48. 1938Three Loves Has NancyFilm: Mrs. Hanson
  49. 1938You Can't Take It with YouFilm: Mrs. Anthony Kirby
  50. 1938Always GoodbyeFilm: Aunt Martha Marshall
  51. 1938The Rage of ParisFilm: Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
  52. 1938Outside of ParadiseFilm: Mrs. Stonewall
  53. 1938Everybody SingFilm: Miss Colvin
  54. 1938What Do You Think? (Number Three)Film: Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
  55. 1937The Awful TruthFilm: Mrs. Vance
  56. 1937Stage DoorFilm: Cast of Stage Play
  57. 1937One Hundred Men and a GirlFilm: Concert Hall Patron
  58. 1937The Life of the PartyFilm: Mrs. Saunders
  59. 1937Wee Willie WinkieFilm: Mrs. MacMonachie
  60. 1937Another DawnFilm: Mrs. Lydia Benton
  61. 1937Women of GlamourFilm: Mrs. Stark
  62. 1936Theodora Goes WildFilm: Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
  63. 1936Wedding PresentFilm: Mrs. Dodacker
  64. 1936The White AngelFilm: Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
  65. 1935Captain BloodFilm: Mrs. Steed
  66. 1935The Widow from Monte CarloFilm: Lady Holloway
  67. 1935The Perfect GentlemanFilm: Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
  68. 1935RendezvousFilm: Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
  69. 1935Anna KareninaFilm: Princess Sorokina
  70. 1935StrandedFilm: Grace Dean (uncredited)
  71. 1935Dizzy DamesFilm: Mrs. Stokes
  72. 1935Les MisérablesFilm: Mlle. Baptiseme
  73. 1935LaddieFilm: Mrs. Anna Pryor
  74. 1935RobertaFilm: (uncredited)
  75. 1934We Live AgainFilm: Mrs. Kortchagin
  76. 1934Happiness AheadFilm: Mrs. Travis
  77. 1934Two Heads on a PillowFilm: Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
  78. 1934A Lost LadyFilm: Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
  79. 1934British AgentFilm: Lady Catherine Trehearne
  80. 1934She Was a LadyFilm: Lady Diana Vane

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