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Sara Haden
Actor

Sara Haden

16 Nov 1898Born
15 Sep 1981Died
82Age at death
100Credits

Biography

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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.

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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.

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 100 credits.

  1. 1963Breaking PointSeries (1 episode)
  2. 1963Vacation PlayhouseSeries: Emma Madison (1 episode)
  3. 1960Route 66Series (1 episode)
  4. 1959Bourbon Street BeatSeries (1 episode)
  5. 1959Lock-UpSeries (1 episode)
  6. 1959The DuPont Show with June AllysonSeries: Mother Superior (1 episode)
  7. 1958Andy Hardy Comes HomeFilm: Milly Forrest
  8. 1957Perry MasonSeries: Florence Harvey (1 episode)
  9. 1956State TrooperSeries (1 episode)
  10. 1955Matinee TheaterSeries (1 episode)
  11. 1955Betrayed WomenFilm: Head Guard Darcy
  12. 1955The MillionaireSeries: Miss Kendis (1 episode)
  13. 1954The Outlaw's DaughterFilm: Mrs. Merril
  14. 1954December BrideSeries (1 episode)
  15. 1953A Lion Is in the StreetsFilm: Lula May McManamee
  16. 1952The Abbott and Costello ShowSeries: Mrs. Bronson (1 episode)
  17. 1952Mr. & Mrs. NorthSeries (1 episode)
  18. 1952Wagons WestFilm: Mrs. Cook
  19. 1952RodeoFilm: Agatha Cartwright
  20. 1952As We ForgiveFilm
  21. 1951Hallmark Hall of FameSeries: Wife (1 episode)
  22. 1950A Life of Her OwnFilm: Smitty
  23. 1950The Great RupertFilm: Mrs. Katie Dingle
  24. 1949RoughshodFilm: Ma Wyatt
  25. 1949The Big CatFilm: Mrs. Mary Cooper
  26. 1948Rachel and the StrangerFilm: Mrs. Jackson
  27. 1947The Bishop's WifeFilm: Mildred Cassaway
  28. 1946Love Laughs at Andy HardyFilm: Aunt Milly
  29. 1946Mr. AceFilm: Alma Rhodes
  30. 1946Our Hearts Were Growing UpFilm: Miss Dill
  31. 1946Bad BascombFilm: Tillie Lovejoy
  32. 1946She-Wolf of LondonFilm: Martha Winthrop
  33. 1945Strictly PersonalFilm: Helen Matthews
  34. 1945She Wouldn't Say YesFilm: Laura Pitts
  35. 1945Our Vines Have Tender GrapesFilm: Mrs. Bjornson
  36. 1944Andy Hardy's Blonde TroubleFilm: Milly Forrest
  37. 1944Broadway RhythmFilm: Miss Wynn (uncredited)
  38. 1943Lost AngelFilm: Rhoda Kitterick
  39. 1943Best Foot ForwardFilm: Miss Talbert
  40. 1943Thousands CheerFilm: Nurse #2
  41. 1943Above SuspicionFilm: Aunt Hattie
  42. 1943The Youngest ProfessionFilm: Sister Lassie
  43. 1942Andy Hardy's Double LifeFilm: Milly Forrest
  44. 1942Somewhere I'll Find YouFilm: Miss Coulter
  45. 1942The Affairs of MarthaFilm: Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
  46. 1942The Courtship of Andy HardyFilm: Milly Forrest
  47. 1942Woman of the YearFilm: Matron
  48. 1942Flag of MercyFilm: Clara Barton
  49. 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq.Film: Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
  50. 1941Come Back, Miss PippsFilm: Miss Pipps (uncredited)
  51. 1941Life Begins for Andy HardyFilm: Milly Forrest
  52. 1941Love CrazyFilm: Miss Cecilia Landis
  53. 1941Washington MelodramaFilm: Harriet Harringan
  54. 1941Barnacle BillFilm: Aunt Letty
  55. 1941Andy Hardy's Private SecretaryFilm: Milly Forrest
  56. 1941The Trial of Mary DuganFilm: Miss Matthews
  57. 1940Keeping CompanyFilm: Mrs. Foster
  58. 1940HullabalooFilm: 'Sue' Merriweather
  59. 1940Boom TownFilm: Miss Barnes
  60. 1940Andy Hardy Meets DebutanteFilm: Milly Forrest
  61. 1940The Shop Around the CornerFilm: Flora
  62. 1939Judge Hardy and SonFilm: Milly Forrest
  63. 1939Remember?Film: Miss Wilson
  64. 1939The Secret of Dr. KildareFilm: Nora
  65. 1939Think FirstFilm: Policewoman
  66. 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring FeverFilm: Milly Forrest
  67. 1939Tell No TalesFilm: Miss Brendon
  68. 1939Angel of MercyFilm: Clara Barton (uncredited)
  69. 1939The Hardys Ride HighFilm: Milly Forrest
  70. 1939Four Girls in WhiteFilm: Miss Bennett
  71. 1939Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)Film: Aunt Millie Forrest
  72. 1938Out West with the HardysFilm: Milly Forrest
  73. 1937You're Only Young OnceFilm: Milly Forrest
  74. 1937The BarrierFilm: Mrs. John 'Alluna' Gale
  75. 1937First LadyFilm: Mrs. Mason
  76. 1937A Family AffairFilm: Milly Forrest
  77. 1937The Last of Mrs. CheyneyFilm: Anna
  78. 1937Under Cover of NightFilm: Janet Griswald
  79. 1936Laughing at TroubleFilm: Mrs. Jennie Nevins
  80. 1936ReunionFilm: Ellie

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