Mary Forbes

Known For: Acting
Born: December 30, 1882
Place of Birth: Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
Died: July 22, 1974

Mary Forbes

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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 …

Filmography

Houseboat

1958 · British Society Woman (uncredited)

Suspicion

1957 · Mrs. Merton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 · Mrs. Herbert Winthrop

Les Miserables

1952 · Nun (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948 · Aunt Martha

The Black Arrow

1948 · Nun (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

1947 · Margaret (uncredited)

It Had to Be You

1947 · Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)

The Exile

1947 · Second Court Lady

Ivy

1947 · Lady Crail (uncredited)

Cigarette Girl

1947 · Mrs. Halstead

Terror by Night

1946 · Lady Margaret Carstairs

Lady on a Train

1945

Earl Carroll Vanities

1945 · Queen Mother Elena

I'll Remember April

1945 · Mrs. Barrington

The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945 · Lady Agatha

Tender Comrade

1944 · Jo's Mother (uncredited)

Jane Eyre

1943 · Mrs. Eshton

Dangerous Blondes

1943 · Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky

1943 · War Relief Worker (uncredited)

Two Tickets to London

1943 · Dame Dunne Hartley

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943 · Mrs. Pettibone

The Great Impersonation

1942 · Lady Leslie Clayfair

Almost Married

1942 · Mrs. Marvin

This Above All

1942 · Vicar's Wife

Twin Beds

1942

Klondike Fury

1942 · Mrs. Langton

Nothing but the Truth

1941 · Mrs. Ralston

Back Street

1941 · Mrs. Williams

South of Suez

1940 · Mrs. Putnam

All This, and Heaven Too

1940 · Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

Private Affairs

1940 · Mrs. Stanley

Blame It on Love

1940 · Mrs. Wadsworth

Florian

1940 · Grandmother

Laddie

1940 · Mrs. Anna Pryor

Ninotchka

1939 · Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939 · Mrs. Gaynes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939 · Lady Conyngham

These Glamour Girls

1939 · Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)

I Stole a Million

1939 · Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)

The Sun Never Sets

1939 · Mrs. Randolph

Outside These Walls

1939 · Gertrude Bishop

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939 · Mrs. Withers

The Ice Follies of 1939

1939 · Lady Hilda (uncredited)

Risky Business

1939 · Mrs. Jameson

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939 · Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Fast and Loose

1939 · Mrs. Torrent

Three Loves Has Nancy

1938 · Mrs. Hanson

You Can't Take It with You

1938 · Mrs. Anthony Kirby

Always Goodbye

1938 · Aunt Martha Marshall

The Rage of Paris

1938 · Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

Outside of Paradise

1938 · Mrs. Stonewall

Everybody Sing

1938 · Miss Colvin

What Do You Think? (Number Three)

1938 · Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

The Awful Truth

1937 · Mrs. Vance

Stage Door

1937 · Cast of Stage Play

One Hundred Men and a Girl

1937 · Concert Hall Patron

The Life of the Party

1937 · Mrs. Saunders

Wee Willie Winkie

1937 · Mrs. MacMonachie

Another Dawn

1937 · Mrs. Lydia Benton

Women of Glamour

1937 · Mrs. Stark

Theodora Goes Wild

1936 · Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)

Wedding Present

1936 · Mrs. Dodacker

The White Angel

1936 · Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)

Captain Blood

1935 · Mrs. Steed

The Widow from Monte Carlo

1935 · Lady Holloway

The Perfect Gentleman

1935 · Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

Rendezvous

1935 · Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

Anna Karenina

1935 · Princess Sorokina

Stranded

1935 · Grace Dean (uncredited)

Dizzy Dames

1935 · Mrs. Stokes

Les Misérables

1935 · Mlle. Baptiseme

Laddie

1935 · Mrs. Anna Pryor

Roberta

1935 · (uncredited)

We Live Again

1934 · Mrs. Kortchagin

Happiness Ahead

1934 · Mrs. Travis

Two Heads on a Pillow

1934 · Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

A Lost Lady

1934 · Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

British Agent

1934 · Lady Catherine Trehearne

She Was a Lady

1934 · Lady Diana Vane

Blind Date

1934 · Mrs. Hartwell

Shock

1934 · Lady Heatherly

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934 · Mrs. Kelsey

Sadie McKee

1934 · Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)

You Can't Buy Everything

1934 · Kate Farley

Bombshell

1933 · Mrs. Middleton

Cavalcade

1933 · Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

A Farewell to Arms

1932 · Miss Van Campen

Vanity Fair

1932 · Mrs. Sedley

The Silent Witness

1932 · Lady Howard

Working Girls

1931 · Mrs. Johnstone

The Brat

1931 · Mrs. Forester

Chances

1931 · Mrs. Ingleside

Born to Love

1931 · The Duchess (uncredited)

The Man Who Came Back

1931 · Mrs. Gaynes

The Devil to Pay!

1930 · Mrs. Hope (uncredited)

Abraham Lincoln

1930 · Actress (uncredited)

East Is West

1930 · Mrs. Benson

Holiday

1930 · Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)

So This Is London

1930 · Lady Worthing

Strictly Unconventional

1930 · Mrs. Anna Shenstone

Sunny Side Up

1929 · Mrs. Cromwell

The Trespasser

1929 · Mrs. Ferguson

The Thirteenth Chair

1929 · Lady Alice Crosby

Her Private Life

1929 · Ladu Wildering

Women Who Win

1919

The Lady Clare

1919 · Lady Julia Medwin

The Woman's Portion

The Woman's Portion

1918 · Lizzie

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