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Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Actor

Born December 30, 1882 in Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK

Died July 22, 1974

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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 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.

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Year

Houseboat Poster

Houseboat Feature Film1958British Society Woman

Suspicion Poster

Suspicion TV Series1957Mrs. Merton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents Poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV Series1955Mrs. Herbert Winthrop

Front Row Center Poster

Front Row Center TV Series1955Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Les Miserables Poster

Les Miserables Feature Film1952Nun

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series1952Mrs. Oliphant

Pest Man Wins Poster

Pest Man Wins Short Film1951Party Guest

Fireside Theatre Poster

Fireside Theatre TV Series19491 episode, 1954

The Black Arrow Poster

The Black Arrow Feature Film1948Nun

The Judge Steps Out Poster

The Judge Steps Out Feature Film1948Margaret

You Gotta Stay Happy Poster

You Gotta Stay Happy Feature Film1948Aunt Martha

Cigarette Girl Poster

Cigarette Girl Feature Film1947Mrs. Halstead

Down to Earth Poster

Down to Earth Feature Film1947Mrs. Fenimore Hume

Half-Wits Holiday Poster

Half-Wits Holiday Short Film1947Countess Shpritzvasser

It Had to Be You Poster

It Had to Be You Feature Film1947Mrs. Kimberly

Ivy Feature Film1947Lady Crail

Song of Love Poster

Song of Love Feature Film1947Woman at Party

The Exile Poster

The Exile Feature Film1947Second Court Lady

The Other Love Poster

The Other Love Feature Film1947Madame Gruen - Sanitarium Patient

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Poster

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Feature Film1947Mrs. Pierce

A Stolen Life Poster

A Stolen Life Feature Film1946Art Patron

One Way to Love Poster

One Way to Love Feature Film1946Distinguished Woman

Terror by Night Poster

Terror by Night Feature Film1946Lady Margaret Carstairs

The Kid from Brooklyn Poster

The Kid from Brooklyn Feature Film1946Garden Party Guest

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal Poster

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal Feature Film1945Mrs. Breckenridge

Earl Carroll Vanities Poster

Earl Carroll Vanities Feature Film1945Queen Mother Elena

Guest Wife Poster

Guest Wife Feature Film1945Dinner Guest

I'll Remember April Poster

I'll Remember April Feature Film1945Mrs. Barrington

Lady on a Train Poster

Lady on a Train Feature Film1945Waring Cousin

That Night with You Poster

That Night with You Feature Film1945Mrs. Brock

That's the Spirit Poster

That's the Spirit Feature Film1945Undetermined Role

The Picture of Dorian Gray Poster

The Picture of Dorian Gray Feature Film1945Lady Agatha

Ladies Courageous Poster

Ladies Courageous Feature Film1944Sister Rose

Dangerous Blondes Poster

Dangerous Blondes Feature Film1943Isabel Fleming

Flesh and Fantasy Poster

Flesh and Fantasy Feature Film1943Lady Thomas

Jane Eyre Poster

Jane Eyre Feature Film1943Mrs. Eshton

Mr. Lucky Poster

Mr. Lucky Feature Film1943War Relief Worker

Sherlock Holmes in Washington Poster

Sherlock Holmes in Washington Feature Film1943Mother Pettibone

Tender Comrade Poster

Tender Comrade Feature Film1943Mrs. Flanagan - Jo's Mother

Two Tickets to London Poster

Two Tickets to London Feature Film1943Dame Dunne Hartley

What a Woman! Poster

What a Woman! Feature Film1943Senator's Wife

Women in Bondage Poster

Women in Bondage Feature Film1943Gladys Bracken

Almost Married Poster

Almost Married Feature Film1942Mrs. Marvin

Klondike Fury Poster

Klondike Fury Feature Film1942Mrs. Langton

The Great Impersonation Poster

The Great Impersonation Feature Film1942Lady Leslie Clayfair

This Above All Poster

This Above All Feature Film1942Vicar's Wife

Twin Beds Poster

Twin Beds Feature Film1942

We Were Dancing Poster

We Were Dancing Feature Film1942Mrs. Louise Sandys

Back Street Poster

Back Street Feature Film1941Mrs. Williams

Nothing But the Truth Poster

Nothing But the Truth Feature Film1941Mrs. Ralston

Paris Calling Poster

Paris Calling Feature Film1941Lady Guest

When Ladies Meet Poster

When Ladies Meet Feature Film1941Freddie's Mother

All This, and Heaven Too Poster

All This, and Heaven Too Feature Film1940Lady at the Theatre

Blame It on Love Poster

Blame It on Love Feature Film1940Mrs. Wadsworth

Florian Feature Film1940Grandmother

Girl from Avenue A Poster

Girl from Avenue A Feature Film1940Minor Role

Laddie Feature Film1940Mrs. Anna Pryor

Private Affairs Poster

Private Affairs Feature Film1940Mrs. Stanley

South of Suez Poster

South of Suez Feature Film1940Mrs. Putnam

Fast and Loose Poster

Fast and Loose Feature Film1939Mrs. Torrent

Hollywood Cavalcade Poster

Hollywood Cavalcade Feature Film1939Mrs. Gaynes

I Stole a Million Poster

I Stole a Million Feature Film1939Customer in Flower Shop

It Could Happen to You Poster

It Could Happen to You Feature Film1939Mrs. Quigley

Ninotchka Poster

Ninotchka Feature Film1939Lady Lavenham - Indignant Woman in Doorway

Outside These Walls Poster

Outside These Walls Feature Film1939Gertrude Bishop

Risky Business Poster

Risky Business Feature Film1939Mrs. Jameson

Should Husbands Work? Poster

Should Husbands Work? Feature Film1939Mrs. Barnes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Poster

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Feature Film1939Lady Conyngham

The Ice Follies of 1939 Poster

The Ice Follies of 1939 Feature Film1939Lady Hilda

The Sun Never Sets Poster

The Sun Never Sets Feature Film1939Mrs. Randolph

These Glamour Girls Poster

These Glamour Girls Feature Film1939Mrs. Van Reichton

Three Smart Girls Grow Up Poster

Three Smart Girls Grow Up Feature Film1939Mrs. Withers

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Poster

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Feature Film1939Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Always Goodbye Poster

Always Goodbye Feature Film1938Aunt Martha Marshall

Everybody Sing Poster

Everybody Sing Feature Film1938Miss Colvin

Just Around the Corner Poster

Just Around the Corner Feature Film1938Miss Vincent

Outside of Paradise Poster

Outside of Paradise Feature Film1938Mrs. Stonewall

The Rage of Paris Poster

The Rage of Paris Feature Film1938Woman in Opera Box

Three Loves Has Nancy Poster

Three Loves Has Nancy Feature Film1938Mrs. Hansen

What Do You Think? (Number Three) Poster

What Do You Think? (Number Three) Short Film1938Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother

You Can't Take It with You Poster

You Can't Take It with You Feature Film1938Mrs. Anthony Kirby

Another Dawn Poster

Another Dawn Feature Film1937Mrs. Lydia Benton

One Hundred Men and a Girl Poster

One Hundred Men and a Girl Feature Film1937Concert Hall Patron

Stage Door Poster

Stage Door Feature Film1937Cast of Stage Play

The Awful Truth Poster

The Awful Truth Feature Film1937Mrs. Vance

The Life of the Party Poster

The Life of the Party Feature Film1937Mrs. Saunders

Wee Willie Winkie Poster

Wee Willie Winkie Feature Film1937Mrs. MacMonachie

Women of Glamour Poster

Women of Glamour Feature Film1937Mrs. Stark

The White Angel Poster

The White Angel Feature Film1936First Lady Disapproving of Florence

Theodora Goes Wild Poster

Theodora Goes Wild Feature Film1936Mrs. Wyatt

Wedding Present Poster

Wedding Present Feature Film1936Mrs. Dodacker

Anna Karenina Poster

Anna Karenina Feature Film1935Princess Sorokina

Captain Blood Poster

Captain Blood Feature Film1935Mrs. Steed

Dizzy Dames Poster

Dizzy Dames Feature Film1935Mrs. Stokes

Laddie Feature Film1935Mrs. Anna Pryor

Les Misérables Poster

Les Misérables Feature Film1935Mlle. Baptiseme

McFadden's Flats Poster

McFadden's Flats Feature Film1935

Rendezvous Poster

Rendezvous Feature Film1935Lady Cavendish

Roberta Feature Film1935Mrs. Teale

Stranded Poster

Stranded Feature Film1935Grace Dean

The Perfect Gentleman Poster

The Perfect Gentleman Feature Film1935Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

The Widow from Monte Carlo Poster

The Widow from Monte Carlo Feature Film1935Lady Holloway

A Lost Lady Poster

A Lost Lady Feature Film1934Mrs. Hardy

Blind Date Poster

Blind Date Feature Film1934Mrs. Hartwell

Born to Be Bad Poster

Born to Be Bad Feature Film1934Admirer at Nightclub

British Agent Poster

British Agent Feature Film1934Lady Catherine Trehearne

Carolina Poster

Carolina Feature Film1934Aunt Catherine

Happiness Ahead Poster

Happiness Ahead Feature Film1934Mrs. Travis

Most Precious Thing in Life Poster

Most Precious Thing in Life Feature Film1934Mrs. Kelsey

Now I'll Tell Poster

Now I'll Tell Feature Film1934Mrs. Drake

Oh Sailor Behave Short Film1934

Sadie McKee Poster

Sadie McKee Feature Film1934Mrs. Alderson

She Was a Lady Poster

She Was a Lady Feature Film1934Lady Diana Vane

Shock Feature Film1934Lady Heatherly

The Painted Veil Poster

The Painted Veil Feature Film1934Mrs. Braithwaite

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Poster

Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round Feature Film1934Passenger Campbell Sits Next To

Two Heads on a Pillow Poster

Two Heads on a Pillow Feature Film1934Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

We Live Again Poster

We Live Again Feature Film1934Mrs. Kortchagin

You Can't Buy Everything Poster

You Can't Buy Everything Feature Film1934Kate Farley

Bombshell Poster

Bombshell Feature Film1933Mrs. Middleton

Cavalcade Poster

Cavalcade Feature Film1933Duchess of Churt

The Masquerader Poster

The Masquerader Feature Film1933Eve Chilcote's Friend in Paris hotel

A Farewell to Arms Poster

A Farewell to Arms Feature Film1932Miss Van Campen

Stepping Sisters Poster

Stepping Sisters Feature Film1932Mrs. Tremaine

The Silent Witness Poster

The Silent Witness Feature Film1932Lady Howard

Vanity Fair Poster

Vanity Fair Feature Film1932Mrs. Sedley

Born to Love Poster

Born to Love Feature Film1931The Duchess

Chances Feature Film1931Mrs. Ingleside

The Brat Poster

The Brat Feature Film1931Mrs. Mary Forrester

The Man Who Came Back Poster

The Man Who Came Back Feature Film1931Mrs. Gaynes

Working Girls Poster

Working Girls Feature Film1931Mrs. Johnstone

Abraham Lincoln Poster

Abraham Lincoln Feature Film1930Actress

East Is West Poster

East Is West Feature Film1930Mrs. Benson

Holiday Feature Film1930Mrs. Pritchard Ames

So This Is London Poster

So This Is London Feature Film1930Lady Worthing

Strictly Unconventional Poster

Strictly Unconventional Feature Film1930Mrs. Anna Shenstone

The Devil to Pay! Poster

The Devil to Pay! Feature Film1930Mrs. Hope

Her Private Life Poster

Her Private Life Feature Film1929Ladu Wildering

Sunny Side Up Poster

Sunny Side Up Feature Film1929Mrs. Cromwell

The Thirteenth Chair Poster

The Thirteenth Chair Feature Film1929Lady Crosby

The Trespasser Poster

The Trespasser Feature Film1929Mrs. Ferguson

Tillie the Toiler Poster

Tillie the Toiler Feature Film1927Mrs. Fish - Pennington's Mother

Inheritance Feature Film1920Lady Isabel

Nance Feature Film1920Felicia Damarche

The Lady Clare Poster

The Lady Clare Feature Film1919Lady Julia Medwin

Women Who Win Poster

Women Who Win Feature Film1919Ella Graham

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