Mary Forbes
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1882
- Died
- July 22, 1974
- Birthplace
- Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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.
Filmography
Houseboat 1958
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
Les Miserables 1952
as Nun (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948
as Aunt Martha
The Black Arrow 1948
as Nun (uncredited)
The Judge Steps Out 1947
as Margaret (uncredited)
It Had to Be You 1947
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
The Exile 1947
as Second Court Lady
Ivy 1947
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
Cigarette Girl 1947
as Mrs. Halstead
Terror by Night 1946
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
Lady on a Train 1945
Actor
Earl Carroll Vanities 1945
as Queen Mother Elena
I'll Remember April 1945
as Mrs. Barrington
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945
as Lady Agatha
Tender Comrade 1944
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
Jane Eyre 1943
as Mrs. Eshton
Dangerous Blondes 1943
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky 1943
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London 1943
as Dame Dunne Hartley
Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943
as Mrs. Pettibone
The Great Impersonation 1942
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
Almost Married 1942
as Mrs. Marvin
This Above All 1942
as Vicar's Wife
Twin Beds 1942
Actor
Klondike Fury 1942
as Mrs. Langton
Nothing but the Truth 1941
as Mrs. Ralston
Back Street 1941
as Mrs. Williams
South of Suez 1940
as Mrs. Putnam
Private Affairs 1940
as Mrs. Stanley
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
Blame It on Love 1940
as Mrs. Wadsworth
Florian 1940
as Grandmother
Laddie 1940
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Ninotchka 1939
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade 1939
as Mrs. Gaynes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939
as Lady Conyngham
These Glamour Girls 1939
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
I Stole a Million 1939
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets 1939
as Mrs. Randolph
Outside These Walls 1939
as Gertrude Bishop
Three Smart Girls Grow Up 1939
as Mrs. Withers
The Ice Follies of 1939 1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
Risky Business 1939
as Mrs. Jameson
Fast and Loose 1939
as Mrs. Torrent
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man 1939
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938
as Mrs. Hanson
You Can't Take It with You 1938
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
Always Goodbye 1938
as Aunt Martha Marshall
The Rage of Paris 1938
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
Outside of Paradise 1938
as Mrs. Stonewall
Everybody Sing 1938
as Miss Colvin
What Do You Think? (Number Three) 1938
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
The Awful Truth 1937
as Mrs. Vance
Stage Door 1937
as Cast of Stage Play
One Hundred Men and a Girl 1937
as Concert Hall Patron
The Life of the Party 1937
as Mrs. Saunders
Wee Willie Winkie 1937
as Mrs. MacMonachie
Another Dawn 1937
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
Women of Glamour 1937
as Mrs. Stark
Theodora Goes Wild 1936
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Wedding Present 1936
as Mrs. Dodacker
The White Angel 1936
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Captain Blood 1935
as Mrs. Steed
The Widow from Monte Carlo 1935
as Lady Holloway
The Perfect Gentleman 1935
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
Rendezvous 1935
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
Anna Karenina 1935
as Princess Sorokina
Stranded 1935
as Grace Dean (uncredited)
Dizzy Dames 1935
as Mrs. Stokes
Les Misérables 1935
as Mlle. Baptiseme
Laddie 1935
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Roberta 1935
as (uncredited)
We Live Again 1934
as Mrs. Kortchagin
Happiness Ahead 1934
as Mrs. Travis
Two Heads on a Pillow 1934
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
A Lost Lady 1934
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
British Agent 1934
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
She Was a Lady 1934
as Lady Diana Vane
Blind Date 1934
as Mrs. Hartwell
Shock 1934
as Lady Heatherly
Most Precious Thing in Life 1934
as Mrs. Kelsey
Sadie McKee 1934
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Everything 1934
as Kate Farley
Bombshell 1933
as Mrs. Middleton
Cavalcade 1933
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
A Farewell to Arms 1932
as Miss Van Campen
Vanity Fair 1932
as Mrs. Sedley
The Silent Witness 1932
as Lady Howard
Working Girls 1931
as Mrs. Johnstone
The Brat 1931
as Mrs. Forester
Chances 1931
as Mrs. Ingleside
Born to Love 1931
as The Duchess (uncredited)
The Man Who Came Back 1931
as Mrs. Gaynes
The Devil to Pay! 1930
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
Abraham Lincoln 1930
as Actress (uncredited)
East Is West 1930
as Mrs. Benson
Holiday 1930
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
So This Is London 1930
as Lady Worthing
Strictly Unconventional 1930
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
Sunny Side Up 1929
as Mrs. Cromwell
The Trespasser 1929
as Mrs. Ferguson
The Thirteenth Chair 1929
as Lady Alice Crosby
Her Private Life 1929
as Ladu Wildering
Women Who Win 1919
Actor
The Lady Clare 1919
as Lady Julia Medwin
- The Woman's Portion
The Woman's Portion 1918
as Lizzie
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