Sara Haden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 16, 1898
- Died
- September 15, 1981
- Birthplace
- Galveston, Texas, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. 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.
Filmography
Andy Hardy Comes Home 1958
as Milly Forrest
Betrayed Women 1955
as Head Guard Darcy
The Outlaw's Daughter 1954
as Mrs. Merril
A Lion Is in the Streets 1953
as Lula May McManamee
Wagons West 1952
as Mrs. Cook
Rodeo 1952
as Agatha Cartwright
- As We Forgive
As We Forgive 1952
Actor
A Life of Her Own 1950
as Smitty
The Great Rupert 1950
as Mrs. Katie Dingle
Roughshod 1949
as Ma Wyatt
The Big Cat 1949
as Mrs. Mary Cooper
Rachel and the Stranger 1948
as Mrs. Jackson
The Bishop's Wife 1947
as Mildred Cassaway
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy 1946
as Aunt Milly
Mr. Ace 1946
as Alma Rhodes
Our Hearts Were Growing Up 1946
as Miss Dill
Bad Bascomb 1946
as Tillie Lovejoy
She-Wolf of London 1946
as Martha Winthrop
Strictly Personal 1945
as Helen Matthews
She Wouldn't Say Yes 1945
as Laura Pitts
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945
as Mrs. Bjornson
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble 1944
as Milly Forrest
Broadway Rhythm 1944
as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Lost Angel 1943
as Rhoda Kitterick
Best Foot Forward 1943
as Miss Talbert
Thousands Cheer 1943
as Nurse #2
Above Suspicion 1943
as Aunt Hattie
The Youngest Profession 1943
as Sister Lassie
Andy Hardy's Double Life 1942
as Milly Forrest
Somewhere I'll Find You 1942
as Miss Coulter
The Affairs of Martha 1942
as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
The Courtship of Andy Hardy 1942
as Milly Forrest
Woman of the Year 1942
as Matron
Flag of Mercy 1942
as Clara Barton
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 1941
as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Come Back, Miss Pipps 1941
as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Life Begins for Andy Hardy 1941
as Milly Forrest
Love Crazy 1941
as Miss Cecilia Landis
Washington Melodrama 1941
as Harriet Harringan
Barnacle Bill 1941
as Aunt Letty
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941
as Milly Forrest
The Trial of Mary Dugan 1941
as Miss Matthews
Keeping Company 1940
as Mrs. Foster
Hullabaloo 1940
as 'Sue' Merriweather
Boom Town 1940
as Miss Barnes
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940
as Milly Forrest
The Shop Around the Corner 1940
as Flora
Judge Hardy and Son 1939
as Milly Forrest
Remember? 1939
as Miss Wilson
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 1939
as Nora
Think First 1939
as Policewoman
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 1939
as Milly Forrest
Tell No Tales 1939
as Miss Brendon
Angel of Mercy 1939
as Clara Barton (uncredited)
The Hardys Ride High 1939
as Milly Forrest
Four Girls in White 1939
as Miss Bennett
- Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) 1939
as Aunt Millie Forrest
Out West with the Hardys 1938
as Milly Forrest
The Barrier 1937
as Mrs. John 'Alluna' Gale
You're Only Young Once 1937
as Milly Forrest
First Lady 1937
as Mrs. Mason
A Family Affair 1937
as Milly Forrest
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney 1937
as Anna
Under Cover of Night 1937
as Janet Griswald
Laughing at Trouble 1936
as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
Reunion 1936
as Ellie
Can This Be Dixie? 1936
as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Poor Little Rich Girl 1936
as Collins
The Crime of Dr. Forbes 1936
as Dr. Anna Burkhart
Little Miss Nobody 1936
as Mrs. Lewis
Half Angel 1936
as Henrietta Hargraves
Captain January 1936
as Agatha Morgan
Everybody's Old Man 1936
as Susan Franklin
Magnificent Obsession 1935
as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Way Down East 1935
as Cordelia Peabody
O'Shaughnessy's Boy 1935
as Aunt Martha
Mad Love 1935
as Marie
Music in the Air 1934
as Martha
Anne of Green Gables 1934
as Mrs. Barry
The White Parade 1934
as Miss Harrington
The Fountain 1934
as Sophie Van Leyden
Hat, Coat and Glove 1934
as The Secretary
The Life of Vergie Winters 1934
as Winnie Belle
Finishing School 1934
as Miss Fisher
Affairs of a Gentleman 1934
as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Spitfire 1934
as Etta Dawson
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