Mary Forbes

Personal Info

Birthday

December 30, 1882

Day of Death

1974-07-22

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK

Also Known As

Ethel Louise Young

Mary Forbes

Biography

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.

Known For

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Suspicion

The Awful Truth

Happiness Ahead

The Black Arrow

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Ninotchka

You Can't Take It with You

Filmography

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