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