Mary Forbes
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieHouseboat
1958
British Society Woman (uncredited)
tvSuspicion
1957
Mrs. Merton
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
movieLes Miserables
1952
Nun (uncredited)
movieYou Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Aunt Martha
movieThe Black Arrow
1948
Nun (uncredited)
movieThe Judge Steps Out
1947
Margaret (uncredited)
movieIt Had to Be You
1947
Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
movieThe Exile
1947
Second Court Lady
movieIvy
1947
Lady Crail (uncredited)
movieCigarette Girl
1947
Mrs. Halstead
movieTerror by Night
1946
Lady Margaret Carstairs
movieEarl Carroll Vanities
1945
Queen Mother Elena
movieI'll Remember April
1945
Mrs. Barrington
movieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
Lady Agatha
movieTender Comrade
1944
Jo's Mother (uncredited)
movieJane Eyre
1943
Mrs. Eshton
movieDangerous Blondes
1943
Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
movieMr. Lucky
1943
War Relief Worker (uncredited)
movieTwo Tickets to London
1943
Dame Dunne Hartley
movieSherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Mrs. Pettibone
movieThe Great Impersonation
1942
Lady Leslie Clayfair
movieAlmost Married
1942
Mrs. Marvin
movieThis Above All
1942
Vicar's Wife
movieKlondike Fury
1942
Mrs. Langton
movieNothing but the Truth
1941
Mrs. Ralston
movieBack Street
1941
Mrs. Williams
movieSouth of Suez
1940
Mrs. Putnam
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
moviePrivate Affairs
1940
Mrs. Stanley
movieBlame It on Love
1940
Mrs. Wadsworth
movieFlorian
1940
Grandmother
movieLaddie
1940
Mrs. Anna Pryor
movieNinotchka
1939
Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
movieHollywood Cavalcade
1939
Mrs. Gaynes
movieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
Lady Conyngham
movieThese Glamour Girls
1939
Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
movieI Stole a Million
1939
Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
movieThe Sun Never Sets
1939
Mrs. Randolph
movieOutside These Walls
1939
Gertrude Bishop
movieThree Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
Mrs. Withers
movieThe Ice Follies of 1939
1939
Lady Hilda (uncredited)
movieRisky Business
1939
Mrs. Jameson
movieYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
movieFast and Loose
1939
Mrs. Torrent
movieThree Loves Has Nancy
1938
Mrs. Hanson
movieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
Mrs. Anthony Kirby
movieAlways Goodbye
1938
Aunt Martha Marshall
movieThe Rage of Paris
1938
Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
movieOutside of Paradise
1938
Mrs. Stonewall
movieEverybody Sing
1938
Miss Colvin
movieWhat Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938
Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
movieThe Awful Truth
1937
Mrs. Vance
movieStage Door
1937
Cast of Stage Play
movieOne Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
Concert Hall Patron
movieThe Life of the Party
1937
Mrs. Saunders
movieWee Willie Winkie
1937
Mrs. MacMonachie
movieAnother Dawn
1937
Mrs. Lydia Benton
movieWomen of Glamour
1937
Mrs. Stark
movieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
movieWedding Present
1936
Mrs. Dodacker
movieThe White Angel
1936
Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
movieCaptain Blood
1935
Mrs. Steed
movieThe Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
Lady Holloway
movieThe Perfect Gentleman
1935
Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
movieRendezvous
1935
Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
movieAnna Karenina
1935
Princess Sorokina
movieStranded
1935
Grace Dean (uncredited)
movieDizzy Dames
1935
Mrs. Stokes
movieLes Misérables
1935
Mlle. Baptiseme
movieLaddie
1935
Mrs. Anna Pryor
movieRoberta
1935
(uncredited)
movieWe Live Again
1934
Mrs. Kortchagin
movieHappiness Ahead
1934
Mrs. Travis
movieTwo Heads on a Pillow
1934
Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
movieA Lost Lady
1934
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
movieBritish Agent
1934
Lady Catherine Trehearne
movieShe Was a Lady
1934
Lady Diana Vane
movieBlind Date
1934
Mrs. Hartwell
movieShock
1934
Lady Heatherly
movieMost Precious Thing in Life
1934
Mrs. Kelsey
movieSadie McKee
1934
Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
movieYou Can't Buy Everything
1934
Kate Farley
movieBombshell
1933
Mrs. Middleton
movieCavalcade
1933
Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
movieA Farewell to Arms
1932
Miss Van Campen
movieVanity Fair
1932
Mrs. Sedley
movieThe Silent Witness
1932
Lady Howard
movieWorking Girls
1931
Mrs. Johnstone
movieThe Brat
1931
Mrs. Forester
movieChances
1931
Mrs. Ingleside
movieBorn to Love
1931
The Duchess (uncredited)
movieThe Man Who Came Back
1931
Mrs. Gaynes
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
movieAbraham Lincoln
1930
Actress (uncredited)
movieEast Is West
1930
Mrs. Benson
movieHoliday
1930
Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
movieSo This Is London
1930
Lady Worthing
movieStrictly Unconventional
1930
Mrs. Anna Shenstone
movieSunny Side Up
1929
Mrs. Cromwell
movieThe Trespasser
1929
Mrs. Ferguson
movieThe Thirteenth Chair
1929
Lady Alice Crosby
movieHer Private Life
1929
Ladu Wildering
movieThe Lady Clare
1919
Lady Julia Medwin