Sara Haden
Acting
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.
Known for
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Vacation Playhouse
1963
Emma Madison
tvThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
Mother Superior
movieAndy Hardy Comes Home
1958
Milly Forrest
tvPerry Mason
1957
Florence Harvey
movieBetrayed Women
1955
Head Guard Darcy
tvThe Millionaire
1955
Miss Kendis
movieThe Outlaw's Daughter
1954
Mrs. Merril
movieA Lion Is in the Streets
1953
Lula May McManamee
tvThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952
Mrs. Bronson
movieWagons West
1952
Mrs. Cook
movieRodeo
1952
Agatha Cartwright
movieThe Great Rupert
1950
Mrs. Katie Dingle
movieRoughshod
1949
Ma Wyatt
movieThe Big Cat
1949
Mrs. Mary Cooper
movieRachel and the Stranger
1948
Mrs. Jackson
movieThe Bishop's Wife
1947
Mildred Cassaway
movieLove Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
Aunt Milly
movieMr. Ace
1946
Alma Rhodes
movieOur Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
Miss Dill
movieBad Bascomb
1946
Tillie Lovejoy
movieShe-Wolf of London
1946
Martha Winthrop
movieStrictly Personal
1945
Helen Matthews
movieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
Laura Pitts
movieOur Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
Mrs. Bjornson
movieAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
Milly Forrest
movieBroadway Rhythm
1944
Miss Wynn (uncredited)
movieLost Angel
1943
Rhoda Kitterick
movieBest Foot Forward
1943
Miss Talbert
movieThousands Cheer
1943
Nurse #2
movieAbove Suspicion
1943
Aunt Hattie
movieThe Youngest Profession
1943
Sister Lassie
movieAndy Hardy's Double Life
1942
Milly Forrest
movieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942
Miss Coulter
movieThe Affairs of Martha
1942
Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
movieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
Milly Forrest
movieFlag of Mercy
1942
Clara Barton
movieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
movieCome Back, Miss Pipps
1941
Miss Pipps (uncredited)
movieLife Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
Milly Forrest
movieLove Crazy
1941
Miss Cecilia Landis
movieWashington Melodrama
1941
Harriet Harringan
movieBarnacle Bill
1941
Aunt Letty
movieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
Milly Forrest
movieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
Miss Matthews
movieKeeping Company
1940
Mrs. Foster
movieHullabaloo
1940
'Sue' Merriweather
movieBoom Town
1940
Miss Barnes
movieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
Milly Forrest
movieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
Milly Forrest
movieRemember?
1939
Miss Wilson
movieThink First
1939
Policewoman
movieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
Milly Forrest
movieTell No Tales
1939
Miss Brendon
movieAngel of Mercy
1939
Clara Barton (uncredited)
movieThe Hardys Ride High
1939
Milly Forrest
movieFour Girls in White
1939
Miss Bennett
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
Aunt Millie Forrest
movieOut West with the Hardys
1938
Milly Forrest
movieYou're Only Young Once
1937
Milly Forrest
movieFirst Lady
1937
Mrs. Mason
movieA Family Affair
1937
Milly Forrest
movieUnder Cover of Night
1937
Janet Griswald
movieLaughing at Trouble
1936
Mrs. Jennie Nevins
movieReunion
1936
Ellie
movieCan This Be Dixie?
1936
Miss Beauregard Peachtree
movieThe Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936
Dr. Anna Burkhart
movieLittle Miss Nobody
1936
Mrs. Lewis
movieHalf Angel
1936
Henrietta Hargraves
movieCaptain January
1936
Agatha Morgan
movieEverybody's Old Man
1936
Susan Franklin
movieMagnificent Obsession
1935
Mrs. Nancy Ashford
movieWay Down East
1935
Cordelia Peabody
movieO'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
Aunt Martha
movieMad Love
1935
Marie
movieAnne of Green Gables
1934
Mrs. Barry
movieThe White Parade
1934
Miss Harrington
movieThe Fountain
1934
Sophie Van Leyden
movieHat, Coat and Glove
1934
The Secretary
movieThe Life of Vergie Winters
1934
Winnie Belle
movieFinishing School
1934
Miss Fisher
movieAffairs of a Gentleman
1934
Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
movieSpitfire
1934
Etta Dawson