Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderFemale
- Birthday1882-12-30
- Day of Death1974-07-22 (91 years)
- Place of BirthHornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
- Also Known AsEthel 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1958
Houseboat
As: British Society Woman (uncredited)
- 1957
Suspicion
As: Mrs. Merton
- 1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As: Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
- 1952
Les Miserables
As: Nun (uncredited)
- 1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
As: Aunt Martha
- 1947
The Judge Steps Out
As: Margaret (uncredited)
- 1947
It Had to Be You
As: Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
1947The Exile
As: Second Court Lady
1947Ivy
As: Lady Crail (uncredited)
1947Cigarette Girl
As: Mrs. Halstead
1946Terror by Night
As: Lady Margaret Carstairs
1945Earl Carroll Vanities
As: Queen Mother Elena
1945I'll Remember April
As: Mrs. Barrington
- 1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
As: Lady Agatha
1944Tender Comrade
As: Jo's Mother (uncredited)
1943Jane Eyre
As: Mrs. Eshton
1943Dangerous Blondes
As: Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
1943Mr. Lucky
As: War Relief Worker (uncredited)
1943Two Tickets to London
As: Dame Dunne Hartley
1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington
As: Mrs. Pettibone
1942The Great Impersonation
As: Lady Leslie Clayfair
1942Almost Married
As: Mrs. Marvin
1942This Above All
As: Vicar's Wife
1942Klondike Fury
As: Mrs. Langton
1941Nothing But the Truth
As: Mrs. Ralston
1941Back Street
As: Mrs. Williams
1940South of Suez
As: Mrs. Putnam
1940All This, and Heaven Too
As: Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
1940Private Affairs
As: Mrs. Stanley
1940Blame It on Love
As: Mrs. Wadsworth
1940Florian
As: Grandmother
1940Laddie
As: Mrs. Anna Pryor
- 1939
Ninotchka
As: Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
1939Hollywood Cavalcade
As: Mrs. Gaynes
1939The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
As: Lady Conyngham
1939These Glamour Girls
As: Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
1939I Stole a Million
As: Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
1939The Sun Never Sets
As: Mrs. Randolph
1939Outside These Walls
As: Gertrude Bishop
1939Three Smart Girls Grow Up
As: Mrs. Withers
1939The Ice Follies of 1939
As: Lady Hilda
1939Risky Business
As: Mrs. Jameson
1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
As: Mrs. Bel-Goodie
1939Fast and Loose
As: Mrs. Torrent
1938Three Loves Has Nancy
As: Mrs. Hanson
- 1938
You Can't Take It with You
As: Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
1938Always Goodbye
As: Aunt Martha Marshall
1938The Rage of Paris
As: Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
1938Outside of Paradise
As: Mrs. Stonewall
1938What Do You Think? (Number Three)
As: Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
1938Everybody Sing
As: Miss Colvin
- 1937
The Awful Truth
As: Mrs. Vance
1937Stage Door
As: Cast of Stage Play
1937One Hundred Men and a Girl
As: Concert Hall Patron
1937The Life of the Party
As: Mrs. Saunders
1937Wee Willie Winkie
As: Mrs. MacMonachie
1937Another Dawn
As: Mrs. Lydia Benton
1937Women of Glamour
As: Mrs. Stark
1936Theodora Goes Wild
As: Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
1936Wedding Present
As: Mrs. Dodacker
1936The White Angel
As: Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
- 1935
Captain Blood
As: Mrs. Steed
1935The Widow from Monte Carlo
As: Lady Holloway
1935The Perfect Gentleman
As: Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
1935Rendezvous
As: Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
1935Stranded
As: Grace Dean (uncredited)
1935Dizzy Dames
As: Mrs. Stokes
1935Les Misérables
As: Mlle. Baptiseme
1935Laddie
As: Mrs. Anna Pryor
1934We Live Again
As: Mrs. Kortchagin
1934Happiness Ahead
As: Mrs. Travis
1934Two Heads on a Pillow
As: Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
1934A Lost Lady
As: Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
1934British Agent
As: Lady Catherine Trehearne
1934She Was a Lady
As: Lady Diana Vane
1934Blind Date
As: Mrs. Hartwell
1934Shock
As: Lady Heatherly
1934Most Precious Thing in Life
As: Mrs. Kelsey
1934Sadie McKee
As: Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
1934You Can't Buy Everything
As: Kate Farley
1933Bombshell
As: Mrs. Middleton
1933Cavalcade
As: Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
1932A Farewell to Arms
As: Miss Van Campen
1932Vanity Fair
As: Mrs. Sedley
1932The Silent Witness
As: Lady Howard
1931Working Girls
As: Mrs. Johnstone
1931The Brat
As: Mrs. Forester
1931Chances
As: Mrs. Ingleside
1931Born to Love
As: The Duchess (uncredited)
1931The Man Who Came Back
As: Mrs. Gaynes
1930The Devil to Pay!
As: Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
1930Abraham Lincoln
As: Actress (uncredited)
1930East Is West
As: Mrs. Benson
1930Holiday
As: Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
1930So This Is London
As: Lady Worthing
1930Strictly Unconventional
As: Mrs. Anna Shenstone
1929Sunny Side Up
As: Mrs. Cromwell
1929The Trespasser
As: Mrs. Ferguson
1929The Thirteenth Chair
As: Lady Alice Crosby
1929Her Private Life
As: Ladu Wildering
1919The Lady Clare
As: Lady Julia Medwin