Mary Gordon

Born: 1882-05-16

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour, 16 May 1882 – 23 August 1963) was a Scottish actress, long in the United States, who mainly played housekeepers and mothers, most notably the landlady Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the 1940s starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Her body of work included nearly 300 films between 1925 and 1950. With her mother and daughter (both also named Mary), she arrived in Los Angeles in the mid-1920s and began playing variations on the roles she would spend her career on. She became friends with John Ford while making Hangman's House in 1928 and made seven more films with him. In 1939, she took on her best-remembered role as Sherlock Holmes' landlady and played the role in ten films and numerous radio plays. She was a charter member of the Hollywood Canteen, entertaining servicemen throughout the Second World War. On the radio show Those We Love, she played the regular role of Mrs. Emmett. She entered retirement just as television reshaped the entertainment industry, making only a single appearance in that medium. She was active in the Daughters of Scotia auxiliary of the Order of Scottish Clans. She lived out her final years in Pasadena, California with her daughter and grandson. She died at age 81 on 23 August 1963 in Pasadena, California after a long illness.


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Fort Apache

as Ma (barmaid)
Released: 1948-06-14

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military...

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Bride of Frankenstein

as Hans' Wife
Released: 1935-04-20

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed....

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The Invisible Man

as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-03

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to...

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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Peddler (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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The Pride of the Yankees

as Maid (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-14

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...

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The Hound of the Baskervilles

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1939-03-24

On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from Canada to take charge of his ancestral...

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The Woman in Green

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1945-06-15

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1942-12-25

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight...

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Gentleman Jim

as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...

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Sherlock Holmes in Washington

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1943-03-24

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en...

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Design for Living

as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-29

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

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A Damsel in Distress

as Cook (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-19

Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who...

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Kitty Foyle

as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-27

Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low,...

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The Invisible Woman

as Mrs. Bates
Released: 1940-12-28

Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that...

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1943-09-17

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1939-09-01

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to...

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Saps at Sea

as Mrs. O'Riley
Released: 1940-04-29

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a...

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After the Thin Man

as Rose (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-25

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is...

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Bonnie Scotland

as Mrs. Bickerdike
Released: 1935-08-23

Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things...

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The Invisible Man Returns

as Cookie (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-12

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make...

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Dressed to Kill

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1946-05-24

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing...

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Mary of Scotland

as Nurse
Released: 1936-07-28

The recently widowed Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to reclaim her throne but is opposed by her...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1942-09-18

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi...

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She Done Him Wrong

as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-09

New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of...

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The Body Snatcher

as Mary McBride (uncredited)
Released: 1945-05-25

Edinburgh, 1831. Among those who undertake the illegal trade of grave robbery is Gray,...

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Blonde Venus

as Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-23

In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a...

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Go West

as Train Passenger
Released: 1940-12-06

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...

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The Pearl of Death

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1944-08-01

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its...

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Brother Orchid

as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1940-06-07

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...

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Captain Fury

as Mrs. Bailey
Released: 1939-05-26

An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a...

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The Long Night

as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
Released: 1947-05-28

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows...

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Great Guy

as Mrs. Ogilvie
Released: 1936-12-01

A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being...

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Young People

as Old Woman
Released: 1940-08-30

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They...

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Highway 13

as Aunt Myrt Lacy
Released: 1948-12-28

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial...

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Wild Girl

as Washerwoman (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-09

Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small...

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Doctor Bull

as Townswoman at Meeting
Released: 1933-09-22

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers...

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Kidnapped

as Mrs. MacDonald
Released: 1938-05-27

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...

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The Mummy's Tomb

as Jane Banning
Released: 1942-10-23

A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill...

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Broadway Serenade

as Annie (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-07

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they...

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Pack Up Your Troubles

as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-16

The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World...

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The File on Thelma Jordon

as Charwoman (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-11-04

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with...

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Our Daily Bread

as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
Released: 1934-10-02

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by...

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Possessed

as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
Released: 1931-11-21

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse...

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Deputy Marshal

as Mrs. Lance
Released: 1949-10-28

A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.

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Kitty

as Nanny
Released: 1945-10-16

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork...

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Hollywood Canteen

as Hostess (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-15

Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and...

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Strange Confession

as Mrs. O'Connor
Released: 1945-10-05

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who...

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The Spider Woman

as Mrs. Hudson
Released: 1943-12-24

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female...

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Hell's Heroes

as Choir Member (uncredited)
Released: 1929-12-27

Three bank robbers on the run happen across a woman about to give birth in an abandoned covered...

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Double Wedding

as Mrs. Keough
Released: 1937-10-15

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her...

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You're Only Young Once

as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-10

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

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Women Without Names

as Juror
Released: 1940-03-14

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused...

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Meet the Baron

as Washer Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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Tell No Tales

as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-12

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...

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Charlie Chan in London

as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Released: 1934-09-12

Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits...

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Waterloo Bridge

as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
Released: 1931-09-01

In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking...

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Day-time Wife

as Scrubwoman
Released: 1939-11-24

When a young wife discovers her husband of two years is involved with his beautiful secretary,...

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The Plough and the Stars

as Woman at Barricades
Released: 1936-12-26

A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter...

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Texas Cyclone

as Kate
Released: 1932-02-24

When Texas Grant rides into town people think the supposedly dead Jim Rawlins has returned....

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Pot o' Gold

as Mom McCorkle
Released: 1941-04-03

Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food...

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Little Giant

as Ma Miller
Released: 1946-02-22

Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the...

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When the Daltons Rode

as Ma Dalton
Released: 1940-08-23

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the...

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Flight from Destiny

as Martha
Released: 1941-02-08

After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to...

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Sweepings

as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-04-14

Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest...

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My Woman

as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-04

A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.

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Call Her Savage

as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-24

A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him....

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Baby Take a Bow

as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-06-30

Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he...

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Blond Cheat

as Maggie (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-17

Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan...

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Sealed Lips

as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
Released: 1942-01-02

There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen....

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The Hoodlum Saint

as Trina
Released: 1946-04-04

A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that...

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One More River

as Cook (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-06

A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.

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Borrowed Hero

as Mrs. Riley
Released: 1941-12-05

A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.

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Radio Patrol

as Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-02

A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing...

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Lady Behave!

as Cook
Released: 1937-12-22

It's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from...

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Keep 'Em Slugging

as Mrs. Banning
Released: 1943-03-01

A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men...

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Sister Kenny

as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-10

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but...

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See My Lawyer

as Mrs. Fillmore
Released: 1945-03-09

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their...

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Subway Express

as Mrs. Delaney
Released: 1931-05-01

Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder...

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Dancers in the Dark

as Scrubwoman
Released: 1932-03-11

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town....

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The Little Minister

as Nanny
Released: 1934-12-28

The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village...

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Exposed

as Housekeeper
Released: 1947-09-08

A private eye and her sidekick solve the case of a dead client.

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You Can't Have Everything

as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-02

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate...

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Captain Eddie

as Mrs. Westrom
Released: 1945-06-18

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...

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Dr. Broadway

as Broadway Carrie
Released: 1942-05-09

A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.

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Shadows Over Chinatown

as Mrs. Conover
Released: 1946-06-27

In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing...

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Ladies They Talk About

as Prisoner in Visiting Room
Released: 1933-02-04

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

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Secret Command

as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Released: 1944-07-30

Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at...

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Wings of the Navy

as Irene's Housekeeper
Released: 1939-02-11

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both...

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The Escape

as Neighbor
Released: 1939-10-05

An embittered Louie Peronni returns from prison to find that his sister, Juli Peronni, is...

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Haunted Trails

as Aunt Libby
Released: 1949-08-21

Singing cowboy Whip Wilson, the foreman on a cattle drive, quits his job to pursue five bank...

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Powder Town

as Mrs. Douglas
Released: 1942-06-07

Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a...

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The Kiss Before the Mirror

as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-05-04

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney...

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Tail Spin

as Mrs. Lee
Released: 1939-02-19

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race,...

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The Brat

as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-23

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration...

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Vanessa: Her Love Story

as Mrs. Leathwaite
Released: 1935-03-01

The Victorian wife of a mad baron waits years for a British soldier sent to Egypt.

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Divorce

as Ellen
Released: 1945-08-18

A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she...

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Bombay Clipper

as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
Released: 1942-01-11

Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a...

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Madame X

as Nursemaid (uncredited)
Released: 1929-08-17

A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney...

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Black Paradise

as Mrs. Murphy
Released: 1926-05-30

In San Francisco, Sylvia Douglas and her fiancée, James Callahan, a reformed crook, make their...

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Angels' Alley

as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
Released: 1948-03-07

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However,...

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Unfinished Business

as Miss Brady
Released: 1941-08-27

Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the...

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The Great O'Malley

as Mrs. O'Malley
Released: 1937-02-13

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...

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Waterfront Lady

as Mrs. O'Flaherty
Released: 1935-10-04

When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...

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The Saturday Night Kid

as Reducing customer (uncredited)
Released: 1929-10-25

Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with...

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Queen of the Mob

as Tenement Landlady
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

as Mrs. Scott
Released: 1942-03-27

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten...

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Song o' My Heart

as Irish Woman
Released: 1930-03-11

Broken hearts in Ireland. Sean is a great tenor, in semi-retirement, living in a village close...

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The Defense Rests

as Scrub Woman
Released: 1934-07-15

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

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The Night of Nights

as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-01

A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having...

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The Power and the Glory

as Nurse (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-06

A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose...

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It Started with Eve

as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
Released: 1941-09-26

A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's...

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Double Cross

as Mrs. Murray
Released: 1941-06-27

A disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.

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Smart Guy

as Maggie
Released: 1943-12-17

A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up...

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The Impatient Maiden

as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: 1932-03-01

A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.

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Tear Gas Squad

as Mrs. Sullivan
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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No, No, Nanette

as Gertrude, the Cook
Released: 1940-12-19

Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle...

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Kidnapped

as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1948-11-28

In Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his...

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Fly-By-Night

as Ma Prescott
Released: 1942-01-19

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...

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The Whirlwind

as Mrs. Curtis
Released: 1933-04-13

After years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find...

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Meet the Stewarts

as Mrs. Stewart
Released: 1942-05-21

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

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Rulers of the Sea

as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-08

The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...

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Meet the Boy Friend

as Mrs. Grimes
Released: 1937-07-12

A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish...

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Stage Struck

as Mrs. Cassidy
Released: 1936-09-12

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway...

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City Streets

as Mrs. Devlin
Released: 1938-07-01

When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor...

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24 Hours

as Nurse
Released: 1931-10-03

A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her...

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Tucson

as Housemother (uncredited)
Released: 1949-04-27

The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his...

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The Black Camel

as Mrs. MacMasters
Released: 1931-06-21

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but...

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Beauty Parlor

as Landlady
Released: 1932-06-15

Film follows the romantic exploits of two depression-era manicurists, one of whom is being woo'd...

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Big Town Scandal

as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1948-05-27

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers...

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Million Dollar Kid

as Mrs. McGinnis
Released: 1944-02-28

The gang is friend with a millionaire because they saved him from an agression. However, the...

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Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Cleaning Woman
Released: 1933-11-02

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway...

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Men Must Fight

as Pacifist Audience Member
Released: 1933-02-17

Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.

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Little Miss Nobody

as Mrs. Biddle
Released: 1936-06-05

A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.

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The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Mrs. Dudley
Released: 1939-11-03

A retired lawman gets back into action to fight political corruption.

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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

as Mrs. O'Leary
Released: 1939-12-01

Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...

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Two Tickets to London

as Mrs. Tinkle
Released: 1943-06-14

Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...

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The Lady Consents

as Apple Lady
Released: 1936-02-07

Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer...

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Sarong Girl

as Mattie
Released: 1943-06-11

A dancer in a girlie show plots revenge when a judge orders her show closed.

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Mannequin

as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-21

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...

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Blue, White, and Perfect

as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1942-01-06

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and...

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The Expert

as Neighbor
Released: 1932-03-05

An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.

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The Matinee Idol

as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Released: 1928-03-14

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape...

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Sentimental Journey

as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
Released: 1946-03-06

An actress becomes taken with Hitty, a young orphan prone to dreaming. Julie soon finds out that...

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The Hour Before the Dawn

as Annie
Released: 1944-05-10

A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English...

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Appointment for Love

as Martha
Released: 1941-10-31

Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The...

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Mr. Soft Touch

as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-28

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning...

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A House Divided

as Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: 1931-12-05

A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.

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Cross Streets

as Sonny's Mother
Released: 1934-07-05

A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an...

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The Invisible Wall

as Mrs. Bledsoe
Released: 1947-10-15

A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the...

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Whispering Footsteps

as Ma Murphy
Released: 1943-12-30

An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.

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Change of Heart

as Woman in Street
Released: 1934-05-18

Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college...

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Half Way to Shanghai

as Mrs. McIntyre
Released: 1942-09-18

A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.

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Beloved

as Mrs. O'Leary
Released: 1934-01-22

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

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The Dark Horse

as Mrs. Mahoney
Released: 1946-07-19

This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald...

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My Son, My Son!

as Mrs. Mulvaney
Released: 1940-03-21

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied....

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Follow the Leader

as uncredited
Released: 1944-06-03

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on...

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Public Deb No. 1

as Landlady
Released: 1940-09-13

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...

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It Happened in Flatbush

as Mrs. Collins
Released: 1942-05-28

A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports...

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I Take This Oath

as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
Released: 1940-05-20

The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.

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When the Wind Blows

as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
Released: 1930-04-05

Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it....

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The Irish in Us

as Ma O'Hara
Released: 1935-07-31

A boxer and his policeman brother feud over a police captain's daughter.

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Off the Record

as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-21

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to...

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The Racket Man

as Mom Benson
Released: 1944-01-18

A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been,...

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70,000 Witnesses

as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-09

College football player is asked to dope a star teammate by his crooked gambler brother. He...

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$10 Raise

as Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1935-05-04

A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...

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Is Everybody Happy?

as Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: 1929-10-19

It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was...

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The White Angel

as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
Released: 1936-06-25

In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of...

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Ginger

as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-04

Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down...

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Gateway

as Scottish Mother
Released: 1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...

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Roaring Ranch

as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
Released: 1930-04-27

Cowboy fights to keep his ranch after oil is discovered on it.

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The Judge Steps Out

as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-15

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

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Naughty Nanette

as Mrs. Rooney
Released: 1927-04-15

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Her Husband Lies

as Mrs. Jenks
Released: 1937-03-13

J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious...

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Clues to Adventure

as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1949-04-11

This MGM Passing Parade series short presents how separate events led to the creation of three...

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Code of the Streets

as Mrs. Flaherty
Released: 1939-04-13

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and...

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The Plot Thickens

as Woman with Bag
Released: 1936-12-11

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on...

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Nobody's Children

as Mary
Released: 1940-12-12

A radio host broadcasts a show about children living in an orphanage.

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The Man from Hell

as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
Released: 1934-08-28

A cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough...

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In Fast Company

as Mrs. Cassidy
Released: 1946-06-22

The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several...

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Secrets of Scotland Yard

as Libby, the Housekeeper
Released: 1944-07-26

Secrets of Scotland Yard is Republic's spin on a plotline first elucidated in the old E....

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The Home Maker

as Mrs. Hennessy
Released: 1925-11-22

A man's life seems to be falling apart. He's bored with his job, gets passed over for a...

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Oh, for a Man!

as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
Released: 1930-11-28

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up...

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She Married a Cop

as Ma Duffy
Released: 1939-07-11

This comedy is set in New York and centers upon a singing Irish cop who causes quite a sensation...

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Roses Are Red

as Cleaning Lady
Released: 1947-11-10

A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

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The Jones Family in Hollywood

as Landlady (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-02

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a...

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The Woman Condemned

as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
Released: 1934-04-03

When a radio star is found murdered in her home, everyone assumes that the mysterious young...

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The Last Ride

as Mrs. Mary Kelly
Released: 1944-10-07

A police lieutenant is determined to bust the gang of crooks selling defective automobile tires.

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Shamrock Hill

as Grandma Rogan
Released: 1949-02-01

A young girl holds a special place in her heart for a place called Shamrock HIll, and she tries...

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West of Wyoming

as Nora Jones
Released: 1950-02-19

The Johnny Mack Brown West of Wyoming concerns the efforts by cattle baron Simon (Stanley...

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Campus Confessions

as Mrs. Twill
Released: 1938-09-23

This comical campus romance showcases the fancy footwork of All-American basketball player Hank...

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The Last Alarm

as Mrs. Hadley
Released: 1940-06-25

A recently retired fire captain suffers from boredom, until one of his friends is killed...

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Share the Wealth

as Ma MacClyde
Released: 1936-05-08

A small town shoe clerk runs for mayor under a "Share the Wealth" platform but finds himself in...

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Friend Indeed

as Housekeeper
Released: 1937-12-28

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master,...

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The Strange Mrs. Crane

as Nora
Released: 1948-10-07

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the...

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Law of the Badlands

as uncredited
Released: 1945-04-14

A cavalry officer is framed for the murder of a fellow officer and cashiered out of the army....

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Laughing Irish Eyes

as Mrs. O'Keefe
Released: 1936-03-04

An Irish crooner flirts with prize-fighting.

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Anybody's Woman

as Maid
Released: 1930-08-15

A lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.

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Nature in the Wrong

as Mrs. Clancy
Released: 1933-03-18

Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's...

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The Ol' Gray Hoss

as First taxi passenger
Released: 1928-10-19

This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps...

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The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Released: 1939-07-22

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial...

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Hangman's House

as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
Released: 1928-05-13

Forced by her mean-spirited father, Lord Chief Justice James O'Brien, to marry a man she doesn't...

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The Cisco Kid

as Mary O'Toole
First aired: 1950-09-05

The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the...

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