Mary Forbes1882 - 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 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.

Credits

Houseboat
Houseboat

1958

Comedy • Romance

as British Society Woman (uncredited)

6.3
1.3
Les Miserables
Les Miserables

1952

Adventure • Drama • History • Romance

as Nun (uncredited)

5.4
0.5
You Gotta Stay Happy
You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

Comedy • Romance

as Aunt Martha

6.5
0.3
The Black Arrow
The Black Arrow

1948

Action • Adventure • History • Romance

as Nun (uncredited)

5.2
0.4
The Judge Steps Out
The Judge Steps Out

1947

Comedy • Drama

as Margaret (uncredited)

7
0.5
It Had to Be You
It Had to Be You

1947

Comedy • Fantasy • Romance

as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)

6.5
0.3
The Exile
The Exile

1947

Adventure • Romance

as Second Court Lady

6.1
0.4
Ivy
Ivy

1947

Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Lady Crail (uncredited)

6.8
0.6
Cigarette Girl
Cigarette Girl

1947

Comedy • Music

as Mrs. Halstead

0
0.1
Terror by Night
Terror by Night

1946

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Lady Margaret Carstairs

6.5
1.7
Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train

1945

Comedy • Crime • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

6.6
0.7
Earl Carroll Vanities
Earl Carroll Vanities

1945

Music • Romance

as Queen Mother Elena

5
0.3
I'll Remember April
I'll Remember April

1945

Comedy • Crime • Music

as Mrs. Barrington

4
0.1
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray

1945

Drama • Fantasy • Horror

as Lady Agatha

7.1
2.3
Tender Comrade
Tender Comrade

1944

Drama • Romance • War

as Jo's Mother (uncredited)

6.3
0.2
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

1943

Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Eshton

6.9
1
Dangerous Blondes
Dangerous Blondes

1943

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

6
0.3
Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky

1943

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as War Relief Worker (uncredited)

6.9
0.6
Two Tickets to London
Two Tickets to London

1943

Drama

as Dame Dunne Hartley

6
0.3
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Mrs. Pettibone

6.7
1.3
The Great Impersonation
The Great Impersonation

1942

Drama • Thriller • War

as Lady Leslie Clayfair

5.8
0.1
Almost Married
Almost Married

1942

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mrs. Marvin

0
0.2
This Above All
This Above All

1942

Drama • Romance • War

as Vicar's Wife

6.7
0.3
Twin Beds
Twin Beds

1942

Comedy

2.7
0.2
Klondike Fury
Klondike Fury

1942

Drama

as Mrs. Langton

4.2
0.1
Nothing But the Truth
Nothing But the Truth

1941

Comedy

as Mrs. Ralston

7.1
0.8
Back Street
Back Street

1941

Drama

as Mrs. Williams

7.2
0.3
South of Suez
South of Suez

1940

Drama • Mystery

as Mrs. Putnam

5
0.1
All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too

1940

Drama • Romance

as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

7.1
0.6
Private Affairs
Private Affairs

1940

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Stanley

0
0.2
Blame It on Love
Blame It on Love

1940

Comedy • Drama

as Mrs. Wadsworth

2.5
0.1
Florian
Florian

1940

Drama

as Grandmother

1
0.5
Laddie
Laddie

1940

Drama

as Mrs. Anna Pryor

6
0.3
Ninotchka
Ninotchka

1939

Comedy • Romance

as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

7.5
1.3
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Comedy • Drama • History

as Mrs. Gaynes

5.1
0.4
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

1939

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Lady Conyngham

6.9
0.7
These Glamour Girls
These Glamour Girls

1939

Comedy • Drama

as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)

5.5
0.1
I Stole a Million
I Stole a Million

1939

Crime • Drama

as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)

6
0.5
The Sun Never Sets
The Sun Never Sets

1939

Drama

as Mrs. Randolph

4.8
0.2
Outside These Walls
Outside These Walls

1939

Crime • Drama

as Gertrude Bishop

7.5
0.2
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939

Comedy • Drama • Music • Romance

as Mrs. Withers

7.1
0.4
The Ice Follies of 1939
The Ice Follies of 1939

1939

Drama • Music

as Lady Hilda (uncredited)

5.6
0.3
Risky Business
Risky Business

1939

Crime • Drama

as Mrs. Jameson

6
0.1
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939

Comedy

as Mrs. Bel-Goodie

6.9
0.5
Fast and Loose
Fast and Loose

1939

Comedy • Mystery

as Mrs. Torrent

5.6
0.3
Three Loves Has Nancy
Three Loves Has Nancy

1938

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Hanson

4.2
0.4
You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You

1938

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby

7.5
1.2
Always Goodbye
Always Goodbye

1938

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Aunt Martha Marshall

6.8
0.2
The Rage of Paris
The Rage of Paris

1938

Comedy • Romance

as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

5.8
0.3
Outside of Paradise
Outside of Paradise

1938

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mrs. Stonewall

0
0.1
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
What Do You Think? (Number Three)

1938

Drama

as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

6
0.1
Everybody Sing
Everybody Sing

1938

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Miss Colvin

4.7
0.5
The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth

1937

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Vance

7.2
1.3
Stage Door
Stage Door

1937

Comedy • Drama

as Cast of Stage Play

7
0.8
One Hundred Men and a Girl
One Hundred Men and a Girl

1937

Comedy • Music

as Concert Hall Patron

6.4
0.3
The Life of the Party
The Life of the Party

1937

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Saunders

5.2
0.1
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie

1937

Adventure • Family

as Mrs. MacMonachie

6.5
0.4
Another Dawn
Another Dawn

1937

Adventure • Drama • Romance • War

as Mrs. Lydia Benton

6.2
0.2
Women of Glamour
Women of Glamour

1937

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Stark

5
0.2
Theodora Goes Wild
Theodora Goes Wild

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)

6.5
0.3
Wedding Present
Wedding Present

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Dodacker

6.5
0.2
The White Angel
The White Angel

1936

Drama

as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)

8
0.3
Captain Blood
Captain Blood

1935

Action • Adventure • History • Romance

as Mrs. Steed

7.2
1.1
The Widow from Monte Carlo
The Widow from Monte Carlo

1935

Comedy • Romance

as Lady Holloway

5
0.3
The Perfect Gentleman
The Perfect Gentleman

1935

Comedy • Drama

as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook

4.5
0.3
Rendezvous
Rendezvous

1935

Comedy • War

as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)

4.8
0.4
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina

1935

Drama • History • Romance

6.6
0.7
Stranded
Stranded

1935

Drama • Romance

as Grace Dean (uncredited)

5.8
0.6
Dizzy Dames
Dizzy Dames

1935

as Mrs. Stokes

6
0.2
Les Misérables
Les Misérables

1935

Drama • History • Romance

as Mlle. Baptiseme

7.2
0.9
Laddie
Laddie

1935

Drama

as Mrs. Anna Pryor

0
0.3
Roberta
Roberta

1935

Comedy • Music • Romance

7
0.5
We Live Again
We Live Again

1934

Drama

as Mrs. Kortchagin

6.5
0.2
Happiness Ahead
Happiness Ahead

1934

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mrs. Travis

6
0.3
Two Heads on a Pillow
Two Heads on a Pillow

1934

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

0
0.1
A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady

1934

Drama

as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)

6.1
0.2
British Agent
British Agent

1934

Drama • Romance • War

as Lady Catherine Trehearne

5.5
0.2
She Was a Lady
She Was a Lady

1934

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Lady Diana Vane

0
0.2
Blind Date
Blind Date

1934

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Hartwell

7
0.2
Shock
Shock

1934

Drama • Romance • War

as Lady Heatherly

6
0.1
Most Precious Thing in Life
Most Precious Thing in Life

1934

Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Kelsey

5.2
0.2
Sadie McKee
Sadie McKee

1934

Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)

7
0.5
You Can't Buy Everything
You Can't Buy Everything

1934

Drama

as Kate Farley

7
0.2
Bombshell
Bombshell

1933

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Middleton

6.5
0.4
Cavalcade
Cavalcade

1933

Drama • War

as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)

5.5
1
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms

1932

Drama • Romance • War

as Miss Van Campen

6.1
2.1
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair

1932

Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Sedley

4
0.3
The Silent Witness
The Silent Witness

1932

Mystery

as Lady Howard

5.5
0.1
Working Girls
Working Girls

1931

Comedy

as Mrs. Johnstone

6.8
0.2
The Brat
The Brat

1931

Comedy

as Mrs. Forester

5.6
0.2
Chances
Chances

1931

Drama • Romance • War

as Mrs. Ingleside

7
0.2
Born to Love
Born to Love

1931

Drama • War

as The Duchess (uncredited)

5
0.2
The Man Who Came Back
The Man Who Came Back

1931

Drama

as Mrs. Gaynes

3.5
0.2
The Devil to Pay!
The Devil to Pay!

1930

Comedy • Romance

as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)

5.9
0.3
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln

1930

Drama • History

as Actress (uncredited)

5.4
2.1
East Is West
East Is West

1930

Crime • Drama

as Mrs. Benson

4
0.1
Holiday
Holiday

1930

Drama • Romance

as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)

6.2
0.3
So This Is London
So This Is London

1930

Comedy

as Lady Worthing

7
0.1
Strictly Unconventional
Strictly Unconventional

1930

Drama

as Mrs. Anna Shenstone

3.5
0.2
Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up

1929

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Mrs. Cromwell

7.3
0.1
The Trespasser
The Trespasser

1929

Drama

as Mrs. Ferguson

6.6
0.2
The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair

1929

Drama • Horror • Mystery

as Lady Alice Crosby

4.9
0.1
Her Private Life
Her Private Life

1929

Drama • Romance

as Ladu Wildering

1
0.2
Women Who Win
Women Who Win

1919

Drama

0
0.1
The Lady Clare
The Lady Clare

1919

Drama

as Lady Julia Medwin

0
0
The Woman's Portion
The Woman's Portion

1918

as Lizzie

0
0

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