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Mary Forbes 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.
Birth Name
Ethel Louise Young
Born
Monday, 01 January 1883
Died
Monday, 22 July 1974
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| Houseboat | British Society Woman | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Mrs. Merton | 1957 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Herbert Winthrop | 1955 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Oliphant | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Nun | 1952 |
| Pest Man Wins | Party Guest | 1951 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Aunt Martha | 1948 |
| The Black Arrow | Nun | 1948 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Margaret | 1947 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Various characters | 2015 |
| Houseboat | British Society Woman | 1958 |
| Suspicion | Mrs. Merton | 1957 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Herbert Winthrop | 1955 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Mrs. Oliphant | 1952 |
| Les Miserables | Nun | 1952 |
| Pest Man Wins | Party Guest | 1951 |
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Aunt Martha | 1948 |
| The Black Arrow | Nun | 1948 |
| The Judge Steps Out | Margaret | 1947 |
| It Had to Be You | Mrs. Kimberly | 1947 |
| The Exile | Second Court Lady | 1947 |
| Song of Love | Woman at Party | 1947 |
| Down to Earth | Mrs. Fenimore Hume | 1947 |
| The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Mrs. Pierce | 1947 |
| Ivy | Lady Crail | 1947 |
| The Other Love | Madame Gruen - Sanitarium Patient | 1947 |
| Cigarette Girl | Mrs. Halstead | 1947 |
| Half-Wits Holiday | Countess Shpritzvasser | 1947 |
| A Stolen Life | Art Patron | 1946 |
| The Kid from Brooklyn | Garden Party Guest | 1946 |
| Terror by Night | Lady Margaret Carstairs | 1946 |
| One Way to Love | Distinguished Woman | 1946 |
| That Night with You | Mrs. Brock | 1945 |
| Lady on a Train | Waring Cousin | 1945 |
| Guest Wife | Dinner Guest | 1945 |
| That's the Spirit | Undetermined Role | 1945 |
| Earl Carroll Vanities | Queen Mother Elena | 1945 |
| I'll Remember April | Mrs. Barrington | 1945 |
| Front Row Center | Empress Elisabeth of Austria | 1945 |
| A Guy, a Gal and a Pal | Mrs. Breckenridge | 1945 |
| The Picture of Dorian Gray | Lady Agatha | 1945 |
| Tender Comrade | Mrs. Flanagan - Jo's Mother | 1944 |
| Ladies Courageous | Sister Rose | 1944 |
| What a Woman! | Senator's Wife | 1943 |
| Jane Eyre | Mrs. Eshton | 1943 |
| Women in Bondage | Gladys Bracken | 1943 |
| Flesh and Fantasy | Lady Thomas | 1943 |
| Dangerous Blondes | Isabel Fleming | 1943 |
| Mr. Lucky | War Relief Worker | 1943 |
| Two Tickets to London | Dame Dunne Hartley | 1943 |
| Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Mother Pettibone / Mrs. Pettibone | 1943 |
| The Great Impersonation | Lady Leslie Clayfair | 1942 |
| Almost Married | Mrs. Marvin | 1942 |
| This Above All | Vicar's Wife | 1942 |
| Twin Beds | 1942 | |
| Klondike Fury | Mrs. Langton | 1942 |
| We Were Dancing | Mrs. Louise Sandys | 1942 |
| Paris Calling | Lady Guest | 1941 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Mrs. Ralston | 1941 |
| When Ladies Meet | Freddie's Mother | 1941 |
| Back Street | Mrs. Williams | 1941 |
| South of Suez | Mrs. Putnam | 1940 |
| Girl from Avenue A | Minor Role | 1940 |
| All This, and Heaven Too | Lady at the Theatre | 1940 |
| Florian | Grandmother | 1940 |
| Laddie | Mrs. Anna Pryor | 1940 |
| Ninotchka | Lady Lavenham - Indignant Woman in Doorway | 1939 |
| Hollywood Cavalcade | Mrs. Gaynes | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Lady Conyngham | 1939 |
| These Glamour Girls | Mrs. Van Reichton | 1939 |
| I Stole a Million | Customer in Flower Shop | 1939 |
| Should Husbands Work? | Mrs. Barnes | 1939 |
| It Could Happen to You | Mrs. Quigley | 1939 |
| The Sun Never Sets | Mrs. Randolph | 1939 |
| Outside These Walls | Gertrude Bishop | 1939 |
| Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Mrs. Withers | 1939 |
| The Ice Follies of 1939 | Lady Hilda / Lady Hilda (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Risky Business | Mrs. Jameson | 1939 |
| You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Mrs. Bel-Goodie | 1939 |
| Fast and Loose | Mrs. Torrent | 1939 |
| Just Around the Corner | Miss Vincent | 1938 |
| Three Loves Has Nancy | Mrs. Hansen / Mrs. Hanson | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Mrs. Anthony Kirby / Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby | 1938 |
| The Rage of Paris | Woman in Opera Box | 1938 |
| Always Goodbye | Aunt Martha Marshall | 1938 |
| Outside of Paradise | Mrs. Stonewall | 1938 |
| Everybody Sing | Miss Colvin | 1938 |
| The Awful Truth | Mrs. Vance | 1937 |
| Stage Door | Cast of Stage Play | 1937 |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl | Concert Hall Patron | 1937 |
| The Life of the Party | Mrs. Saunders | 1937 |
| Wee Willie Winkie | Mrs. MacMonachie | 1937 |
| Another Dawn | Mrs. Lydia Benton | 1937 |
| Women of Glamour | Mrs. Stark | 1937 |
| Theodora Goes Wild | Mrs. Wyatt | 1936 |
| Wedding Present | Mrs. Dodacker | 1936 |
| The White Angel | First Lady Disapproving of Florence | 1936 |
| The Widow from Monte Carlo | Lady Holloway | 1936 |
| Captain Blood | Mrs. Steed | 1935 |
| The Perfect Gentleman | Lady Clyffe-Pembrook | 1935 |
| Rendezvous | Lady Cavendish | 1935 |
| Anna Karenina | Princess Sorokina | 1935 |
| Stranded | Grace Dean | 1935 |
| Dizzy Dames | Mrs. Stokes | 1935 |
| Les Misérables | Mlle. Baptiseme | 1935 |
| Laddie | Mrs. Anna Pryor | 1935 |
| Roberta | Mrs. Teale | 1935 |
| The Painted Veil | Mrs. Braithwaite | 1934 |
| Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round | Passenger Campbell Sits Next To | 1934 |
| We Live Again | Mrs. Kortchagin | 1934 |
| Happiness Ahead | Mrs. Travis | 1934 |
| Two Heads on a Pillow | Mrs. Caroline Devonshire | 1934 |
| A Lost Lady | Mrs. Hardy | 1934 |
| British Agent | Lady Catherine Trehearne | 1934 |
| She Was a Lady | Lady Diana Vane | 1934 |
| Blind Date | Mrs. Hartwell | 1934 |
| Shock | Lady Heatherly | 1934 |
| Now I'll Tell | Mrs. Drake | 1934 |
| Most Precious Thing in Life | Mrs. Kelsey | 1934 |
| Born to Be Bad | Admirer at Nightclub | 1934 |
| Sadie McKee | Mrs. Alderson | 1934 |
| Carolina | Aunt Catherine | 1934 |
| You Can't Buy Everything | Kate Farley | 1934 |
| Bombshell | Mrs. Middleton | 1933 |
| The Masquerader | Eve Chilcote's friend in Paris hotel | 1933 |
| Cavalcade | Duchess of Churt | 1933 |
| Farewell to Arms, A | Miss Van Campen | 1932 |
| A Farewell to Arms | Miss Van Campen | 1932 |
| Vanity Fair | Mrs. Sedley | 1932 |
| Stepping Sisters | Mrs. Tremaine | 1932 |
| Working Girls | Mrs. Johnstone | 1931 |
| Chances | Mrs. Ingleside | 1931 |
| Born to Love | The Duchess | 1931 |
| The Brat | Mrs. Forester | 1931 |
| The Man Who Came Back | Mrs. Gaynes | 1931 |
| The Devil to Pay! | Mrs. Hope | 1930 |
| East Is West | Mrs. Benson | 1930 |
| Abraham Lincoln | Actress | 1930 |
| Holiday | Mrs. Pritchard Ames | 1930 |
| So This Is London | Lady Worthing | 1930 |
| Strictly Unconventional | Mrs. Anna Shenstone | 1930 |
| Her Private Life | Ladu Wildering | 1930 |
| Sunny Side Up | Mrs. Cromwell | 1929 |
| The Trespasser | Mrs. Ferguson | 1929 |
| The Thirteenth Chair | Lady Crosby / Lady Alice Crosby | 1929 |
| Nance | Felicia Damarche | 1920 |
| Inheritance | Lady Isabel | 1920 |
| Women Who Win | Ella Graham | 1919 |
