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 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.
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Movies (48)
Houseboat
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
1958
Les Miserables
as Nun (uncredited)
1952
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Aunt Martha
1948
The Black Arrow
as Nun (uncredited)
1948
The Judge Steps Out
as Margaret (uncredited)
1947
It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
1947
The Exile
as Second Court Lady
1947
Ivy
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
1947
Cigarette Girl
as Mrs. Halstead
1947
Terror by Night
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
1946
Lady on a Train
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
as Queen Mother Elena
1945
I'll Remember April
as Mrs. Barrington
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Agatha
1945
Tender Comrade
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
1944
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Eshton
1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
1943
Mr. Lucky
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
1943
Two Tickets to London
as Dame Dunne Hartley
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Pettibone
1943
The Great Impersonation
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
1942
Almost Married
as Mrs. Marvin
1942
This Above All
as Vicar's Wife
1942
Twin Beds
1942
Klondike Fury
as Mrs. Langton
1942
Nothing But the Truth
as Mrs. Ralston
1941
Back Street
as Mrs. Williams
1941
South of Suez
as Mrs. Putnam
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
1940
Private Affairs
as Mrs. Stanley
1940
Blame It on Love
as Mrs. Wadsworth
1940
Florian
as Grandmother
1940
Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
1940
Ninotchka
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mrs. Gaynes
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Conyngham
1939
These Glamour Girls
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
1939
I Stole a Million
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
1939
The Sun Never Sets
as Mrs. Randolph
1939
Outside These Walls
as Gertrude Bishop
1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Mrs. Withers
1939
The Ice Follies of 1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
1939
Risky Business
as Mrs. Jameson
1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
1939
Fast and Loose
as Mrs. Torrent
1939
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Hanson
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
1938
Always Goodbye
as Aunt Martha Marshall
1938
