7.5
7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Mrs. Anthony P. Kirby
Mary Forbes
Acting
Born:December 30, 1882
Died:July 22, 1974(aged 91)
Birthplace:Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (78 movies)
7.5
7.5
Outside These Walls
1939
as Gertrude Bishop
7.2
7.2
Back Street
1941
as Mrs. Williams
7.2
7.2
The Awful Truth
1937
as Mrs. Vance
7.2
7.2
Les Misérables
1935
as Mlle. Baptiseme
7.1
7.1
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Lady Agatha
7.1
7.1
Nothing But the Truth
1941
as Mrs. Ralston
7.0
7.0
Chances
1931
as Mrs. Ingleside
7.0
7.0
So This Is London
1930
as Lady Worthing
7.0
7.0
Blind Date
1934
as Mrs. Hartwell
7.0
7.0
Roberta
1935
7.0
7.0
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
as Kate Farley
6.9
6.9
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Lady Conyngham
6.8
6.8
Sunny Side Up
1929
as Mrs. Cromwell
6.8
6.8
Always Goodbye
1938
as Aunt Martha Marshall
6.8
6.8
Working Girls
1931
as Mrs. Johnstone
6.8
6.8
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
6.7
6.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Mrs. Pettibone
6.6
6.6
We Live Again
1934
as Mrs. Kortchagin
6.6
6.6
Wee Willie Winkie
1937
as Mrs. MacMonachie
6.6
6.6
The Trespasser
1929
as Mrs. Ferguson
6.5
6.5
Wedding Present
1936
as Mrs. Dodacker
6.5
6.5
Anna Karenina
1935
as Princess Sorokina
6.5
6.5
Terror by Night
1946
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
6.4
6.4
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Aunt Martha
6.4
6.4
Bombshell
1933
as Mrs. Middleton
6.4
6.4
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
as Concert Hall Patron
6.2
6.2
Another Dawn
1937
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
6.2
6.2
Holiday
1930
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
6.1
6.1
A Farewell to Arms
1932
as Miss Van Campen
6.0
6.0
Two Tickets to London
1943
as Dame Dunne Hartley
6.0
6.0
Laddie
1940
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
6.0
6.0
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Risky Business
1939
as Mrs. Jameson
6.0
6.0
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Mrs. Travis
6.0
6.0
Shock
1934
as Lady Heatherly
6.0
6.0
Dangerous Blondes
1943
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Dizzy Dames
1935
as Mrs. Stokes
6.0
6.0
Tender Comrade
1944
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
5.8
5.8
The Great Impersonation
1942
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
5.7
5.7
The Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
A Lost Lady
1934
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
5.6
5.6
Fast and Loose
1939
as Mrs. Torrent
5.5
5.5
British Agent
1934
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
5.5
5.5
The Silent Witness
1932
as Lady Howard
5.2
5.2
The Brat
1931
as Mrs. Forester
5.2
5.2
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Mrs. Kelsey
5.2
5.2
The Life of the Party
1937
as Mrs. Saunders
5.0
5.0
Women of Glamour
1937
as Mrs. Stark
5.0
5.0
Born to Love
1931
as The Duchess (uncredited)
5.0
5.0
Earl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Queen Mother Elena
5.0
5.0
The Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Lady Holloway
4.9
4.9
The Thirteenth Chair
1929
as Lady Alice Crosby
4.8
4.8
The Sun Never Sets
1939
as Mrs. Randolph
4.7
4.7
Everybody Sing
1938
as Miss Colvin
4.5
4.5
The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
4.3
4.3
Rendezvous
1935
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
4.2
4.2
Klondike Fury
1942
as Mrs. Langton
4.0
4.0
East Is West
1930
as Mrs. Benson
4.0
4.0
Vanity Fair
1932
as Mrs. Sedley
4.0
4.0
South of Suez
1940
as Mrs. Putnam
3.8
3.8
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Mrs. Hanson
3.7
3.7
I'll Remember April
1945
as Mrs. Barrington
3.4
3.4
The Man Who Came Back
1931
as Mrs. Gaynes
2.8
2.8
Twin Beds
1942
2.7
2.7
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
2.5
2.5
Blame It on Love
1940
as Mrs. Wadsworth
1.0
1.0
Her Private Life
1929
as Ladu Wildering
She Was a Lady
1934
as Lady Diana Vane
The Woman's Portion
1918
as Lizzie
Women Who Win
1919
The Lady Clare
1919
as Lady Julia Medwin
Laddie
1935
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Outside of Paradise
1938
as Mrs. Stonewall
Almost Married
1942
as Mrs. Marvin
Cigarette Girl
1947
as Mrs. Halstead
Two Heads on a Pillow
1934
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Private Affairs
1940
as Mrs. Stanley
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