Acting · Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK · Born December 30, 1882
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.
MovieHouseboat
1958
as British Society Woman (uncredited)
TVSuspicion
1957
as Mrs. Merton
TVAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
MovieLes Miserables
1952
as Nun (uncredited)
MovieYou Gotta Stay Happy
1948
as Aunt Martha
MovieThe Black Arrow
1948
as Nun (uncredited)
MovieThe Judge Steps Out
1947
as Margaret (uncredited)
MovieIt Had to Be You
1947
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
MovieThe Exile
1947
as Second Court Lady
MovieIvy
1947
as Lady Crail (uncredited)
MovieCigarette Girl
1947
as Mrs. Halstead
MovieTerror by Night
1946
as Lady Margaret Carstairs
MovieLady on a Train
1945
MovieEarl Carroll Vanities
1945
as Queen Mother Elena
MovieI'll Remember April
1945
as Mrs. Barrington
MovieThe Picture of Dorian Gray
1945
as Lady Agatha
MovieTender Comrade
1944
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)
MovieJane Eyre
1943
as Mrs. Eshton
MovieDangerous Blondes
1943
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
MovieMr. Lucky
1943
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
MovieTwo Tickets to London
1943
as Dame Dunne Hartley
MovieSherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Mrs. Pettibone
MovieThe Great Impersonation
1942
as Lady Leslie Clayfair
MovieAlmost Married
1942
as Mrs. Marvin
MovieThis Above All
1942
as Vicar's Wife
MovieTwin Beds
1942
MovieKlondike Fury
1942
as Mrs. Langton
MovieNothing but the Truth
1941
as Mrs. Ralston
MovieBack Street
1941
as Mrs. Williams
MovieSouth of Suez
1940
as Mrs. Putnam
MovieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
MoviePrivate Affairs
1940
as Mrs. Stanley
MovieBlame It on Love
1940
as Mrs. Wadsworth
MovieFlorian
1940
as Grandmother
MovieLaddie
1940
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
MovieNinotchka
1939
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
MovieHollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Mrs. Gaynes
MovieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1939
as Lady Conyngham
MovieThese Glamour Girls
1939
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
MovieI Stole a Million
1939
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
MovieThe Sun Never Sets
1939
as Mrs. Randolph
MovieOutside These Walls
1939
as Gertrude Bishop
MovieThree Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Mrs. Withers
MovieThe Ice Follies of 1939
1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)
MovieRisky Business
1939
as Mrs. Jameson
MovieYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
MovieFast and Loose
1939
as Mrs. Torrent
MovieThree Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Mrs. Hanson
MovieYou Can't Take It with You
1938
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby
MovieAlways Goodbye
1938
as Aunt Martha Marshall
MovieThe Rage of Paris
1938
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
MovieOutside of Paradise
1938
as Mrs. Stonewall
MovieEverybody Sing
1938
as Miss Colvin
MovieWhat Do You Think? (Number Three)
1938
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
MovieThe Awful Truth
1937
as Mrs. Vance
MovieStage Door
1937
as Cast of Stage Play
MovieOne Hundred Men and a Girl
1937
as Concert Hall Patron
MovieThe Life of the Party
1937
as Mrs. Saunders
MovieWee Willie Winkie
1937
as Mrs. MacMonachie
MovieAnother Dawn
1937
as Mrs. Lydia Benton
MovieWomen of Glamour
1937
as Mrs. Stark
MovieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
as Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
MovieWedding Present
1936
as Mrs. Dodacker
MovieThe White Angel
1936
as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
MovieCaptain Blood
1935
as Mrs. Steed
MovieThe Widow from Monte Carlo
1935
as Lady Holloway
MovieThe Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
MovieRendezvous
1935
as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
MovieAnna Karenina
1935
as Princess Sorokina
MovieStranded
1935
as Grace Dean (uncredited)
MovieDizzy Dames
1935
as Mrs. Stokes
MovieLes Misérables
1935
as Mlle. Baptiseme
MovieLaddie
1935
as Mrs. Anna Pryor
MovieRoberta
1935
as (uncredited)
MovieWe Live Again
1934
as Mrs. Kortchagin
MovieHappiness Ahead
1934
as Mrs. Travis
MovieTwo Heads on a Pillow
1934
as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
MovieA Lost Lady
1934
as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
MovieBritish Agent
1934
as Lady Catherine Trehearne
MovieShe Was a Lady
1934
as Lady Diana Vane
MovieBlind Date
1934
as Mrs. Hartwell
MovieShock
1934
as Lady Heatherly
MovieMost Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Mrs. Kelsey
MovieSadie McKee
1934
as Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
MovieYou Can't Buy Everything
1934
as Kate Farley
MovieBombshell
1933
as Mrs. Middleton
MovieCavalcade
1933
as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
MovieA Farewell to Arms
1932
as Miss Van Campen
MovieVanity Fair
1932
as Mrs. Sedley
MovieThe Silent Witness
1932
as Lady Howard
MovieWorking Girls
1931
as Mrs. Johnstone
MovieThe Brat
1931
as Mrs. Forester
MovieChances
1931
as Mrs. Ingleside
MovieBorn to Love
1931
as The Duchess (uncredited)
MovieThe Man Who Came Back
1931
as Mrs. Gaynes
MovieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
as Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
MovieAbraham Lincoln
1930
as Actress (uncredited)
MovieEast Is West
1930
as Mrs. Benson
MovieHoliday
1930
as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
MovieSo This Is London
1930
as Lady Worthing
MovieStrictly Unconventional
1930
as Mrs. Anna Shenstone
MovieSunny Side Up
1929
as Mrs. Cromwell
MovieThe Trespasser
1929
as Mrs. Ferguson
MovieThe Thirteenth Chair
1929
as Lady Alice Crosby
MovieHer Private Life
1929
as Ladu Wildering
MovieWomen Who Win
1919
MovieThe Lady Clare
1919
as Lady Julia Medwin
The Woman's Portion
1918
as Lizzie
