Acting · Galveston, Texas, USA · Born November 16, 1898
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
TVBreaking Point
1963
Vacation Playhouse
1963
as Emma Madison
TVRoute 66
1960
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVLock-Up
1959
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Mother Superior
MovieAndy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Milly Forrest
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Florence Harvey
State Trooper
1956
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieBetrayed Women
1955
as Head Guard Darcy
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Miss Kendis
MovieThe Outlaw's Daughter
1954
as Mrs. Merril
TVDecember Bride
1954
MovieA Lion Is in the Streets
1953
as Lula May McManamee
TVThe Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Mrs. Bronson
TVMr. & Mrs. North
1952
MovieWagons West
1952
as Mrs. Cook
MovieRodeo
1952
as Agatha Cartwright
As We Forgive
1952
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Wife
MovieA Life of Her Own
1950
as Smitty
MovieThe Great Rupert
1950
as Mrs. Katie Dingle
MovieRoughshod
1949
as Ma Wyatt
MovieThe Big Cat
1949
as Mrs. Mary Cooper
MovieRachel and the Stranger
1948
as Mrs. Jackson
MovieThe Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mildred Cassaway
MovieLove Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
as Aunt Milly
MovieMr. Ace
1946
as Alma Rhodes
MovieOur Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Miss Dill
MovieBad Bascomb
1946
as Tillie Lovejoy
MovieShe-Wolf of London
1946
as Martha Winthrop
MovieStrictly Personal
1945
as Helen Matthews
MovieShe Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
as Laura Pitts
MovieOur Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945
as Mrs. Bjornson
MovieAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
as Milly Forrest
MovieBroadway Rhythm
1944
as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
MovieLost Angel
1943
as Rhoda Kitterick
MovieBest Foot Forward
1943
as Miss Talbert
MovieThousands Cheer
1943
as Nurse #2
MovieAbove Suspicion
1943
as Aunt Hattie
MovieThe Youngest Profession
1943
as Sister Lassie
MovieAndy Hardy's Double Life
1942
as Milly Forrest
MovieSomewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Miss Coulter
MovieThe Affairs of Martha
1942
as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
MovieThe Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942
as Milly Forrest
MovieWoman of the Year
1942
as Matron
MovieFlag of Mercy
1942
as Clara Barton
MovieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
MovieCome Back, Miss Pipps
1941
as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
MovieLife Begins for Andy Hardy
1941
as Milly Forrest
MovieLove Crazy
1941
as Miss Cecilia Landis
MovieWashington Melodrama
1941
as Harriet Harringan
MovieBarnacle Bill
1941
as Aunt Letty
MovieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Milly Forrest
MovieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Miss Matthews
MovieKeeping Company
1940
as Mrs. Foster
MovieHullabaloo
1940
as 'Sue' Merriweather
MovieBoom Town
1940
as Miss Barnes
MovieAndy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as Milly Forrest
MovieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Flora
MovieJudge Hardy and Son
1939
as Milly Forrest
MovieRemember?
1939
as Miss Wilson
MovieThe Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939
as Nora
MovieThink First
1939
as Policewoman
MovieAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Milly Forrest
MovieTell No Tales
1939
as Miss Brendon
MovieAngel of Mercy
1939
as Clara Barton (uncredited)
MovieThe Hardys Ride High
1939
as Milly Forrest
MovieFour Girls in White
1939
as Miss Bennett
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939
as Aunt Millie Forrest
MovieOut West with the Hardys
1938
as Milly Forrest
MovieYou're Only Young Once
1937
as Milly Forrest
MovieFirst Lady
1937
as Mrs. Mason
MovieA Family Affair
1937
as Milly Forrest
MovieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Anna
MovieUnder Cover of Night
1937
as Janet Griswald
MovieLaughing at Trouble
1936
as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
MovieReunion
1936
as Ellie
MovieCan This Be Dixie?
1936
as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
MoviePoor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Collins
MovieThe Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936
as Dr. Anna Burkhart
MovieLittle Miss Nobody
1936
as Mrs. Lewis
MovieHalf Angel
1936
as Henrietta Hargraves
MovieCaptain January
1936
as Agatha Morgan
MovieEverybody's Old Man
1936
as Susan Franklin
MovieMagnificent Obsession
1935
as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
MovieWay Down East
1935
as Cordelia Peabody
MovieO'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935
as Aunt Martha
MovieMad Love
1935
as Marie
MovieMusic in the Air
1934
as Martha
MovieAnne of Green Gables
1934
as Mrs. Barry
MovieThe White Parade
1934
as Miss Harrington
MovieThe Fountain
1934
as Sophie Van Leyden
MovieHat, Coat and Glove
1934
as The Secretary
MovieThe Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Winnie Belle
MovieFinishing School
1934
as Miss Fisher
MovieAffairs of a Gentleman
1934
as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
MovieSpitfire
1934
as Etta Dawson
