Mary Forbes
Acting
- Born:
- 1882-12-30
- Died:
- 1974-07-22
- Place of birth:
- Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK
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.
Known For
Filmography
Houseboat
Suspicion
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Les Miserables
You Gotta Stay Happy
The Black Arrow
The Judge Steps Out
It Had to Be You
The Exile
Ivy
Cigarette Girl
Terror by Night
Lady on a Train
Earl Carroll Vanities
I'll Remember April
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Tender Comrade
Jane Eyre
Dangerous Blondes
Mr. Lucky
Two Tickets to London
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
The Great Impersonation
Almost Married
This Above All
Twin Beds
Klondike Fury
Nothing but the Truth
Back Street
South of Suez
All This, and Heaven Too
Private Affairs
Blame It on Love
Florian
Laddie
Ninotchka
Hollywood Cavalcade
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
These Glamour Girls
I Stole a Million
The Sun Never Sets
Outside These Walls
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
The Ice Follies of 1939
Risky Business
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Fast and Loose
Three Loves Has Nancy
You Can't Take It with You
Always Goodbye
The Rage of Paris
Outside of Paradise
Everybody Sing
What Do You Think? (Number Three)
The Awful Truth
Stage Door
One Hundred Men and a Girl
The Life of the Party
Wee Willie Winkie
Another Dawn
Women of Glamour
Theodora Goes Wild
Wedding Present
The White Angel
Captain Blood
The Widow from Monte Carlo
The Perfect Gentleman
Rendezvous
Anna Karenina
Stranded
Dizzy Dames
Les Misérables
Laddie
Roberta
We Live Again
Happiness Ahead
Two Heads on a Pillow
A Lost Lady
British Agent
She Was a Lady
Blind Date
Shock
Most Precious Thing in Life
Sadie McKee
You Can't Buy Everything
Bombshell
Cavalcade
A Farewell to Arms
Vanity Fair
The Silent Witness
Working Girls
The Brat
Chances
Born to Love
The Man Who Came Back
The Devil to Pay!
Abraham Lincoln
East Is West
Holiday
So This Is London
Strictly Unconventional
Sunny Side Up
The Trespasser
The Thirteenth Chair
Her Private Life
Women Who Win
The Lady Clare
The Woman's Portion