Mary Forbes

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1882-12-30

Day of death

1974-07-22 (91 years old)

Place of Birth

Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK

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.

Known For

  • What Do You Think? (Number Three)

    What Do You Think? (Number Three)

  • The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Blame It on Love

    Blame It on Love

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Back Street

    Back Street

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • The Rage of Paris

    The Rage of Paris

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • Captain Blood

    Captain Blood

  • The Devil to Pay!

    The Devil to Pay!

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Happiness Ahead

    Happiness Ahead

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • The Brat

    The Brat

  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

  • Houseboat

    Houseboat

  • Shock

    Shock

  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Everybody Sing

    Everybody Sing

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • The Widow from Monte Carlo

    The Widow from Monte Carlo

  • Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

  • Tender Comrade

    Tender Comrade

  • Outside of Paradise

    Outside of Paradise

  • You Can't Take It with You

    You Can't Take It with You

  • Sadie McKee

    Sadie McKee

  • The Judge Steps Out

    The Judge Steps Out

  • The Trespasser

    The Trespasser

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

  • Stranded

    Stranded

  • The Exile

    The Exile

  • Blind Date

    Blind Date

  • Ivy

    Ivy

  • British Agent

    British Agent

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    Three Smart Girls Grow Up

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • Hollywood Cavalcade

    Hollywood Cavalcade

  • Cavalcade

    Cavalcade

  • Roberta

    Roberta

  • Earl Carroll Vanities

    Earl Carroll Vanities

  • The Perfect Gentleman

    The Perfect Gentleman

  • Florian

    Florian

  • Risky Business

    Risky Business

  • Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

  • Strictly Unconventional

    Strictly Unconventional

  • Outside These Walls

    Outside These Walls

  • Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    Sherlock Holmes in Washington

  • Women of Glamour

    Women of Glamour

  • Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

  • Terror by Night

    Terror by Night

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  • The Silent Witness

    The Silent Witness

  • Wee Willie Winkie

    Wee Willie Winkie

  • Born to Love

    Born to Love

  • It Had to Be You

    It Had to Be You

  • The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

  • All This, and Heaven Too

    All This, and Heaven Too

  • The Black Arrow

    The Black Arrow

  • Always Goodbye

    Always Goodbye

  • Stage Door

    Stage Door

  • Two Heads on a Pillow

    Two Heads on a Pillow

  • Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets to London

  • You Gotta Stay Happy

    You Gotta Stay Happy

  • Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

  • Working Girls

    Working Girls

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    Theodora Goes Wild

  • Chances

    Chances

  • A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

  • This Above All

    This Above All

  • East Is West

    East Is West

  • Sunny Side Up

    Sunny Side Up

  • I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteenth Chair

  • Dizzy Dames

    Dizzy Dames

  • We Live Again

    We Live Again

  • Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

  • The White Angel

    The White Angel

  • Cigarette Girl

    Cigarette Girl

  • One Hundred Men and a Girl

    One Hundred Men and a Girl

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • You Can't Buy Everything

    You Can't Buy Everything

  • Most Precious Thing in Life

    Most Precious Thing in Life

  • She Was a Lady

    She Was a Lady

  • Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • So This Is London

    So This Is London

  • I'll Remember April

    I'll Remember April

  • Her Private Life

    Her Private Life

  • Almost Married

    Almost Married

  • The Woman's Portion

    The Woman's Portion

  • These Glamour Girls

    These Glamour Girls

  • The Lady Clare

    The Lady Clare

  • Holiday

    Holiday

  • Klondike Fury

    Klondike Fury

  • Dangerous Blondes

    Dangerous Blondes

  • South of Suez

    South of Suez

  • Another Dawn

    Another Dawn

  • The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Never Sets

  • Women Who Win

    Women Who Win