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

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Suspicion

    Suspicion

  • Wee Willie Winkie

    Wee Willie Winkie

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Jane Eyre

    Jane Eyre

  • Houseboat

    Houseboat

  • The Thirteenth Chair

    The Thirteenth Chair

  • The Devil to Pay!

    The Devil to Pay!

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • The Rage of Paris

    The Rage of Paris

  • The Silent Witness

    The Silent Witness

  • Captain Blood

    Captain Blood

  • Hollywood Cavalcade

    Hollywood Cavalcade

  • Holiday

    Holiday

  • Terror by Night

    Terror by Night

  • Strictly Unconventional

    Strictly Unconventional

  • The Great Impersonation

    The Great Impersonation

  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington

    Sherlock Holmes in Washington

  • The Ice Follies of 1939

    The Ice Follies of 1939

  • Fast and Loose

    Fast and Loose

  • Almost Married

    Almost Married

  • Three Smart Girls Grow Up

    Three Smart Girls Grow Up

  • Shock

    Shock

  • Cavalcade

    Cavalcade

  • Les Miserables

    Les Miserables

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

  • East Is West

    East Is West

  • Les Misérables

    Les Misérables

  • I Stole a Million

    I Stole a Million

  • Happiness Ahead

    Happiness Ahead

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • Two Tickets to London

    Two Tickets to London

  • A Farewell to Arms

    A Farewell to Arms

  • Laddie

    Laddie

  • The Black Arrow

    The Black Arrow

  • Roberta

    Roberta

  • Two Heads on a Pillow

    Two Heads on a Pillow

  • The Exile

    The Exile

  • You Gotta Stay Happy

    You Gotta Stay Happy

  • Outside of Paradise

    Outside of Paradise

  • Ivy

    Ivy

  • Outside These Walls

    Outside These Walls

  • Born to Love

    Born to Love

  • Dangerous Blondes

    Dangerous Blondes

  • Nothing But the Truth

    Nothing But the Truth

  • Stage Door

    Stage Door

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • Blind Date

    Blind Date

  • You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

    You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

  • Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

  • Stranded

    Stranded

  • I'll Remember April

    I'll Remember April

  • Tender Comrade

    Tender Comrade

  • Sadie McKee

    Sadie McKee

  • Everybody Sing

    Everybody Sing

  • Private Affairs

    Private Affairs

  • Back Street

    Back Street

  • Risky Business

    Risky Business

  • South of Suez

    South of Suez

  • The Judge Steps Out

    The Judge Steps Out

  • The White Angel

    The White Angel

  • Always Goodbye

    Always Goodbye

  • So This Is London

    So This Is London

  • Florian

    Florian

  • We Live Again

    We Live Again

  • You Can't Take It with You

    You Can't Take It with You

  • Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

  • The Widow from Monte Carlo

    The Widow from Monte Carlo

  • Ninotchka

    Ninotchka

  • The Perfect Gentleman

    The Perfect Gentleman

  • Bombshell

    Bombshell

  • Blame It on Love

    Blame It on Love

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    Theodora Goes Wild

  • British Agent

    British Agent

  • The Life of the Party

    The Life of the Party

  • Dizzy Dames

    Dizzy Dames

  • Chances

    Chances

  • A Lost Lady

    A Lost Lady

  • Women of Glamour

    Women of Glamour

  • What Do You Think? (Number Three)

    What Do You Think? (Number Three)

  • Rendezvous

    Rendezvous

  • All This, and Heaven Too

    All This, and Heaven Too

  • She Was a Lady

    She Was a Lady

  • You Can't Buy Everything

    You Can't Buy Everything

  • The Brat

    The Brat

  • Sunny Side Up

    Sunny Side Up

  • Earl Carroll Vanities

    Earl Carroll Vanities

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • The Trespasser

    The Trespasser

  • It Had to Be You

    It Had to Be You

  • Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

  • Mr. Lucky

    Mr. Lucky

  • Her Private Life

    Her Private Life

  • This Above All

    This Above All

  • Most Precious Thing in Life

    Most Precious Thing in Life

  • These Glamour Girls

    These Glamour Girls

  • One Hundred Men and a Girl

    One Hundred Men and a Girl

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • Working Girls

    Working Girls

  • Klondike Fury

    Klondike Fury

  • Another Dawn

    Another Dawn

  • Cigarette Girl

    Cigarette Girl

  • The Sun Never Sets

    The Sun Never Sets

  • The Lady Clare

    The Lady Clare

  • The Woman's Portion

    The Woman's Portion

  • Women Who Win

    Women Who Win