From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMary 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 Elliotts 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.
Mrs. Wyatt (uncredited)
Film 1936
Lady Margaret Carstairs
Film 1946
Mrs. Anna Pryor
Film 1935
Miss Van Campen
Film 1932
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Film 1939
Mrs. Vance
Film 1937
Mrs. Middleton
Film 1933
Film 1935
Lady Diana Vane
Film 1934
Lady Catherine Trehearne
Film 1934
Jo's Mother (uncredited)
Film 1944
Mrs. Ferguson
Film 1929
Gertrude Bishop
Film 1939
Mrs. Cromwell
Film 1929
Mrs. Ralston
Film 1941
Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
Film 1935
Nun (uncredited)
Film 1952
Mrs. Williams
Film 1941
Lady Alice Crosby
Film 1929
British Society Woman (uncredited)
Film 1958
Mrs. Gaynes
Film 1931
Mrs. Benson
Film 1930
Kate Farley
Film 1934
Film 1945
Mrs. Ingleside
Film 1931
Mrs. Randolph
Film 1939
Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Film 1934
Lizzie
Film 1918
Dame Dunne Hartley
Film 1943
Mrs. Johnstone
Film 1931
Miss Colvin
Film 1938
Mrs. Hanson
Film 1938
Mrs. Stonewall
Film 1938
Mrs. Anna Shenstone
Film 1930
Mrs. Hartwell
Film 1934
Mrs. Wadsworth
Film 1940
Lady Crail (uncredited)
Film 1947
Mrs. Jameson
Film 1939
Mrs. Kelsey
Film 1934
Film 1919
Mrs. Anna Pryor
Film 1940
Mrs. Saunders
Film 1937
Mrs. Caroline Devonshire
Film 1934
Mrs. Travis
Film 1934
Mrs. Hope (uncredited)
Film 1930
Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Film 1936
The Duchess (uncredited)
Film 1931
Mrs. Torrent
Film 1939
Mrs. Withers
Film 1939
Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)
Film 1939
Mrs. Kortchagin
Film 1934
Lady Clyffe-Pembrook
Film 1935
Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
Film 1939
Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
Film 1933
Margaret (uncredited)
Film 1947
Mrs. Stark
Film 1937
Mrs. Lydia Benton
Film 1937
Lady Heatherly
Film 1934
Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)
Film 1940
Lady Howard
Film 1932
Mrs. Forester
Film 1931
Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)
Film 1947
Grandmother
Film 1940
Isabel Fleming (uncredited)
Film 1943
Mrs. Langton
Film 1942
Queen Mother Elena
Film 1945
Mrs. Halstead
Film 1947
Mrs. Sedley
Film 1932
Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)
Film 1939
Film 1942
Lady Leslie Clayfair
Film 1942
Lady Holloway
Film 1935
Grace Dean (uncredited)
Film 1935
Lady Agatha
Film 1945
Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)
Film 1938
Mrs. Pettibone
Film 1943
Lady Worthing
Film 1930
War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Film 1943
Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)
Film 1938
Second Court Lady
Film 1947
Actress (uncredited)
Film 1930
Film 1935
Mrs. Barrington
Film 1945
Mrs. Stanley
Film 1940
Ladu Wildering
Film 1929
Vicar's Wife
Film 1942
Concert Hall Patron
Film 1937
Mrs. Stokes
Film 1935
Lady Hilda
Film 1939
Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)
Film 1930
Mrs. Alderson (uncredited)
Film 1934
Lady Julia Medwin
Film 1919
Mrs. Herbert Winthrop
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