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Mary Forbes

30th December 1882 Hornsey, Middlesex [now in Haringey, London], England, UK Acting

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.

105 Movies 2 TV Shows 108 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Houseboat poster
Houseboat 19th November 1958 as British Society Woman (uncredited)
The Exile poster
The Exile 17th October 1947 as Second Court Lady
Ivy poster
Ivy 26th June 1947 as Lady Crail (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky poster
Mr. Lucky 1st July 1943 as War Relief Worker (uncredited)
Laddie poster
Laddie 18th January 1940 as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Ninotchka poster
Ninotchka 16th November 1939 as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)
The White Angel poster
The White Angel 25th June 1936 as Lady Disapproving of Florence #1 (uncredited)
Rendezvous poster
Rendezvous 25th October 1935 as Lady Cavendish (uncredited)
Stranded poster
Stranded 29th June 1935 as Grace Dean (uncredited)
Laddie poster
Laddie 18th March 1935 as Mrs. Anna Pryor
Roberta poster
Roberta 7th March 1935 as (uncredited)
A Lost Lady poster
A Lost Lady 29th September 1934 as Mrs. Hardy (uncredited)
Shock poster
Shock 19th July 1934 as Lady Heatherly
Cavalcade poster
Cavalcade 8th February 1933 as Duchess of Churt (uncredited)
Chances poster
Chances 18th July 1931 as Mrs. Ingleside
Holiday poster
Holiday 3rd July 1930 as Mrs. Pritchard Ames (uncredited)