Mary Forbes
Mary Forbes ( December 30, 1879 or 1883 in Hornsey , England - July 22, 1974 in Beaumont , California , USA ) was a British actress.
Life
When Mary Forbes made her film debut in Great Britain in 1919, she was already an established theater manager and actress who ran a London theater and had already played on Broadway in New York. The actress appeared on Broadway in a total of eight productions until 1945. In her over 130 films, most of which were made in Hollywood, she was mainly cast in medium to small supporting roles. In many films she played mothers, aunts and grandmothers; often also grande dames of better society. Her better-known films include the drama In Another Land (1932), the screwball comedy The Terrible Truth (1937) and Frank Capra's Oscar-winning film classic Life Artist (1938), in which she played the mother of James Stewart . In the 1940s she made three appearances in the Sherlock Holmes film series with Basil Rathbone .
Forbes also appeared on television as a guest actress in the 1950s, but slowly withdrew from acting. In 1958 she had her last small role in Houseboat alongside Cary Grant and Sophia Loren . She was also the mother of actors Ralph Forbes , with whom she appeared in two films, and Brenda Forbes , who later embarked on a successful theater career. She was married to the concert singer AJ Forbes. She was over ninety years old when she died.
Filmography (selection)
- 1919: Women Who Win
- 1920: Inheritance
- 1929: The Thirteenth Chair
- 1929: The Trespasser
- 1929: Sunny Side Up
- 1931: The Man Who Came Back
- 1931: The Brat
- 1932: In Another Land (A Farewell To Arms)
- 1933: Sex Bomb (Bombshell)
- 1935: The Misery (Les Misérables)
- 1935: Under the pirate flag (Captain Blood)
- 1935: Anna Karenina
- 1937: Another Dawn
- 1937: The Awful Truth (The Awful Truth)
- 1937: Stage Door (Stage Door)
- 1938: Curtain up for Judy (Everybody Sing)
- 1938: survivor (You Can not Take It With You)
- 1938: Three Loves Has Nancy
- 1938: Whirlwind from Paris (The Rage of Paris)
- 1939: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)
- 1941: Nothing But the Truth
- 1941: side street (Backstreet)
- 1942: Klondike Fury
- 1943: Fateful Journey (Sherlock Holmes in Washington)
- 1945: Earl Carroll Vanities
- 1945: The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- 1946: Jewel theft (Terror by Night)
- 1948: Startbahn ins Glück (You Gotta Stay Happy)
- 1958: Houseboat (Houseboat)
Web links
- Mary Forbes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Mary Forbes in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mary Forbes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Mary Forbes in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- ^ Scott O'Brien: Ruth Chatterton, Actress, Aviator, Author. BearManor Media, Albany GA 2013, ISBN 978-1-59393-248-0 , p. 86, noting that Mary Forbes was the manager of a London theater in 1916
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SURNAME | Forbes, Mary |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1879 or 1883 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hornsey , England |
DATE OF DEATH | July 22, 1974 |
Place of death | Beaumont , California , USA |