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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.

Houseboat
as British Society Woman (uncredited)

Suspicion
as Mrs. Merton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop

Les Miserables
as Nun (uncredited)

You Gotta Stay Happy
as Aunt Martha

The Black Arrow
as Nun (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out
as Margaret (uncredited)

It Had to Be You
as Mrs. Kimberly (uncredited)

The Exile
as Second Court Lady

Ivy
as Lady Crail (uncredited)

Cigarette Girl
as Mrs. Halstead

Terror by Night
as Lady Margaret Carstairs

Lady on a Train

Earl Carroll Vanities
as Queen Mother Elena

I'll Remember April
as Mrs. Barrington

The Picture of Dorian Gray
as Lady Agatha

Tender Comrade
as Jo's Mother (uncredited)

Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Eshton

Dangerous Blondes
as Isabel Fleming (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky
as War Relief Worker (uncredited)

Two Tickets to London
as Dame Dunne Hartley

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Mrs. Pettibone

The Great Impersonation
as Lady Leslie Clayfair

Almost Married
as Mrs. Marvin

This Above All
as Vicar's Wife

Twin Beds

Klondike Fury
as Mrs. Langton

Nothing but the Truth
as Mrs. Ralston

Back Street
as Mrs. Williams

South of Suez
as Mrs. Putnam

All This, and Heaven Too
as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

Private Affairs
as Mrs. Stanley

Blame It on Love
as Mrs. Wadsworth

Florian
as Grandmother

Laddie
as Mrs. Anna Pryor

Ninotchka
as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

Hollywood Cavalcade
as Mrs. Gaynes

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Lady Conyngham

These Glamour Girls
as Mrs. Van Reichton (uncredited)

I Stole a Million
as Flower Shop Customer (uncredited)

The Sun Never Sets
as Mrs. Randolph

Outside These Walls
as Gertrude Bishop

Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Mrs. Withers

The Ice Follies of 1939
as Lady Hilda (uncredited)

Risky Business
as Mrs. Jameson

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Fast and Loose
as Mrs. Torrent

Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Hanson

You Can't Take It with You
as Mrs. Anthony Kirby

Always Goodbye
as Aunt Martha Marshall

The Rage of Paris
as Woman in Opera Box (uncredited)

Outside of Paradise
as Mrs. Stonewall

Everybody Sing
as Miss Colvin

What Do You Think? (Number Three)
as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

The Awful Truth
as Mrs. Vance

Stage Door
as Cast of Stage Play

One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Concert Hall Patron

The Life of the Party
as Mrs. Saunders

Wee Willie Winkie
as Mrs. MacMonachie

Another Dawn
as Mrs. Lydia Benton