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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...
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Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries • 1955
SuspicionSeries • 1957
The Picture of Dorian GrayMovie • 1945
You Can't Take It with YouMovie • 1938
Terror by NightMovie • 1946
HouseboatMovie • 1958
Captain BloodMovie • 1935
NinotchkaMovie • 1939
A Farewell to ArmsMovie • 1932
Anna KareninaMovie • 1935
Jane EyreMovie • 1943
The Adventures of Sherlock HolmesMovie • 1939
All This, and Heaven TooMovie • 1940
The Awful TruthMovie • 1937
Stage DoorMovie • 1937
BombshellMovie • 1933
Sherlock Holmes in WashingtonMovie • 1943
CavalcadeMovie • 1933
Mr. LuckyMovie • 1943
IvyMovie • 1947
This Above AllMovie • 1942
One Hundred Men and a GirlMovie • 1937
British AgentMovie • 1934
RobertaMovie • 1935