Mary Gordon
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Mary Gordon was a Scottish-born character actress best known for her numerous maternal and housekeeper roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including as Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mary Gordon canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8207717 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Gordon Context triple: [The Amazing Mr. Williams, starring, Mary Gordon]
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A.
Jessica Gordon
Jessica Gordon is an Indigenous activist and organizer best known as one of the founders of the Idle No More movement advocating for Indigenous rights and environmental protection in Canada.
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B.
Marianne Gordon
Marianne Gordon is an American actress best known for her film and television work in the 1960s–1980s and for her former marriage to country music star Kenny Rogers.
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C.
Mary Rowe
Mary Rowe was an 18th-century Irish gentlewoman best known as the mother of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, a prominent Anglo-Irish statesman.
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D.
Kathryn Morris
Kathryn Morris is an American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on the television series "Cold Case."
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E.
Nora Mellon
Nora Mellon was a member of the prominent Mellon family after whom the industrial town of Donora, Pennsylvania, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mary Gordon Target entity description: Mary Gordon was a Scottish-born character actress best known for her numerous maternal and housekeeper roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including as Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series.
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A.
Jessica Gordon
Jessica Gordon is an Indigenous activist and organizer best known as one of the founders of the Idle No More movement advocating for Indigenous rights and environmental protection in Canada.
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B.
Marianne Gordon
Marianne Gordon is an American actress best known for her film and television work in the 1960s–1980s and for her former marriage to country music star Kenny Rogers.
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C.
Mary Rowe
Mary Rowe was an 18th-century Irish gentlewoman best known as the mother of Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, a prominent Anglo-Irish statesman.
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D.
Kathryn Morris
Kathryn Morris is an American actress best known for her lead role as Detective Lilly Rush on the television series "Cold Case."
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E.
Nora Mellon
Nora Mellon was a member of the prominent Mellon family after whom the industrial town of Donora, Pennsylvania, was named.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish person
ⓘ
character actress ⓘ film actor ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
Dressed to Kill (1946 film)
ⓘ
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943 film) ⓘ Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943 film) ⓘ Terror by Night (1946 film) ⓘ
linked to:
Terror by Night
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939 film) ⓘ The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 film) ⓘ The House of Fear (1945 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The House of Fear
The Pearl of Death (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Pearl of Death
The Scarlet Claw (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Scarlet Claw
The Spider Woman (1944 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Spider Woman
The Woman in Green (1945 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Woman in Green
|
| birthName | Mary Gilmour ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cancer ⓘ |
| coStarredWith |
Basil Rathbone
ⓘ
Nigel Bruce ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1882-05-16 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1963-08-23 ⓘ |
| emigratedTo |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasChild | one daughter ⓘ |
| knownFor | playing Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes film series ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | Mary Gordon ⓘ |
| notableEra |
1930s
ⓘ
1940s ⓘ |
| notableFor |
housekeeper roles in Hollywood films
ⓘ
maternal roles in Hollywood films ⓘ role of Mrs. Hudson in Sherlock Holmes films ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
character actress ⓘ film actress ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Glasgow
ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Pasadena, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Pasadena
|
| portrayed | Mrs. Hudson ⓘ |
| spouse | unknown husband (deceased before her emigration) ⓘ |
| workedAs |
dressmaker
ⓘ
nurse ⓘ |
| workedIn | Hollywood ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1925–1950 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mary Gordon Description of subject: Mary Gordon was a Scottish-born character actress best known for her numerous maternal and housekeeper roles in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, including as Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.