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Portrait of Mary Forbes

Acting

Mary Forbes

Career

Active from 1918 to 1947, busiest in 1934 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Mary Forbes Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.9, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Suspenseful 2
  • Melancholy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

105
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

4 titles · average score 68
Houseboat
Houseboat (1958)
GoodWatch score 60

as British Society Woman (uncredited)

Suspicion
Suspicion (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show · as Mrs. Merton

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Mrs. Herbert Winthrop

Les Miserables
Les Miserables (1952)
GoodWatch score 55

as Nun (uncredited)

1940s

29 titles · average score 66
Cigarette Girl
Cigarette Girl (1947)

as Mrs. Halstead

Ivy
Ivy (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lady Crail (uncredited)

Terror by Night
Terror by Night (1946)
GoodWatch score 70

as Lady Margaret Carstairs

The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lady Agatha

Tender Comrade
Tender Comrade (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jo's Mother (uncredited)

Mr. Lucky
Mr. Lucky (1943)
GoodWatch score 85

as War Relief Worker (uncredited)

Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1943)
GoodWatch score 70

as Mrs. Eshton

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mrs. Pettibone

Klondike Fury
Klondike Fury (1942)

as Mrs. Langton

Back Street
Back Street (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mrs. Williams

All This, and Heaven Too
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
GoodWatch score 79

as Lady at the Theatre (uncredited)

Blame It on Love
Blame It on Love (1940)

as Mrs. Wadsworth

1930s

66 titles · average score 66
Ninotchka
Ninotchka (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Lady Lavenham (uncredited)

What Do You Think? (Number Three)
What Do You Think? (Number Three) (1938)

as Mrs. Dosier - John's Mother (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Anthony Kirby

Captain Blood
Captain Blood (1935)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Steed

Most Precious Thing in Life
Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)

as Mrs. Kelsey

Two Heads on a Pillow
Two Heads on a Pillow (1934)

as Mrs. Caroline Devonshire

You Can't Buy Everything
You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
GoodWatch score 73

as Kate Farley

A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms (1932)
GoodWatch score 74

as Miss Van Campen

Working Girls
Working Girls (1931)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Johnstone

The Man Who Came Back
The Man Who Came Back (1931)

as Mrs. Gaynes

Chances
Chances (1931)
GoodWatch score 69

as Mrs. Ingleside

So This Is London
So This Is London (1930)

as Lady Worthing

1920s

4 titles · average score 54
The Thirteenth Chair
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
GoodWatch score 41

as Lady Alice Crosby

Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up (1929)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Cromwell

Her Private Life
Her Private Life (1929)

as Ladu Wildering

The Trespasser
The Trespasser (1929)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mrs. Ferguson

1910s

2 titles
The Lady Clare
The Lady Clare (1919)

as Lady Julia Medwin

The Woman's Portion
The Woman's Portion (1918)

as Lizzie