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Sara Haden

Sara Haden

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was a character actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s. As early as October 1920, she was appearing with Walter Hampden's acting troupe. Her Broadway debut came in Trigger (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studio's films, most notably in the Andy Hardy series starring Mickey Rooney, cast as the spinsterish Aunt Milly Forrest. Haden made her last film, Andy Hardy Comes Home, in 1958, but was active on television until a 1965 guest spot on Dr. Kildare. She was most notable for her stern, humorless characterisations such as a truant officer in Shirley Temple's Captain January (1936), but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941). Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Woman of the Year (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947). Her television appearances include episodes of Climax!, Bourbon Street Beat, and Bonanza. She had a guest appearance on Perry Mason as Florence Harvey in the 1959 episode, "The Case of the Romantic Rogue". Haden played Dora Darling in My Favorite Martian, season 2 episode 28, "Once Upon a Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. Sara Haden died on September 15, 1981 at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.

Personal information

Birthday

1898-11-16

Birth Place

Galveston, Texas, USA

Movies and TV shows :

A Family Affair

A Family Affair

1937

5.7

Movie
A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

1950

5.2

Movie
A Lion Is in the Streets

A Lion Is in the Streets

1953

5.5

Movie
Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

1943

6.4

Movie
Affairs of a Gentleman

Affairs of a Gentleman

1934

2.0

Movie
Andy Hardy Comes Home

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

4.5

Movie
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939

5.5

Movie
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

5.1

Movie
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944

5.7

Movie
Andy Hardy's Double Life

Andy Hardy's Double Life

1942

4.6

Movie
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

1941

5.3

Movie
Angel of Mercy

Angel of Mercy

1939

0.0

Movie
Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1934

5.7

Movie
Bad Bascomb

Bad Bascomb

1946

6.2

Movie
Barnacle Bill

Barnacle Bill

1941

7.7

Movie
Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward

1943

6.0

Movie
Betrayed Women

Betrayed Women

1955

4.7

Movie
Boom Town

Boom Town

1940

6.9

Movie
poster

Bourbon Street Beat

1959

5.0

TV
poster

Breaking Point

1963

7.5

TV
Broadway Rhythm

Broadway Rhythm

1944

5.5

Movie
Can This Be Dixie?

Can This Be Dixie?

1936

0.0

Movie
Captain January

Captain January

1936

6.7

Movie
Come Back, Miss Pipps

Come Back, Miss Pipps

1941

6.0

Movie
poster

December Bride

1954

5.5

TV
Finishing School

Finishing School

1934

5.9

Movie
First Lady

First Lady

1937

6.2

Movie
Flag of Mercy

Flag of Mercy

1942

0.0

Movie
Four Girls in White

Four Girls in White

1939

6.3

Movie
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941

6.8

Movie
Half Angel

Half Angel

1936

0.0

Movie
poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

8.8

TV
Hat, Coat and Glove

Hat, Coat and Glove

1934

5.5

Movie
Hullabaloo

Hullabaloo

1940

4.0

Movie
Judge Hardy and Son

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

5.3

Movie
Keeping Company

Keeping Company

1940

6.4

Movie
Laughing at Trouble

Laughing at Trouble

1936

6.0

Movie
Life Begins for Andy Hardy

Life Begins for Andy Hardy

1941

5.7

Movie
Little Miss Nobody

Little Miss Nobody

1936

6.0

Movie
poster

Lock-Up

1959

6.2

TV
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

1939

5.3

Movie
Lost Angel

Lost Angel

1943

7.5

Movie
Love Crazy

Love Crazy

1941

7.1

Movie
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

5.3

Movie
Mad Love

Mad Love

1935

7.0

Movie
Magnificent Obsession

Magnificent Obsession

1935

7.4

Movie
poster

Matinee Theater

1955

3.3

TV
poster

Mr. & Mrs. North

1952

4.8

TV
Mr. Ace

Mr. Ace

1946

5.6

Movie
Music in the Air

Music in the Air

1934

4.8

Movie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

1935

6.0

Movie
Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

6.2

Movie
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes

1945

6.8

Movie
Out West with the Hardys

Out West with the Hardys

1938

6.2

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.6

TV
Poor Little Rich Girl

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936

6.6

Movie
Rachel and the Stranger

Rachel and the Stranger

1948

6.2

Movie
Remember?

Remember?

1939

5.8

Movie
Reunion

Reunion

1936

0.0

Movie
Rodeo

Rodeo

1952

0.0

Movie
Roughshod

Roughshod

1949

5.3

Movie
poster

Route 66

1960

6.4

TV
She Wouldn't Say Yes

She Wouldn't Say Yes

1945

5.9

Movie
She-Wolf of London

She-Wolf of London

1946

5.6

Movie
Somewhere I'll Find You

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942

5.9

Movie
Spitfire

Spitfire

1934

5.4

Movie
poster

State Trooper

1956

5.0

TV
Strictly Personal

Strictly Personal

1945

0.0

Movie
Tell No Tales

Tell No Tales

1939

5.3

Movie
The Affairs of Martha

The Affairs of Martha

1942

5.8

Movie
The Big Cat

The Big Cat

1949

4.0

Movie
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

1947

7.1

Movie
The Courtship of Andy Hardy

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

5.6

Movie
The Crime of Dr. Forbes

The Crime of Dr. Forbes

1936

0.0

Movie
poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

1959

6.3

TV
The Fountain

The Fountain

1934

9.5

Movie
The Great Rupert

The Great Rupert

1950

5.8

Movie
The Hardys Ride High

The Hardys Ride High

1939

6.0

Movie
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937

6.0

Movie
The Life of Vergie Winters

The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

5.9

Movie
poster

The Millionaire

1955

5.0

TV
The Outlaw's Daughter

The Outlaw's Daughter

1954

0.0

Movie
The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

5.6

Movie
The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

1940

8.2

Movie
The Trial of Mary Dugan

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1941

5.0

Movie
The White Parade

The White Parade

1934

6.0

Movie
The Youngest Profession

The Youngest Profession

1943

5.2

Movie
Think First

Think First

1939

0.0

Movie
Thousands Cheer

Thousands Cheer

1943

6.4

Movie
Under Cover of Night

Under Cover of Night

1937

5.7

Movie
poster

Vacation Playhouse

1963

0.0

TV
Wagons West

Wagons West

1952

6.0

Movie
Washington Melodrama

Washington Melodrama

1941

5.0

Movie
Way Down East

Way Down East

1935

3.0

Movie
Woman of the Year

Woman of the Year

1942

6.9

Movie
You're Only Young Once

You're Only Young Once

1937

5.2

Movie