Sara Haden

Sara Haden

Born: November 16, 1898
Died: September 15, 1981
in Galveston, Texas, USA
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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.

Movies for Sara Haden...

Title: Breaking Point
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April 27, 1964, continuing in rebroadcasts until September 7. The series, which was a spinoff of Ben Casey, stars Paul Richards and Eduard Franz. The series was created by Meta Rosenberg.
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Title: Vacation Playhouse
Character: Emma Madison
Released: July 22, 1963
Type: TV
The concept of the series was the showing of unaired and unsold television pilots that did not make the television lineup for CBS. The show was successful during its first few seasons due to the fact that the show's concept, airing unsold and unaired television pilots, was a popular concept in the 1960s. But during its last two seasons on the air, the series did find some trouble due to the fact that the series were running out of pilots to air and, in their 4th season, they began airing repeats from the three seasons prior. During its 1966 summer run, the series aired eights new pilots and two repeats and during its last year airing five new pilots and four repeats.
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Title: Route 66
Released: October 7, 1960
Type: TV
Route 66 is an American TV series in which two young men traveled across America in a Chevrolet Corvette sports car. The show ran weekly on Fridays on CBS from October 7, 1960 to March 20, 1964. It starred Martin Milner as Tod Stiles and, for the first two and a half seasons, George Maharis as Buz Murdock. Maharis was ill for much of the third season, during which time Tod was shown traveling on his own. Tod met Lincoln Case, played by Glenn Corbett, late in the third season, and traveled with him until the end of the fourth and final season. Among the series more notable aspects were the featured Corvette convertible, and the program's instrumental theme song, which became a major pop hit.
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Title: Bourbon Street Beat
Released: October 5, 1959
Type: TV
"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which aired on the ABC network from October 5, 1959, to July 4, 1960. It featured Richard Long as Rex Randolph, Andrew Duggan as Cal Calhoun, Van Williams as Kenny Madison, and Arlene Howell as Melody Lee Mercer, the secretary at the New Orleans detective agency in which they worked. The show is set in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA and revolves around the lives of Rex Randolph (Long) and Cal Calhoun (Duggan), who run a detective agency called Randolph and Calhoun — Special Services. The agency is based in the Absinthe House, a French Quarter nightclub on Bourbon Street.
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Title: Lock-Up
Released: September 28, 1959
Type: TV
Lock-Up is an American legal drama series that premiered in syndication in September 1959 and concluded in June 1961. The half-hour episodes had little time for character development or subplots and presented a compact story without embellishment.
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Title: The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character: Mother Superior
Released: September 21, 1959
Type: TV
The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961. The series was hosted by actress June Allyson.
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Andy Hardy Comes Home
Title: Andy Hardy Comes Home
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: December 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Florence Harvey
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: State Trooper
Released: September 25, 1956
Type: TV
State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959.
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Title: Matinee Theater
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: TV
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
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Betrayed Women
Title: Betrayed Women
Character: Head Guard Darcy
Released: July 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Love-starved gun molls (Carole Mathews, Beverly Michaels) escape from a prison farm where matrons make their lives miserable.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Miss Kendis
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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The Outlaw's Daughter
Title: The Outlaw's Daughter
Character: Mrs. Merril
Released: November 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Led astray by outlaw leader Jess, the "outlaw's daughter" Kate joins Jess' gang and follows in her dad's footsteps. Town marshal Dan tries his best to reform the girl, but this proves difficult inasmuch as Kate holds Dan responsible for her father's death. Only after most of the bad guys have been decimated by Dan does Kate discover the true identity of her dad's murderer. Having fallen in love with Kate, marshal Dan offers to let her escape prosecution, but she's made of sterner stuff than that.
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Title: December Bride
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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A Lion Is in the Streets
Title: A Lion Is in the Streets
Character: Lula May McManamee
Released: September 23, 1953
Type: Movie
A charismatic peddler from the Bayous finds his true calling in politics. Is he a demagogue in the making?
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Wagons West
Title: Wagons West
Character: Mrs. Cook
Released: July 6, 1952
Type: Movie
Travelers heading west in a wagon train, under repeated assault by Indians, discover someone in their group is supplying rifles to their attackers.
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Rodeo
Title: Rodeo
Character: Agatha Cartwright
Released: March 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Nancy Cartwright is determined to collect an $1,800 feed bill owed to her father Harry Cartwright by a rodeo association. Instead, she is talked into assuming management of the rodeo by Slim Martin and the other performers when they learn the promoter has run off with the cash receipts.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Wife
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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A Life of Her Own
Title: A Life of Her Own
Character: Smitty
Released: September 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.
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The Great Rupert
Title: The Great Rupert
Character: Mrs.Katie Dingle
Released: March 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in the attic rafters. Just as it seems that the holiday will come and go without so much as a Christmas tree, Rupert acts as the family's guardian angel - not only saving Christmas, but changing their lives forever.
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Roughshod
Title: Roughshod
Character: Ma Wyatt
Released: May 11, 1949
Type: Movie
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.
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The Big Cat
Title: The Big Cat
Character: Mrs. Mary Cooper
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.
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Rachel and the Stranger
Title: Rachel and the Stranger
Character: Mrs. Jackson
Released: September 18, 1948
Type: Movie
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.
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The Bishop's Wife
Title: The Bishop's Wife
Character: Mildred Cassaway
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow. He is losing sight of his family and of why he became a churchman in the first place. Enter Dudley, an angel sent to help him. Dudley does help everyone he meets, but not necessarily in the way they would have preferred. With the exception of Henry, everyone loves him, but Henry begins to believe that Dudley is there to replace him, both at work and in his family's affections, as Christmas approaches.
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Title: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
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Mr. Ace
Title: Mr. Ace
Character: Alma Rhodes
Released: August 2, 1946
Type: Movie
A rich society woman uses a gangster to win a congressional election.
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Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Title: Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Character: Miss Dill
Released: June 14, 1946
Type: Movie
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy friends back.
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Bad Bascomb
Title: Bad Bascomb
Character: Tillie Lovejoy
Released: May 26, 1946
Type: Movie
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
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She-Wolf of London
Title: She-Wolf of London
Character: Martha Winthrop
Released: May 17, 1946
Type: Movie
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
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Strictly Personal
Title: Strictly Personal
Character: Helen Matthews
Released: December 12, 1945
Type: Movie
In this documentary short film, Helen Matthews explains to women members of the U.S. Army proper ways to maintain a healthy body during military service. Subjects such as posture, exercise, healthy eating, weight control, digestion and elimination, menstruation, dental care, grooming, and makeup are covered, using live action examples as well as animation. The importance of maintaining an active and healthy body for the benefit not only of the individual but also of the military service is stressed.
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
Title: She Wouldn't Say Yes
Character: Laura Pitts
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Susan Lane is a gifted psychiatrist, grounded in self-control. Before returning by train to her practice in Chicago, she spends time back East with war veterans, building their self-esteem, but frowning on the impulsive, as represented by a favorite comic strip called "The Nixie." She bumps into Michael Kent, an officer and the comic strip's author. He likes her instantly and she dislikes him. He's headed to the Pacific, sees her on the train, gets off in Chicago, and with her father's help, pursues her and hatches a plan to marry her. Meanwhile, she has her own plan to get rid of him with the help of a blond patient. Will the Nixie get into her psyche?
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Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Title: Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Character: Mrs. Bjornson
Released: September 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Welcome to Fuller Junction, Wisconsin, a friendly small town settled by Norwegian farmers. Here we see the exploits of two young cousins, Selma and Arnold, who learn about their world and experience the ups and downs of life as the season pass.
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Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Title: Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: May 4, 1944
Type: Movie
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he sees her. Andy is clueless. On the train Andy meets Kay and Dr. Standish who are both headed for Wainwright. Andy likes Kay, but Dr. Standish also seems to take an interest in her. Things are going well at College with Kay, but the blonde is nice one minute and ignores Andy the next. When Andy finds out that the blonde is really identical twins, he tries to help them out with their father but gets caught at their rooming house after midnight.
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Broadway Rhythm
Title: Broadway Rhythm
Character: Miss Wynn (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Broadway producer Johnny Demming is only interested in big-name talent and scoffs that his sister, father and other small-time talent could be used in a successful show.
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Lost Angel
Title: Lost Angel
Character: Rhoda Kitterick
Released: December 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
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Best Foot Forward
Title: Best Foot Forward
Character: Miss Talbert
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
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Thousands Cheer
Title: Thousands Cheer
Character: Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit
Released: September 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
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Above Suspicion
Title: Above Suspicion
Character: Aunt Hattie
Released: May 31, 1943
Type: Movie
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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The Youngest Profession
Title: The Youngest Profession
Character: Sister Lassie
Released: February 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on misinformation from a meddling old-maid governess, Miss Featherstone, Joan also devotes some time to working on the no-problem marriage of her parents to the extent of hiring Dr. Hercules, the strong man from a side show to pay attention to her mother in order to make her father jealous, despite the good advice received from Walter Pidgeon.
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Andy Hardy's Double Life
Title: Andy Hardy's Double Life
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: December 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants to make up but her best friend decides to give Andy a test.
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Somewhere I'll Find You
Title: Somewhere I'll Find You
Character: Miss Coulter
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
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The Affairs of Martha
Title: The Affairs of Martha
Character: Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
Released: June 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
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The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Title: The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: March 3, 1942
Type: Movie
While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.
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Woman of the Year
Title: Woman of the Year
Character: Matron
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
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Flag of Mercy
Title: Flag of Mercy
Character: Clara Barton
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relate the story to America's involvement in World War II. Edited from Angel of Mercy (1939)
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H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Title: H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Character: Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Released: December 4, 1941
Type: Movie
A man who lived his life as he was told he should, not as he would have chosen to, is brought out of his shell by a beautiful young woman.
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Come Back, Miss Pipps
Title: Come Back, Miss Pipps
Character: Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Released: October 24, 1941
Type: Movie
On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school hours. Sour old Mr. Pratt, head of the school board, stumbles on the festivities and has Miss Pipps fired. The Our Gang conspire to save her job by inviting all the parents to a special meeting. There the gang stage a melodrama, with Mr. Pratt portrayed as Simon Legree. The parents react by demoting Mr. Pratt to janitor. They appoint kindly Mr. Swanson, the current janitor, to head the school board. And of course they reinstate Miss Pipps as school teacher. Sometime later, in an act of forgiveness, Miss Pipps and the gang hold a birthday party for Pratt who is then humbled by the experience.
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Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Title: Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: August 15, 1941
Type: Movie
With his high school graduation behind him, Andy Hardy decides that as an adult, it's time to start living his life. Judge Hardy had hoped that his son would go to college and study law, but Andy isn't sure that's what he wants to do so he heads off to New York City to find a job. Too proud to accept any help from Betsy Booth, Andy finds that living on his own isn't so easy. With perseverance he eventually finds a job and even gets to date the pretty receptionist in his office. He also has to face several of life's lessons leading him to conclude that he may still have a bit of growing up to do.
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Love Crazy
Title: Love Crazy
Character: Miss Cecilia Landis
Released: May 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
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Washington Melodrama
Title: Washington Melodrama
Character: Harriet Harringan
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away. Instead, he finds himself involved in a showgirl's murder.
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Barnacle Bill
Title: Barnacle Bill
Character: Aunt Letty
Released: April 7, 1941
Type: Movie
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture.
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Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Title: Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: February 21, 1941
Type: Movie
All set to graduate from high school , Andy Hardy flunks his English exam -- in spite of the fact that Aunt Milly is his teacher, and that the Judge has gone to all the trouble of getting him his very own private secretary.
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The Trial of Mary Dugan
Title: The Trial of Mary Dugan
Character: Miss Matthews
Released: February 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced by a young lawyer, the brother of the accused
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Keeping Company
Title: Keeping Company
Character: Mrs. Foster
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Wholesome comedy about newlyweds (and the bride's understanding--but sometimes interfering--parents) discovering married life isn't always bliss.
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Hullabaloo
Title: Hullabaloo
Character: 'Sue' Merriweather
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
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Boom Town
Title: Boom Town
Character: Miss Barnes
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties.
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Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Title: Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.
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The Shop Around the Corner
Title: The Shop Around the Corner
Character: Flora
Released: January 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.
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Judge Hardy and Son
Title: Judge Hardy and Son
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
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Remember?
Title: Remember?
Character: Miss Wilson
Released: December 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. Sky uses an experimental memory loss drug to make Linda and Jeff forget their rough times (and the fact that they were married) and they fall in love all over again.
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The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Title: The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Character: Nora
Released: November 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.
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Think First
Title: Think First
Character: Policewoman
Released: September 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Episode 24 of the Crime Does Not Pay series. Margie Smith (Laraine Day) works as a waitress at a drive in restaurant. She likes to date and look nice but on her salary, she can't keep up with everyone else. However, a friend shows her that stealing is easy, cool and lets you dress like success. At first, it works out just fine, but remember--this is a Crime Does Not Pay film and you KNOW she'll soon get caught and prosecuted.
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Title: Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: July 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Miss Brendon
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Angel of Mercy
Title: Angel of Mercy
Character: Clara Barton (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1939
Type: Movie
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
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The Hardys Ride High
Title: The Hardys Ride High
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: April 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy.
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Four Girls in White
Title: Four Girls in White
Character: Miss Bennett
Released: January 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
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Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Title: Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Character: Aunt Millie Forrest
Released: January 9, 1939
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers.
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Out West with the Hardys
Title: Out West with the Hardys
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
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You're Only Young Once
Title: You're Only Young Once
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: December 10, 1937
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
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First Lady
Title: First Lady
Character: Mrs. Mason
Released: December 4, 1937
Type: Movie
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
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A Family Affair
Title: A Family Affair
Character: Milly Forrest
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Title: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Character: Anna
Released: February 19, 1937
Type: Movie
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
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Under Cover of Night
Title: Under Cover of Night
Character: Janet Griswald
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
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Laughing at Trouble
Title: Laughing at Trouble
Character: Mrs. Jennie Nevins
Released: December 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the real killer is.
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Reunion
Title: Reunion
Character: Ellie
Released: November 20, 1936
Type: Movie
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
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Can This Be Dixie?
Title: Can This Be Dixie?
Character: Miss Beauregard Peachtree
Released: November 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A young girl and her uncle who run a traveling medicine show lend their efforts to salvage an old plantation.
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Poor Little Rich Girl
Title: Poor Little Rich Girl
Character: Collins
Released: July 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en route, Barbara finds herself alone in town, ending up as part of radio song-and-dance act Dolan and Dolan sponsored by a rival soap company.
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The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Title: The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Character: Dr. Anna Burkhart
Released: July 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Injured scientist Eric Godfrey asks his protege to give him a fatal dose of opiates to end his misery. When he dies the doctor is accused of murder.
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Little Miss Nobody
Title: Little Miss Nobody
Character: Mrs. Lewis
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
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Half Angel
Title: Half Angel
Character: Henrietta Hargraves
Released: May 22, 1936
Type: Movie
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.
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Captain January
Title: Captain January
Character: Agatha Morgan
Released: April 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.
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Magnificent Obsession
Title: Magnificent Obsession
Character: Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
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Way Down East
Title: Way Down East
Character: Cordelia Peabody
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Title: O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Character: Aunt Martha
Released: September 27, 1935
Type: Movie
A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.
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Mad Love
Title: Mad Love
Character: Marie
Released: July 12, 1935
Type: Movie
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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Music in the Air
Title: Music in the Air
Character: Martha
Released: December 13, 1934
Type: Movie
A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.
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Anne of Green Gables
Title: Anne of Green Gables
Character: Mrs. Barry
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and to the local villagers.
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The White Parade
Title: The White Parade
Character: Miss Harrington
Released: November 16, 1934
Type: Movie
The title represents the hopeful, ambitious students at a hospital training school and is primarily a story of the stern discipline and laborious physical and mental toil they endure in order to become nurses and join the White Parade. It is told mainly through the character of June Arden who finds romance with Ronald Hall III on the way, with side stories of the other girls who find failure, success, laughs and tears on the way.
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The Fountain
Title: The Fountain
Character: Sophie Van Leyden
Released: August 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.
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Hat, Coat and Glove
Title: Hat, Coat and Glove
Character: The Secretary
Released: July 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
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The Life of Vergie Winters
Title: The Life of Vergie Winters
Character: Winnie Belle
Released: June 14, 1934
Type: Movie
A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues the relationship with his true love.
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Finishing School
Title: Finishing School
Character: Miss Fisher
Released: May 4, 1934
Type: Movie
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.
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Affairs of a Gentleman
Title: Affairs of a Gentleman
Character: Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Released: May 1, 1934
Type: Movie
When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote about in his books.
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Spitfire
Title: Spitfire
Character: Etta Dawson
Released: March 8, 1934
Type: Movie
Dirt-poor mountain girl Trigger Hicks is a loner. Her faith-healing is mistaken for witchcraft by the community. She falls for an engineer building a dam, who protects her.