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Sara Haden

Born
November 16, 1898
Died
September 15, 1981
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.
Known For
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Flora
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Mildred Cassaway
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Matron
Mad Love
(1935)
Marie
She-Wolf of London
(1946)
Martha Winthrop
Rachel and the Stranger
(1948)
Mrs. Jackson
The Great Rupert
(1950)
Mrs.Katie Dingle
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Miss Brendon
Boom Town
(1940)
Miss Barnes
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
(1941)
Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Full Filmography
Acting
Anne of Green Gables
(1934)
Mrs. Barry
The White Parade
(1934)
Miss Harrington
Hat, Coat and Glove
(1934)
The Secretary
The Fountain
(1934)
Sophie Van Leyden
The Life of Vergie Winters
(1934)
Winnie Belle
Finishing School
(1934)
Miss Fisher
Affairs of a Gentleman
(1934)
Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
Spitfire
(1934)
Etta Dawson
Music in the Air
(1934)
Martha
Mad Love
(1935)
Marie
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
(1935)
Aunt Martha
Way Down East
(1935)
Cordelia Peabody
Magnificent Obsession
(1935)
Mrs. Nancy Ashford
Captain January
(1936)
Agatha Morgan
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Mrs. Lewis
Half Angel
(1936)
Henrietta Hargraves
Poor Little Rich Girl
(1936)
Collins
Reunion
(1936)
Ellie
Laughing at Trouble
(1936)
Mrs. Jennie Nevins
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
(1936)
Dr. Anna Burkhart
Can This Be Dixie?
(1936)
Miss Beauregard Peachtree
First Lady
(1937)
Mrs. Mason
Under Cover of Night
(1937)
Janet Griswald
A Family Affair
(1937)
Milly Forrest
You're Only Young Once
(1937)
Milly Forrest
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
(1937)
Anna
Out West with the Hardys
(1938)
Milly Forrest
Judge Hardy and Son
(1939)
Milly Forrest
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
(1939)
Nora
Remember?
(1939)
Miss Wilson
Tell No Tales
(1939)
Miss Brendon
Four Girls in White
(1939)
Miss Bennett
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
(1939)
Milly Forrest
The Hardys Ride High
(1939)
Milly Forrest
Angel of Mercy
(1939)
Clara Barton (uncredited)
Think First
(1939)
Policewoman
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
(1939)
Aunt Millie Forrest
The Shop Around the Corner
(1940)
Flora
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
(1940)
Milly Forrest
Boom Town
(1940)
Miss Barnes
Keeping Company
(1940)
Mrs. Foster
Hullabaloo
(1940)
'Sue' Merriweather
Love Crazy
(1941)
Miss Cecilia Landis
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
(1941)
Milly Forrest
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
(1941)
Milly Forrest
Barnacle Bill
(1941)
Aunt Letty
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
(1941)
Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
Washington Melodrama
(1941)
Harriet Harringan
The Trial of Mary Dugan
(1941)
Miss Matthews
Come Back, Miss Pipps
(1941)
Miss Pipps (uncredited)
Woman of the Year
(1942)
Matron
Andy Hardy's Double Life
(1942)
Milly Forrest
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
(1942)
Milly Forrest
Somewhere I'll Find You
(1942)
Miss Coulter
The Affairs of Martha
(1942)
Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
Flag of Mercy
(1942)
Clara Barton
Above Suspicion
(1943)
Aunt Hattie
Thousands Cheer
(1943)
Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit
The Youngest Profession
(1943)
Sister Lassie
Best Foot Forward
(1943)
Miss Talbert
Lost Angel
(1943)
Rhoda Kitterick
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
(1944)
Milly Forrest
Broadway Rhythm
(1944)
Miss Wynn (uncredited)
She Wouldn't Say Yes
(1945)
Laura Pitts
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
(1945)
Mrs. Bjornson
Strictly Personal
(1945)
Helen Matthews
She-Wolf of London
(1946)
Martha Winthrop
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
(1946)
Milly Forrest
Mr. Ace
(1946)
Alma Rhodes
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
(1946)
Miss Dill
Bad Bascomb
(1946)
Tillie Lovejoy
The Bishop's Wife
(1947)
Mildred Cassaway
Rachel and the Stranger
(1948)
Mrs. Jackson
The Big Cat
(1949)
Mrs. Mary Cooper
Roughshod
(1949)
Ma Wyatt
The Great Rupert
(1950)
Mrs.Katie Dingle
A Life of Her Own
(1950)
Smitty
Wagons West
(1952)
Mrs. Cook
Rodeo
(1952)
Agatha Cartwright
A Lion Is in the Streets
(1953)
Lula May McManamee
The Outlaw's Daughter
(1954)
Mrs. Merril
Betrayed Women
(1955)
Head Guard Darcy
Andy Hardy Comes Home
(1958)
Milly Forrest
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