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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Galveston, Texas, USA, 1898-11-16

Died: 1981-09-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1934	Spitfire	Etta Dawson	54
2	1934	Affairs of a Gentleman	Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary	33
3	1934	Finishing School	Miss Fisher	62
4	1934	The Life of Vergie Winters	Winnie Belle	59
5	1934	Hat, Coat and Glove	The Secretary	55
6	1934	The Fountain	Sophie Van Leyden	95
7	1934	The White Parade	Miss Harrington	60
8	1934	Anne of Green Gables	Mrs. Barry	57
9	1934	Music in the Air	Martha	48
10	1935	Mad Love	Marie	70
11	1935	O'Shaughnessy's Boy	Aunt Martha	60
12	1935	Way Down East	Cordelia Peabody	30
13	1935	Magnificent Obsession	Mrs. Nancy Ashford	74
14	1936	Everybody's Old Man	Susan Franklin	0
15	1936	Captain January	Agatha Morgan	67
16	1936	Half Angel	Henrietta Hargraves	0
17	1936	Little Miss Nobody	Mrs. Lewis	60
18	1936	The Crime of Dr. Forbes	Dr. Anna Burkhart	0
19	1936	Poor Little Rich Girl	Collins	66
20	1936	Can This Be Dixie?	Miss Beauregard Peachtree	0
21	1936	Reunion	Ellie	0
22	1936	Laughing at Trouble	Mrs. Jennie Nevins	60
23	1937	Under Cover of Night	Janet Griswald	57
24	1937	The Last of Mrs. Cheyney	Anna	60
25	1937	A Family Affair	Milly Forrest	59
26	1937	First Lady	Mrs. Mason	62
27	1937	You're Only Young Once	Milly Forrest	58
28	1938	Out West with the Hardys	Milly Forrest	64
29	1939	Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)	Aunt Millie Forrest	53
30	1939	Four Girls in White	Miss Bennett	63
31	1939	The Hardys Ride High	Milly Forrest	58
32	1939	Angel of Mercy	Clara Barton (uncredited)	60
33	1939	Tell No Tales	Miss Brendon	53
34	1939	Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever	Milly Forrest	57
35	1939	Think First	Policewoman	70
36	1939	The Secret of Dr. Kildare	Nora	56
37	1939	Remember?	Miss Wilson	58
38	1939	Judge Hardy and Son	Milly Forrest	56
39	1940	The Shop Around the Corner	Flora	81
40	1940	Andy Hardy Meets Debutante	Milly Forrest	54
41	1940	Boom Town	Miss Barnes	69
42	1940	Hullabaloo	'Sue' Merriweather	40
43	1940	Keeping Company	Mrs. Foster	64
44	1941	The Trial of Mary Dugan	Miss Matthews	50
45	1941	Andy Hardy's Private Secretary	Milly Forrest	54
46	1941	Barnacle Bill	Aunt Letty	77
47	1941	Washington Melodrama	Harriet Harringan	50
48	1941	Love Crazy	Miss Cecilia Landis	71
49	1941	Life Begins for Andy Hardy	Milly Forrest	59
50	1941	Come Back, Miss Pipps	Miss Pipps (uncredited)	60
51	1941	H.M. Pulham, Esq.	Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary	69
52	1942	Flag of Mercy	Clara Barton	0
53	1942	Woman of the Year	Matron	69
54	1942	The Courtship of Andy Hardy	Milly Forrest	57
55	1942	The Affairs of Martha	Mrs. Justin I. Peacock	58
56	1942	Somewhere I'll Find You	Miss Coulter	59
57	1942	Andy Hardy's Double Life	Milly Forrest	48
58	1943	The Youngest Profession	Sister Lassie	52
59	1943	Above Suspicion	Aunt Hattie	65
60	1943	Thousands Cheer	Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit	64
61	1943	Best Foot Forward	Miss Talbert	60
62	1943	Lost Angel	Rhoda Kitterick	75
63	1944	Broadway Rhythm	Miss Wynn (uncredited)	55
64	1944	Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble	Milly Forrest	58
65	1945	Our Vines Have Tender Grapes	Mrs. Bjornson	69
66	1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Laura Pitts	59
67	1945	Strictly Personal	Helen Matthews	0
68	1946	She-Wolf of London	Martha Winthrop	56
69	1946	Bad Bascomb	Tillie Lovejoy	62
70	1946	Our Hearts Were Growing Up	Miss Dill	62
71	1946	Mr. Ace	Alma Rhodes	56
72	1946	Love Laughs at Andy Hardy	Milly Forrest	55
73	1947	The Bishop's Wife	Mildred Cassaway	70
74	1948	Rachel and the Stranger	Mrs. Jackson	62
75	1949	The Big Cat	Mrs. Mary Cooper	35
76	1949	Roughshod	Ma Wyatt	53
77	1950	The Great Rupert	Mrs.Katie Dingle	56
78	1950	A Life of Her Own	Smitty	53
79	1952	As We Forgive		0
80	1952	Rodeo	Agatha Cartwright	0
81	1952	Wagons West	Mrs. Cook	60
82	1953	A Lion Is in the Streets	Lula May McManamee	55
83	1954	The Outlaw's Daughter	Mrs. Merril	0
84	1955	Betrayed Women	Head Guard Darcy	47
85	1958	Andy Hardy Comes Home	Milly Forrest	45

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Wife	86
2	1952	Mr. & Mrs. North		43
3	1952	The Abbott and Costello Show	Mrs. Bronson	71
4	1954	December Bride		55
5	1955	The Millionaire	Miss Kendis	50
6	1955	Matinee Theater		50
7	1956	State Trooper		50
8	1957	Perry Mason	Florence Harvey	77
9	1959	The DuPont Show with June Allyson	Mother Superior	63
10	1959	Lock-Up		62
11	1959	Bourbon Street Beat		50
12	1960	Route 66		63
13	1963	Vacation Playhouse	Emma Madison	70
14	1963	Breaking Point		73

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