Acting
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.
Filmography
Breaking Point
Series · 1963
Vacation Playhouse
Series · 1963
Route 66
Series · 1960
Bourbon Street Beat
Series · 1959
Lock-Up
Series · 1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Series · 1959
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Film · 1958
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
State Trooper
Series · 1956
Betrayed Women
Film · 1955
The Millionaire
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
The Outlaw's Daughter
Film · 1954
December Bride
Series · 1954
A Lion Is in the Streets
Film · 1953
Wagons West
Film · 1952
Rodeo
Film · 1952
As We Forgive
Film · 1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
Series · 1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
Series · 1952
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
The Great Rupert
Film · 1950
A Life of Her Own
Film · 1950
The Big Cat
Film · 1949
Roughshod
Film · 1949
Rachel and the Stranger
Film · 1948
The Bishop's Wife
Film · 1947
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Film · 1946
She-Wolf of London
Film · 1946
Mr. Ace
Film · 1946
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
Film · 1946
Bad Bascomb
Film · 1946
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Film · 1945
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Film · 1945
Strictly Personal
Film · 1945
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
Film · 1944
Broadway Rhythm
Film · 1944
Above Suspicion
Film · 1943
Thousands Cheer
Film · 1943
The Youngest Profession
Film · 1943
Best Foot Forward
Film · 1943
Lost Angel
Film · 1943
Woman of the Year
Film · 1942
Andy Hardy's Double Life
Film · 1942
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
Film · 1942
Somewhere I'll Find You
Film · 1942
The Affairs of Martha
Film · 1942
Flag of Mercy
Film · 1942
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Film · 1941
Love Crazy
Film · 1941
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Film · 1941
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
Film · 1941
Barnacle Bill
Film · 1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Film · 1941
Washington Melodrama
Film · 1941
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Film · 1941
The Shop Around the Corner
Film · 1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
Film · 1940
Boom Town
Film · 1940
Keeping Company
Film · 1940
Hullabaloo
Film · 1940
Judge Hardy and Son
Film · 1939
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
Film · 1939
Remember?
Film · 1939
Tell No Tales
Film · 1939
Four Girls in White
Film · 1939
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Film · 1939
The Hardys Ride High
Film · 1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Film · 1939
Angel of Mercy
Film · 1939
Think First
Film · 1939
Out West with the Hardys
Film · 1938
First Lady
Film · 1937
Under Cover of Night
Film · 1937
A Family Affair
Film · 1937
You're Only Young Once
Film · 1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Film · 1937
The Barrier
Film · 1937
Captain January
Film · 1936
Little Miss Nobody
Film · 1936
Half Angel
Film · 1936
Poor Little Rich Girl
Film · 1936
Reunion
Film · 1936
Laughing at Trouble
Film · 1936
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
Film · 1936
Can This Be Dixie?
Film · 1936
Everybody's Old Man
Film · 1936
Mad Love
Film · 1935
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
Film · 1935
Way Down East
Film · 1935
Magnificent Obsession
Film · 1935
Anne of Green Gables
Film · 1934
The White Parade
Film · 1934
Hat, Coat and Glove
Film · 1934
The Fountain
Film · 1934
The Life of Vergie Winters
Film · 1934
Finishing School
Film · 1934
Affairs of a Gentleman
Film · 1934
Spitfire
Film · 1934
Music in the Air
Film · 1934