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Birthday:
1898-11-16
Place of birth:
Galveston, Texas, USA
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Sara Haden

Overview

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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.

Known for

Acting

1958 Andy Hardy Comes Home Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1955 Betrayed Women Actor Head Guard Darcy 58
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1954 The Outlaw's Daughter Actor Mrs. Merril N/A
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1953 A Lion Is in the Streets Actor Lula May McManamee 58
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1952 Wagons West Actor Mrs. Cook 59
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1952 Rodeo Actor Agatha Cartwright N/A
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1950 A Life of Her Own Actor Smitty 58
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1950 The Great Rupert Actor Mrs.Katie Dingle 58
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1949 Roughshod Actor Ma Wyatt 58
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1949 The Big Cat Actor Mrs. Mary Cooper 58
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1948 Rachel and the Stranger Actor Mrs. Jackson 59
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1947 The Bishop's Wife Actor Mildred Cassaway 62
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1946 Love Laughs at Andy Hardy Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1946 Mr. Ace Actor Alma Rhodes 58
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1946 Our Hearts Were Growing Up Actor Miss Dill 58
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1946 Bad Bascomb Actor Tillie Lovejoy 58
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1946 She-Wolf of London Actor Martha Winthrop 58
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1945 Strictly Personal Actor Helen Matthews N/A
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1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes Actor Laura Pitts 58
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1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Actor Mrs. Bjornson 59
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1944 Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1944 Broadway Rhythm Actor Miss Wynn (uncredited) 59
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1943 Lost Angel Actor Rhoda Kitterick 59
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1943 Best Foot Forward Actor Miss Talbert 58
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1943 Thousands Cheer Actor Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit 58
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1943 Above Suspicion Actor Aunt Hattie 59
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1943 The Youngest Profession Actor Sister Lassie 58
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1942 Andy Hardy's Double Life Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1942 Somewhere I'll Find You Actor Miss Coulter 58
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1942 The Affairs of Martha Actor Mrs. Justin I. Peacock 58
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1942 The Courtship of Andy Hardy Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1942 Woman of the Year Actor Matron 61
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1942 Flag of Mercy Actor Clara Barton N/A
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1941 H.M. Pulham, Esq. Actor Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary 59
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1941 Come Back, Miss Pipps Actor Miss Pipps (uncredited) 59
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1941 Life Begins for Andy Hardy Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1941 Love Crazy Actor Miss Cecilia Landis 59
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1941 Washington Melodrama Actor Harriet Harringan 58
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1941 Barnacle Bill Actor Aunt Letty 59
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1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan Actor Miss Matthews 59
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1940 Keeping Company Actor Mrs. Foster 59
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1940 Hullabaloo Actor 'Sue' Merriweather 59
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1940 Boom Town Actor Miss Barnes 59
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1940 Andy Hardy Meets Debutante Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1940 The Shop Around the Corner Actor Flora 72
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1939 Judge Hardy and Son Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1939 Remember? Actor Miss Wilson 58
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1939 The Secret of Dr. Kildare Actor Nora 58
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1939 Think First Actor Policewoman N/A
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1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1939 Tell No Tales Actor Miss Brendon 59
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1939 Angel of Mercy Actor Clara Barton (uncredited) N/A
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1939 The Hardys Ride High Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1939 Four Girls in White Actor Miss Bennett 59
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1939 Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family) Actor Aunt Millie Forrest 59
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1938 Out West with the Hardys Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1937 You're Only Young Once Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1937 First Lady Actor Mrs. Mason 59
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1937 A Family Affair Actor Milly Forrest 58
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1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Actor Anna 58
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1937 Under Cover of Night Actor Janet Griswald 59
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1936 Laughing at Trouble Actor Mrs. Jennie Nevins 59
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1936 Reunion Actor Ellie N/A
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1936 Can This Be Dixie? Actor Miss Beauregard Peachtree N/A
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1936 Poor Little Rich Girl Actor Collins 59
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1936 The Crime of Dr. Forbes Actor Dr. Anna Burkhart N/A
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1936 Little Miss Nobody Actor Mrs. Lewis 59
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1936 Half Angel Actor Henrietta Hargraves N/A
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1936 Captain January Actor Agatha Morgan 59
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1935 Magnificent Obsession Actor Mrs. Nancy Ashford 59
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1935 Way Down East Actor Cordelia Peabody 58
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1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy Actor Aunt Martha 59
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1935 Mad Love Actor Marie 60
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1934 Music in the Air Actor Martha 58
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1934 Anne of Green Gables Actor Mrs. Barry 58
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1934 The White Parade Actor Miss Harrington 59
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1934 The Fountain Actor Sophie Van Leyden 58
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1934 Hat, Coat and Glove Actor The Secretary 59
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1934 The Life of Vergie Winters Actor Winnie Belle 59
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1934 Finishing School Actor Miss Fisher 58
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1934 Affairs of a Gentleman Actor Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary 58
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1934 Spitfire Actor Etta Dawson 58
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