Sara Haden
Sara Haden
Biography
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Female
Birthday
1898-11-16 (126 years old)
Place of Birth
Galveston, Texas, USA
Acting

1963

Breaking Point as Not available

1963

Vacation Playhouse as Emma Madison

1960

Route 66 as Not available

1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Mother Superior

1959

Lock-Up as Not available

1959

Bourbon Street Beat as Not available

1958

Andy Hardy Comes Home as Milly Forrest

1957

Perry Mason as Florence Harvey

1956

State Trooper as Not available

1955

Matinee Theater as Not available

1955

The Millionaire as Miss Kendis

1955

Betrayed Women as Head Guard Darcy

1954

December Bride as Not available

1954

The Outlaw's Daughter as Mrs. Merril

1953

A Lion Is in the Streets as Lula May McManamee

1952

The Abbott and Costello Show as Mrs. Bronson

1952

Mr. & Mrs. North as Not available

1952

Wagons West as Mrs. Cook

1952

Rodeo as Agatha Cartwright

1950

The Great Rupert as Mrs.Katie Dingle

1950

A Life of Her Own as Smitty

1949

The Big Cat as Mrs. Mary Cooper

1949

Roughshod as Ma Wyatt

1948

Rachel and the Stranger as Mrs. Jackson

1947

The Bishop's Wife as Mildred Cassaway

1946

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Milly Forrest

1946

She-Wolf of London as Martha Winthrop

1946

Our Hearts Were Growing Up as Miss Dill

1946

Bad Bascomb as Tillie Lovejoy

1946

Mr. Ace as Alma Rhodes

1945

Our Vines Have Tender Grapes as Mrs. Bjornson

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes as Laura Pitts

1945

Strictly Personal as Helen Matthews

1944

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Milly Forrest

1944

Broadway Rhythm as Miss Wynn (uncredited)

1943

Above Suspicion as Aunt Hattie

1943

Lost Angel as Rhoda Kitterick

1943

Best Foot Forward as Miss Talbert

1943

Thousands Cheer as Second Nurse in Frank Morgan Skit

1943

The Youngest Profession as Sister Lassie

1942

Woman of the Year as Matron

1942

Somewhere I'll Find You as Miss Coulter

1942

The Affairs of Martha as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock

1942

The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Milly Forrest

1942

Andy Hardy's Double Life as Milly Forrest

1942

Flag of Mercy as Clara Barton

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq. as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary

1941

Love Crazy as Miss Cecilia Landis

1941

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Milly Forrest

1941

Barnacle Bill as Aunt Letty

1941

Washington Melodrama as Harriet Harringan

1941

Come Back, Miss Pipps as Miss Pipps (uncredited)

1941

Life Begins for Andy Hardy as Milly Forrest

1941

The Trial of Mary Dugan as Miss Matthews

1940

Boom Town as Miss Barnes

1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Milly Forrest

1940

Keeping Company as Mrs. Foster

1940

Hullabaloo as 'Sue' Merriweather

1939

Tell No Tales as Miss Brendon

1939

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Milly Forrest

1939

The Hardys Ride High as Milly Forrest

1939

Judge Hardy and Son as Milly Forrest

1939

Four Girls in White as Miss Bennett

1939

Remember? as Miss Wilson

1939

Think First as Policewoman

1939

Angel of Mercy as Clara Barton (uncredited)

1938

Out West with the Hardys as Milly Forrest

1937

First Lady as Mrs. Mason

1937

A Family Affair as Milly Forrest

1937

You're Only Young Once as Milly Forrest

1937

Under Cover of Night as Janet Griswald

1936

Captain January as Agatha Morgan

1936

Laughing at Trouble as Mrs. Jennie Nevins

1936

Half Angel as Henrietta Hargraves

1936

Poor Little Rich Girl as Collins

1936

Everybody's Old Man as Susan Franklin

1936

Little Miss Nobody as Mrs. Lewis

1936

Can This Be Dixie? as Miss Beauregard Peachtree

1936

The Crime of Dr. Forbes as Dr. Anna Burkhart

1936

Reunion as Ellie

1935

Mad Love as Marie

1935

Magnificent Obsession as Mrs. Nancy Ashford

1935

O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Aunt Martha

1935

Way Down East as Cordelia Peabody

1934

Finishing School as Miss Fisher

1934

Anne of Green Gables as Mrs. Barry

1934

The Fountain as Sophie Van Leyden

1934

The Life of Vergie Winters as Winnie Belle

1934

Music in the Air as Martha

1934

Hat, Coat and Glove as The Secretary

1934

Spitfire as Etta Dawson

1934

The White Parade as Miss Harrington

1934

Affairs of a Gentleman as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary