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name: "Sara Haden"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 November 1898"
died: "15 September 1981"
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average_as: "actor"
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# Sara Haden

Actor. Born 16 November 1898 in Galveston, Texas, USA. Died 15 September 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 November 1898, Galveston, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 15 September 1981
- **Active:** 1934–1947
- **Also known as:** Catherine Haden, Sarah Haden, Sarah Hayden, Sara Hayden
- **Frequently works with:** [Loretta Young](https://film.one/person/loretta-young.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Haden, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0352774/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85956

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*The Bishop's Wife*](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) (74)

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## Biography

Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden) was an American character actress. She appeared on stage from the early 1920s, with a Broadway debut in Trigger (1927), before making her film debut in 1934. She worked in Hollywood films through the 1950s and on television into the mid-1960s.

She is known for playing Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. Other film roles include Miss Harrington in The White Parade (1934), Flora in The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Matron in Woman of the Year (1942), and Mildred Cassaway in The Bishop's Wife (1947). She also appeared in episodes of Perry Mason and Dr. Kildare.

Haden was married to actor Richard Abbott from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. She died on 15 September 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, as Mildred Cassaway — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)

## Complete filmography (99)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Breaking Point* (1963), series, Actor
- *Vacation Playhouse* (1963), series, as Emma Madison
- *Route 66* (1960), series, Actor
- *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, Actor
- *Lock-Up* (1959), series, Actor
- *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Mother Superior
- *Andy Hardy Comes Home* (1958), as Milly Forrest
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Florence Harvey
- *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Betrayed Women* (1955), as Head Guard Darcy
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Miss Kendis
- *The Outlaw's Daughter* (1954), as Mrs. Merril
- *December Bride* (1954), series, Actor
- *A Lion Is in the Streets* (1953), as Lula May McManamee
- *The Abbott and Costello Show* (1952), series, as Mrs. Bronson
- *Mr. & Mrs. North* (1952), series, Actor
- *Wagons West* (1952), as Mrs. Cook
- *Rodeo* (1952), as Agatha Cartwright
- *As We Forgive* (1952), Actor
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Wife
- *A Life of Her Own* (1950), as Smitty
- *The Great Rupert* (1950), as Mrs. Katie Dingle
- *Roughshod* (1949), as Ma Wyatt
- *The Big Cat* (1949), as Mrs. Mary Cooper
- *Rachel and the Stranger* (1948), as Mrs. Jackson
- *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Mildred Cassaway — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md)
- *Love Laughs at Andy Hardy* (1946), as Aunt Milly
- *Mr. Ace* (1946), as Alma Rhodes
- *Our Hearts Were Growing Up* (1946), as Miss Dill
- *Bad Bascomb* (1946), as Tillie Lovejoy
- *She-Wolf of London* (1946), as Martha Winthrop
- *Strictly Personal* (1945), as Helen Matthews
- *She Wouldn't Say Yes* (1945), as Laura Pitts
- *Our Vines Have Tender Grapes* (1945), as Mrs. Bjornson
- *Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble* (1944), as Milly Forrest
- *Broadway Rhythm* (1944), as Miss Wynn (uncredited)
- *Lost Angel* (1943), as Rhoda Kitterick
- *Best Foot Forward* (1943), as Miss Talbert
- *Thousands Cheer* (1943), as Nurse #2
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), as Aunt Hattie
- *The Youngest Profession* (1943), as Sister Lassie
- *Andy Hardy's Double Life* (1942), as Milly Forrest
- *Somewhere I'll Find You* (1942), as Miss Coulter
- *The Affairs of Martha* (1942), as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
- *The Courtship of Andy Hardy* (1942), as Milly Forrest
- *Woman of the Year* (1942), as Matron
- *Flag of Mercy* (1942), as Clara Barton
- *H.M. Pulham, Esq.* (1941), as Miss Rollo, Harry's Secretary
- *Come Back, Miss Pipps* (1941), as Miss Pipps (uncredited)
- *Life Begins for Andy Hardy* (1941), as Milly Forrest
- *Love Crazy* (1941), as Miss Cecilia Landis
- *Washington Melodrama* (1941), as Harriet Harringan
- *Barnacle Bill* (1941), as Aunt Letty
- *Andy Hardy's Private Secretary* (1941), as Milly Forrest
- *The Trial of Mary Dugan* (1941), as Miss Matthews
- *Keeping Company* (1940), as Mrs. Foster
- *Hullabaloo* (1940), as 'Sue' Merriweather
- *Boom Town* (1940), as Miss Barnes
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), as Milly Forrest
- *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), as Flora
- *Judge Hardy and Son* (1939), as Milly Forrest
- *Remember?* (1939), as Miss Wilson
- *The Secret of Dr. Kildare* (1939), as Nora
- *Think First* (1939), as Policewoman
- *Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever* (1939), as Milly Forrest
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), as Miss Brendon
- *Angel of Mercy* (1939), as Clara Barton (uncredited)
- *The Hardys Ride High* (1939), as Milly Forrest
- *Four Girls in White* (1939), as Miss Bennett
- *Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)* (1939), as Aunt Millie Forrest
- *Out West with the Hardys* (1938), as Milly Forrest
- *You're Only Young Once* (1937), as Milly Forrest
- *First Lady* (1937), as Mrs. Mason
- *A Family Affair* (1937), as Milly Forrest
- *The Last of Mrs. Cheyney* (1937), as Anna
- *Under Cover of Night* (1937), as Janet Griswald
- *Laughing at Trouble* (1936), as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
- *Reunion* (1936), as Ellie
- *Can This Be Dixie?* (1936), as Miss Beauregard Peachtree
- *Poor Little Rich Girl* (1936), as Collins
- *The Crime of Dr. Forbes* (1936), as Dr. Anna Burkhart
- *Little Miss Nobody* (1936), as Mrs. Lewis
- *Half Angel* (1936), as Henrietta Hargraves
- *Captain January* (1936), as Agatha Morgan
- *Everybody's Old Man* (1936), as Susan Franklin
- *Magnificent Obsession* (1935), as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
- *Way Down East* (1935), as Cordelia Peabody
- *O'Shaughnessy's Boy* (1935), as Aunt Martha
- *Mad Love* (1935), as Marie
- *Music in the Air* (1934), as Martha
- *Anne of Green Gables* (1934), as Mrs. Barry
- *The White Parade* (1934), as Miss Harrington
- *The Fountain* (1934), as Sophie Van Leyden
- *Hat, Coat and Glove* (1934), as The Secretary
- *The Life of Vergie Winters* (1934), as Winnie Belle
- *Finishing School* (1934), as Miss Fisher
- *Affairs of a Gentleman* (1934), as Frances Bennett - Gresham's Secretary
- *Spitfire* (1934), as Etta Dawson

## Gallery

- ![Sara Haden](https://film.one/media/person/1227734/gallery-0fa9f97187bb.jpg) Sara Haden — film screenshot (William Moss Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Sara_Haden_in_The_Big_Cat.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L. to R.: Wallace Beery, Leona Maricle & Sara Haden in O'Shaughnessy's Boy - publicity still (cropped) (1935)](https://film.one/media/person/1227734/gallery-fca4f8256af8.jpg) L. to R.: Wallace Beery, Leona Maricle & Sara Haden in O'Shaughnessy's Boy - publicity still (cropped) (1935) — Unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/O%27Shaughnessy%27s_Boy_%281935%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sara Haden](https://film.one/media/person/1227734/gallery-5dab747fe1a2.jpg) Sara Haden — Image via TMDB

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