Sara Haden
Sara Haden was an American actress 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 14 of the 16 entries in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Andy Hardy film series.
Early life
Some sources say she was born in 1898 in Center Point, Texas, while others claim she was born in Galveston, Texas.
Career
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.
She made her film debut in 1934 in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and generally appeared in small 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, but she also played the much-loved teacher Miss Pipps, who is unjustly fired in the Our Gang comedy Come Back, Miss Pipps. Other films in which she appeared include Poor Little Rich Girl, The Shop Around the Corner, Woman of the Year, and The Bishop's Wife. 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.
Personal life
Haden was married to film actor Richard Abbott from 1921 until their divorce in 1948. She died on September 15, 1981, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, at age 82.
Selected filmography
The Life of Vergie Winters as Winnie BelleMusic in the Air as MarthaAnne of Green Gables as Mrs. BarryThe White Parade as Miss HarringtonThe Fountain as SusieHat, Coat, and Glove as The SecretaryFinishing School as Miss Fisher - TeacherAffairs of a Gentleman as Frances Bennett - Grisham's secretarySpitfire as Etta DawsonBlack Fury as Sophie ShemanskiMagnificent Obsession as Mrs. Nancy AshfordWay Down East as Cordelia PeabodyO'Shaughnessy's Boy as Aunt Martha ShieldsMad Love as MarieReunion as EllieLaughing at Trouble as Mrs. Jennie NevinsCan This Be Dixie? as Miss BeauregardPoor Little Rich Girl as CollinsLittle Miss Nobody as Teresa LewisHalf Angel as Henrietta HargravesCaptain January as Agatha MorganEverybody's Old Man as Susan Franklin The Crime of Dr. Forbes as Dr. Anna BurkhartUnder Cover of Night as Janet GriswaldA Family Affair as Aunt Milly ForrestYou're Only Young Once as Aunt Milly ForrestFirst Lady as Mrs. MasonThe Barrier as Mrs. John "Allunia" GaleThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney as AnnaOut West with the Hardys as Aunt Milly ForrestJudge Hardy and Son as Aunt Milly ForrestRemember? as Miss WilsonThe Secret of Dr. Kildare as NoraAndy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Aunt Milly ForrestTell No Tales as Miss BennettThe Hardys Ride High as Aunt Milly ForrestFour Girls in White as Miss BennettThe Shop Around the Corner as Flora KaczekBoom Town as Miss BarnesHullabaloo as "Sue" MerriweatherKeeping Company as Mrs. ForrestAndy Hardy Meets Debutante as Aunt Milly ForrestH. M. Pulham, Esq. as Miss Rollo - Harry's secretaryCome Back, Miss Pipps as Miss PippsLife Begins for Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly ForrestLove Crazy as Cecila LandisWashington Melodrama as Mrs. HarringtonBarnacle Bill as Aunt LettyAndy Hardy's Private Secretary as Aunt Milly ForrestThe Trial of Mary Dugan as Miss MathewsAndy Hardy's Double Life as Aunt Milly ForrestSomewhere I'll Find You as Miss CoultierThe Affairs of Martha as Mrs. Justin I. PeacockThe Courtship of Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly ForrestWoman of the Year as MatronThousands Cheer as Second NurseBest Foot Forward as Miss TalbertPilot No. 5 as LandladyAbove Suspecion as Aunt HattieThe Youngest Profession as Sister LassieLost Angel as Rhoda KitterickBroadway Rhythm as Miss WynnAndy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Aunt Milly ForrestShe Wouldn't Say Yes as Laura PittsOur Vines Have Tender Grapes as Mrs. Bjorn BjornsonLove Laughs at Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly ForrestMr. Ace as Alma RhodesOur Hearts Were Growing Up as Miss DillBad Bascomb as Tillie LovejoyShe-Wolf of London as Martha WinthropThe Bishop's Wife as Mildred CassawayRachel and the Stranger as Mrs. JacksonRoughshod as Ma WyattThe Big Cat as Mrs. Mary CooperA Life of Her Own as SmittyThe Great Rupert as Mrs. Katie DingleWagons West as Elizabeth CookRodeo as Agatha CartwrightA Lion Is in the Streets as Lula May McManameeThe Outlaw's Daughter as Mrs. MerrilBetrayed Women as Head Guard DarcyAndy Hardy Comes Home as Aunt Milly Forest