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 Belle
  • Music in the Air as Martha
  • Anne of Green Gables as Mrs. Barry
  • The White Parade as Miss Harrington
  • The Fountain as Susie
  • Hat, Coat, and Glove as The Secretary
  • Finishing School as Miss Fisher - Teacher
  • Affairs of a Gentleman as Frances Bennett - Grisham's secretary
  • Spitfire as Etta Dawson
  • Black Fury as Sophie Shemanski
  • Magnificent Obsession as Mrs. Nancy Ashford
  • Way Down East as Cordelia Peabody
  • O'Shaughnessy's Boy as Aunt Martha Shields
  • Mad Love as Marie
  • Reunion as Ellie
  • Laughing at Trouble as Mrs. Jennie Nevins
  • Can This Be Dixie? as Miss Beauregard
  • Poor Little Rich Girl as Collins
  • Little Miss Nobody as Teresa Lewis
  • Half Angel as Henrietta Hargraves
  • Captain January as Agatha Morgan
  • Everybody's Old Man as Susan Franklin
  • The Crime of Dr. Forbes as Dr. Anna Burkhart
  • Under Cover of Night as Janet Griswald
  • A Family Affair as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • You're Only Young Once as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • First Lady as Mrs. Mason
  • The Barrier as Mrs. John "Allunia" Gale
  • The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Anna
  • Out West with the Hardys as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Judge Hardy and Son as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Remember? as Miss Wilson
  • The Secret of Dr. Kildare as Nora
  • Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Tell No Tales as Miss Bennett
  • The Hardys Ride High as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Four Girls in White as Miss Bennett
  • The Shop Around the Corner as Flora Kaczek
  • Boom Town as Miss Barnes
  • Hullabaloo as "Sue" Merriweather
  • Keeping Company as Mrs. Forrest
  • Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • H. M. Pulham, Esq. as Miss Rollo - Harry's secretary
  • Come Back, Miss Pipps as Miss Pipps
  • Life Begins for Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Love Crazy as Cecila Landis
  • Washington Melodrama as Mrs. Harrington
  • Barnacle Bill as Aunt Letty
  • Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • The Trial of Mary Dugan as Miss Mathews
  • Andy Hardy's Double Life as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Somewhere I'll Find You as Miss Coultier
  • The Affairs of Martha as Mrs. Justin I. Peacock
  • The Courtship of Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Woman of the Year as Matron
  • Thousands Cheer as Second Nurse
  • Best Foot Forward as Miss Talbert
  • Pilot No. 5 as Landlady
  • Above Suspecion as Aunt Hattie
  • The Youngest Profession as Sister Lassie
  • Lost Angel as Rhoda Kitterick
  • Broadway Rhythm as Miss Wynn
  • Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • She Wouldn't Say Yes as Laura Pitts
  • Our Vines Have Tender Grapes as Mrs. Bjorn Bjornson
  • Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Aunt Milly Forrest
  • Mr. Ace as Alma Rhodes
  • Our Hearts Were Growing Up as Miss Dill
  • Bad Bascomb as Tillie Lovejoy
  • She-Wolf of London as Martha Winthrop
  • The Bishop's Wife as Mildred Cassaway
  • Rachel and the Stranger as Mrs. Jackson
  • Roughshod as Ma Wyatt
  • The Big Cat as Mrs. Mary Cooper
  • A Life of Her Own as Smitty
  • The Great Rupert as Mrs. Katie Dingle
  • Wagons West as Elizabeth Cook
  • Rodeo as Agatha Cartwright
  • A Lion Is in the Streets as Lula May McManamee
  • The Outlaw's Daughter as Mrs. Merril
  • Betrayed Women as Head Guard Darcy
  • Andy Hardy Comes Home as Aunt Milly Forest