Mary Forbes (born Ethel Louise Young; 1 January 1883[1][3] – 22 July 1974) was a British-American film actress, based in the United States in her latter years, where she died.

[citation needed] Her American stage debut came in Romance at Maxine Elliott's Theatre in 1913.

[6] She took over management of the Ambassadors Theatre in 1913 and had several years experience on stage in Britain and America before her appearances in Hollywood films.

The middle child of the three, Phyllis Mary Taylor, was not in the acting business.

Her second husband was British actor Charles Quartermaine, who married in 1925; the union ended in divorce.