Sara Haden

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 mid1960s She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGMs Andy Hardy film series Haden first appeared on the stage in the early 1920s As early as October 1920 she was appearing with Walter Hampdens acting troupe Her Broadway debut came in Trigger 1927 She made her film debut in 1934 one year after her mothers retirement in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire Haden later became a MetroGoldwynMayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish roles in many of the studios 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 Temples Captain January 1936 but she also played the muchloved 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 Bishops 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 Martians Mothers Day in 1965 She was married to film actor Richard Abbott born Seamon Vandenberg 18991986 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