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 mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in thirteen entries in MGM's Andy Hardy film series. 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 (1927). She made her film debut in 1934 (one year after her mother's retirement) in the Katharine Hepburn vehicle Spitfire. Haden later became a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the late 1930s and had smallish 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 (1936), but she also played the much-loved 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 Bishop's 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 Martian's Mother's Day" in 1965. She was married to film actor Richard Abbott (born Seamon Vandenberg; 1899-1986) 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.
85 movies · 14 shows
Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958·5.0
Betrayed Women
1955·5.1
The Outlaw's Daughter
1954·8.0
A Lion Is in the Streets
1953·5.4
Wagons West
1952·7.3
Rodeo
1952·7.0
As We Forgive
1952·0.0
A Life of Her Own
1950·5.3
The Great Rupert
1950·5.8
Roughshod
1949·5.7
The Big Cat
1949·4.0
Rachel and the Stranger
1948·6.5
The Bishop's Wife
1947·7.1
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946·5.9
Mr. Ace
1946·5.8
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946·6.5
Bad Bascomb
1946·7.3
She-Wolf of London
1946·5.6
Strictly Personal
1945·0.0
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945·6.4
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
1945·7.2
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944·6.3
Broadway Rhythm
1944·6.3
Lost Angel
1943·8.0
Best Foot Forward
1943·6.8
Thousands Cheer
1943·6.4
Above Suspicion
1943·6.2
The Youngest Profession
1943·5.0
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1942·5.0
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942·5.7
The Affairs of Martha
1942·6.6
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1942·6.2
Woman of the Year
1942·6.9
Flag of Mercy
1942·7.5
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941·7.1
Come Back, Miss Pipps
1941·7.7
Life Begins for Andy Hardy
1941·6.0
Love Crazy
1941·6.8
Washington Melodrama
1941·6.0
Barnacle Bill
1941·7.8
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941·5.7
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941·6.5
Keeping Company
1940·6.7
Hullabaloo
1940·6.5
Boom Town
1940·6.9
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940·5.7
The Shop Around the Corner
1940·8.1
Judge Hardy and Son
1939·5.9
Remember?
1939·6.0
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
1939·6.1
Think First
1939·7.7
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939·5.7
Tell No Tales
1939·5.4
Angel of Mercy
1939·7.7
The Hardys Ride High
1939·6.5
Four Girls in White
1939·7.2
Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)
1939·5.5
Out West with the Hardys
1938·6.7
You're Only Young Once
1937·5.7
First Lady
1937·6.6
A Family Affair
1937·5.9
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937·5.9
Under Cover of Night
1937·6.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936·8.0
Reunion
1936·7.0
Can This Be Dixie?
1936·7.0
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936·6.6
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
1936·10.0
Little Miss Nobody
1936·7.5
Half Angel
1936·7.5
Captain January
1936·6.8
Everybody's Old Man
1936·8.0
Magnificent Obsession
1935·7.4
Way Down East
1935·4.3
O'Shaughnessy's Boy
1935·6.2
Mad Love
1935·7.0
Music in the Air
1934·5.6
Anne of Green Gables
1934·5.7
The White Parade
1934·6.8
The Fountain
1934·9.2
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934·7.0
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934·5.7
Finishing School
1934·6.2
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934·4.0
Spitfire
1934·5.3