The following is a list of actors who have played Mrs. Hudson in various media.
Radio and audio dramas
Name Title Date Type Mary Gordon The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Only a limited number of cast lists are available for the series. Episodes that are known to have included Gordon in the cast aired between 1945 and 1946. 1945–1946 Radio (Mutual) Dora Gregory The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1945 BBC Home Service Susan Richards The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1948 BBC Home Service Elizabeth Maude The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Dying Detective", "The Second Stain" 1954 BBC Light Programme Elsa Palmer The Sign of Four 1959 BBC Light Programme Kathleen Helme Sherlock Holmes – "The Naval Treaty" 1960 BBC Light Programme Penelope Lee Sherlock Holmes – "The Valley of Fear" 1960 BBC Home Service Gudrun Ure Sherlock Holmes – "The Empty House" 1961 BBC Light Programme Beryl Calder Sherlock Holmes – "Thor Bridge" 1962 BBC Light Programme Barbara Mitchell Sherlock Holmes (4 stories) 1962–1967 BBC radio Grizelda Hervey Sherlock Holmes – "The Sign of the Four" 1963 BBC Home Service Janet Morrison Sherlock Holmes (7 stories) 1964–1969 BBC radio Cecile Chevreau Sherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton" 1970 LP record audio drama Barbara Atkinson The Hound of the Baskervilles 1988 BBC Radio 4 Anna Cropper Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four See also The Sign of the Four (1989). 1989 BBC Radio 4 Mary Allen Sherlock Holmes – "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Noble Bachelor" See also "The Noble Bachelor" (1991). 1990–1991 BBC Radio 4 Joan Matheson Sherlock Holmes (7 stories) See also "The Empty House" (1993) and several other episodes. 1992–1995 BBC Radio 4 Judi Dench Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of the Baskervilles 1998 BBC Radio 4Lee Paasch The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1998–2013Radio (Imagination Theatre) The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2005–2012 June Whitfield The Newly Discovered Casebook of Sherlock Holmes 1999 BBC Radio 2 Beth Chalmers Sherlock Holmes 2011–2012 Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions) Moira Quirk The Hound of the Baskervilles 2014 Audio drama (L.A. Theatre Works) Patricia Hodge Mrs Hudson's Radio Show 2018 BBC Radio 4 Ellen McLain The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 2019–present Radio (Imagination Theatre)
Stage plays
Name Title Date Type Esmé Hubbard The Return of Sherlock Holmes 1923 Stage play Paddy Edwards Baker Street 1965 Stage musical Toni Lamond Sherlock's Last Case 1984–1985 Stage play Julia Sutton Sherlock Holmes: The Musical 1989 Stage musical Jane Pfitsch Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery 2015 Stage play Margaret Cabourn-Smith Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas 2025-2026 Stage (Britain)
Television and DTV films
Name Title Date Type Violet Besson The Three Garridebs 1937 Television play for NBC (American) Marguerite Young Doctor Watson and the Darkwater Hall Mystery 1974 Television film (British) Marjorie Bennett Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976 Television film (American) Rina Zelyonaya The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson 1979–1986 TV film series (USSR) Lynn Rainbow Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four 1983 Animated television film (Australian) Jenny Laird The Masks of Death 1984 Television film (British)Margaret John Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991Television films Incident at Victoria Falls 1992Kathleen McAuliffe The Royal Scandal 2001Television films (Canadian) The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire 2002 Anne Carroll Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking 2004 Television film (British) Catriona McDonald Sherlock Holmes 2010 DTV film (American) Emily Gray Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street 2010 Japanese anime film (English dub, released on DVD)
Television series Name Title Date Type Iris Vandeleur Sherlock Holmes 1951 TV series (British) Mary Holder Sherlock Holmes – "The Speckled Band" 1964 TV episode (British) Enid Lindsey Sherlock Holmes 1965 TV series (British) Grace Arnold Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes 1968 TV series (British) Camila Ashland Fantasy Island – "The Case Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Holmes" 1982 TV episode (American) Jane Lowe Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House 1982 TV series (British) Pat Keen The Baker Street Boys 1983 TV series (British) Rosalie Williams Sherlock Holmes 1984–1994 TV series (British) Yōko Asagami Sherlock Hound 1984–1985 TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Japanese version) Patricia Parris Sherlock Hound 1984–1985 TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (English dub) Cristina Grado Sherlock Hound 1984–1985 TV animated series (Italian-Japanese) (Italian dub) Bunty Webb Alfred Hitchcock Presents – "My Dear Watson" 1989 TV episode (American) Jan Hooks Saturday Night Live – "Sherlock Holmes' Birthday Party" 1991 TV sketch (American) Una Stubbs Sherlock 2010–2017 TV series (British) Candis Cayne Elementary 2013–2014 TV series (American) Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Sherlock Holmes 2013 TV series (Russian) Keiko Horiuchi Sherlock Holmes 2014–2015 TV series (Japanese) Ran Itō Miss Sherlock 2018 TV series (Japanese) Rino Katase Sherlock: Untold Stories 2019 TV series (Japanese) Junichi Suwabe Case File nº221: Kabukicho 2019–2020 TV anime series (Japanese) (Japanese version) David Wald Case File nº221: Kabukicho 2019–2020 TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) Kana AsumiMoriarty the Patriot 2020–2021 TV anime series (Japanese) Suzie Yeung 2020–2021 TV anime series (Japanese) (English dub) Mary O'Driscoll Sherlock & Daughter 2025 TV series (American)
Theatrical films Name Title Date TypeMadame d'Esterre 20 short films 1921–1923Stoll series silent films (British) The Hound of the Baskervilles 1921 The Sign of the Four 1923Minnie Rayner The Sleeping Cardinal 1931 1931–1937 film series (British) The Missing Rembrandt 1932 The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes 1935 Silver Blaze 1937 Marie AultThe Speckled Band 1931 British film Clare Greet The Sign of Four 1932 1931–1937 film series (British) Tempe Pigott A Study in Scarlet 1933 American filmMary Gordon The Hound of the Baskervilles 19391939–1946 film series (USA) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes 1939 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror 1942 Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon 1942 Sherlock Holmes in Washington 1943 Sherlock Holmes Faces Death 1943 The Spider Woman 1944 The Pearl of Death 1944 The Woman in Green 1945 Dressed to Kill 1946 E. Schultze-Westrum Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace 1962 West German-French-Italian film Barbara Leake A Study in Terror 1965 British film Irene Handl The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 1970 American film Alison Leggatt The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976 American film Betty Woolfe Murder by Decree 1979 British-Canadian film Pat Keen Without a Clue 1988 British film Kei Hayami Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street 2002 Japanese anime film (Japanese version)Geraldine James Sherlock Holmes 2009British–American films Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2011 Sarah Crowden Mr. Holmes 2015 British–American film Kelly Macdonald Holmes & Watson 2018 American film
Video games Name Title Date Type Diana Montano The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel 1992 Voice role Coralie Persee The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo 1996 Voice role; digitized sprites based on a different actor Stella Gonet Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments 2014Sherlock Holmes series; voice role Unknown actor Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter 2016
See also List of actors who have played Sherlock Holmes List of actors who have played Dr. Watson List of actors who have played Inspector Lestrade List of actors who have played Irene Adler List of actors who have played Mycroft Holmes List of actors who have played Professor Moriarty
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