List of actors who have played Mrs. Hudson
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The following is a list of actors[note 1] who have played Mrs. Hudson in various media.
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Gordon | The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[1] | 1945–1946 | Radio (Mutual) |
| Dora Gregory | The Adventure of the Speckled Band[2] | 1945 | BBC Home Service |
| Susan Richards | The Adventure of the Speckled Band[2] | 1948 | BBC Home Service |
| Elizabeth Maude | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – "The Dying Detective", "The Second Stain"[3] | 1954 | BBC Light Programme |
| Elsa Palmer | The Sign of Four[4] | 1959 | BBC Light Programme |
| Kathleen Helme | Sherlock Holmes – "The Naval Treaty"[5] | 1960 | BBC Light Programme |
| Penelope Lee | Sherlock Holmes – "The Valley of Fear"[5] | 1960 | BBC Home Service |
| Gudrun Ure | Sherlock Holmes – "The Empty House"[5] | 1961 | BBC Light Programme |
| Beryl Calder | Sherlock Holmes – "Thor Bridge"[5] | 1962 | BBC Light Programme |
| Barbara Mitchell | Sherlock Holmes (4 stories)[5] | 1962–1967 | BBC radio |
| Grizelda Hervey | Sherlock Holmes – "The Sign of the Four"[5] | 1963 | BBC Home Service |
| Janet Morrison | Sherlock Holmes (7 stories)[5] | 1964–1969 | BBC radio |
| Cecile Chevreau | Sherlock Holmes – "Charles Augustus Milverton"[6] | 1970 | LP record audio drama |
| Barbara Atkinson | The Hound of the Baskervilles[7] | 1988 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Anna Cropper | Sherlock Holmes – A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four[8] | 1989 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Mary Allen | Sherlock Holmes – "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Noble Bachelor"[9] | 1990–1991 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Joan Matheson | Sherlock Holmes (7 stories)[10] | 1992–1995 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Judi Dench | Sherlock Holmes – The Hound of the Baskervilles[11] | 1998 | BBC Radio 4 |
| Lee Paasch | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | 1998–2013 | Radio (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[12][13] | 2011–2012 | Audio dramas (Big Finish Productions) |
| Moira Quirk | The Hound of the Baskervilles[14] | 2014 | Audio drama (L.A. Theatre Works) |
| Patricia Hodge | Mrs Hudson's Radio Show[15] | 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[16] | 1984–1985 | Stage play |
| Julia Sutton | Sherlock Holmes: The Musical | 1989 | Stage musical |
| Jane Pfitsch | Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery[17] | 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[18] | 1983 | Animated television film (Australian) |
| Jenny Laird | The Masks of Death | 1984 | Television film (British) |
| Margaret John | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | 1991 | Television films |
| Incident at Victoria Falls | 1992 | ||
| Kathleen McAuliffe | The Royal Scandal | 2001 | Television 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) |
| 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 Asumi | Moriarty the Patriot[19] | 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
Video games
| Name | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Montano | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel[18] | 1992 | Voice role |
| Coralie Persee | The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Rose Tattoo[24] | 1996 | Voice role; digitized sprites based on a different actor |
| Stella Gonet | Sherlock Holmes: Crimes & Punishments[18] | 2014 | Sherlock Holmes series; voice role |
| Unknown actor | Sherlock Holmes: The Devil's Daughter | 2016 | |