Mary Whitehouse wurde am 13 Juni 1910 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK geboren. Sie war mit Ernest Raymond Whitehouse verheiratet. Sie starb am 23 November 2001 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK.
Roger Waters ripped her in the third verse of "Pigs (Three Different Ones)" from Pink Floyd's 1977 album "Animals." ("Hey you Whitehouse/Ha, ha, charade you are/You house proud town mouse/Ha, ha, charade you are/You're trying to keep our feelings off the street/You're nearly a real treat/All tight lips and cold feet/And do you feel abused?/You've got to stem the evil tide/And keep it all deep inside/Mary you're nearly a treat/Mary you're nearly a treat/But you're really a cry.") After Waters went solo in the 1980s, he would replace Whitehouse with Margaret Thatcher.