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Kathryn Card

Kathryn Card

Actor · Born 1892-10-04 · Butte, Montana, USA

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kathryn Card (October 4, 1892 – March 1, 1964) was an American radio, television and film actress who may be best remembered for her role as Mrs. MacGillicuddy, Lucy's mother on I Love Lucy. Her first screen credit was in 1945 for her role as Louise in the Corliss Archer movie Kiss and Tell, starring Shirley Temple as Corliss Archer. The next year she appeared in Undercurrent with Robert Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, and Robert Mitchum. Then, in 1949, Card gave an interesting albeit brief performance (uncredited) as an extremely polite but no-nonsense loan processor for prospective borrower Joan Bennett in The Reckless Moment. On February 8, 1954, Card made her first television appearance in an episode of I Love Lucy. The installment, entitled "Fan Magazine Interview", featured Card playing a slatternly woman named Minnie Finch. The following year she was cast as a totally different character, Mrs. MacGillicuddy, Lucy's bird-brained mother. She joined the Ricardos and the Mertzes in Hollywood when Lucy's husband, Ricky Ricardo, was given the opportunity to star in a motion picture. Mrs MacGillicuddy would frequently annoy Ricky immeasurably by …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. A Star Is Born (1954) — Landlady (uncredited)
  2. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Bella
  3. I Love Lucy (1951) — Minnie Finch
  4. The Reckless Moment (1949) — Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
  5. Perry Mason (1957) — Hannah Barton
  6. Born to Kill (1947) — Grace
  7. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960) — Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
  8. Hollywood or Bust (1956) — Old Lady
  9. Walk on the Wild Side (1962) — Landlady
  10. Scandal Sheet (1952) — Mrs. Rawley
  11. The Damned Don't Cry (1950) — Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
  12. Undercurrent (1946) — Mrs. Foster
  13. Rawhide (1959) — Mrs. Emily Osgood
  14. The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) — Mrs. Wadlington
  15. The Dark Past (1948) — Nora
  16. The Lone Ranger (1949) — Flora Bates
  17. The Virginian (1962) — Mathilde
  18. Dennis the Menace (1959) — Mrs. Biddy
  19. Harriet Craig (1950) — Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
  20. Wagon Train (1957) — Abby
  21. Home Before Dark (1958) — Mattie
  22. All in a Night's Work (1961) — Dowager (uncredited)
  23. Period of Adjustment (1962) — Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
  24. The Hucksters (1947) — Miss Regina Kennedy
  25. The Red Skelton Show (1951) — Maw Kadiddlehopper
  26. The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950) — Mrs. Barlow
  27. The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951) — Mrs. Kuschner
  28. Good Day for a Hanging (1959) — Mrs. Molly Cain
  29. The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957) — Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
  30. Two of a Kind (1951)
  31. Climax! (1954) — Mrs. Craig
  32. Four Star Playhouse (1952) — Ma
  33. That Hagen Girl (1947) — Miss Grover
  34. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Grandma Matson
  35. Playhouse 90 (1956) — Bertram's Mother
  36. The Pride of St. Louis (1952) — Mrs. Martin
  37. The Thin Man (1957) — Mrs. Moody
  38. Trackdown (1957) — Emma Perkins
  39. Never Trust a Gambler (1951) — Phoebe
  40. Three Daring Daughters (1948) — Jonesy