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person_profile-Kathryn Card

Kathryn Card Died at age: 71

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Kathryn Card

Date of Birth:

Oct 04, 1892

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 01, 1964

Biography of

Kathryn Card

    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 mistakenly calling him "Mickey" or mistaking him for his fellow bandleader Xavier Cugat. She portrayed that character in five episodes during the 1954-1955 season, and appeared in three more installments during the 1955-1956 season when the Ricardos and the Mertzes traveled to Europe. However, Card's character never appeared again once both couples moved to Connecticut in the following year. She reprised that role for the last time in one episode of The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show entitled "The Ricardos Go to Japan", which also featured guest star Robert Cummings, in 1959.

    In addition to I Love Lucy, Card guest starred on several other television shows. She made two guest appearances in 1959 on Perry Mason, as Hannah Barton in "The Case of the Deadly Toy," and Harriet Snow in "The Case of the Watery Witness." Other television appearances included Make Room for Daddy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and Rawhide. Her final film appearance was in the 1964 MGM musical The Unsinkable Molly Brown.

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Kathryn Card

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Filmography of

Kathryn Card

Found 32 Movies in total

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Mrs. Wadlington ( Actor )

... 1964

Period of Adjustment

Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1962

Walk on the Wild Side

Landlady ( Actor )

... 1962

All in a Night's Work

Dowager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Mrs. Yule (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1960

Good Day for a Hanging

Mrs. Molly Cain ( Actor )

... 1959

Home Before Dark

Mattie ( Actor )

... 1958

No Time at All

Bertram's Mother ( Actor )

... 1958

Hollywood or Bust

Old Lady ( Actor )

... 1956

A Star Is Born

Landlady (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1954

Remains to Be Seen

Mrs. West ( Actor )

... 1953

It Happens Every Thursday

Mrs. Dow ( Actor )

... 1953

You for Me

Nurse Vogel ( Actor )

... 1952

The Girl in White

Mrs. Lindsay ( Actor )

... 1952

The Pride of St. Louis

Mrs. Martin ( Actor )

... 1952

Scandal Sheet

Mrs. Rawley ( Actor )

... 1952

The Model and the Marriage Broker

Mrs. Kuschner ( Actor )

... 1951

Never Trust a Gambler

Phoebe ( Actor )

... 1951

... 1951

Harriet Craig

Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

Thelma Boyd ( Actor )

... 1950

The Damned Don't Cry

Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1950

The Reckless Moment

Mrs. Loring (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1949

A Kiss for Corliss

Louise ( Actor )

... 1949

The Dark Past

Nora ( Actor )

... 1948

The Sainted Sisters

Martha Tewilliger ( Actor )

... 1948

Three Daring Daughters

Jonesy ( Actor )

... 1948

That Hagen Girl

Miss Grover ( Actor )

... 1947

The Hucksters

Miss Regina Kennedy ( Actor )

... 1947

Born to Kill

Grace ( Actor )

... 1947

Undercurrent

Mrs. Foster ( Actor )

... 1946

Kiss and Tell

Louise ( Actor )

... 1945