Kathryn Card

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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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1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie Mrs. Wadlington
1962
Period of Adjustment
Movie Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1962
The Virginian
TV show Mathilde
1962
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie Landlady
1961
87th Precinct
TV show Mrs. Coons
1961
All in a Night's Work
Movie Dowager (uncredited)
1960
Because They're Young
Movie Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
1959
Philip Marlowe
TV show
1959
Dennis the Menace
TV show Mrs. Biddy
1959
Rawhide
TV show Mrs. Emily Osgood
1959
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie Mrs. Molly Cain
1958
Home Before Dark
Movie Mattie
1958
The Texan
TV show Ma Kestler
1958
Jefferson Drum
TV show Evie Barnes
1958
No Time at All
Movie Bertram's Mother