Kathryn Card
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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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Movies (34)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964 · Mrs. Wadlington
Period of Adjustment
1962 · Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Walk on the Wild Side
1962 · Landlady
All in a Night's Work
1961 · Dowager (uncredited)
Because They're Young
1960 · Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960 · Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
Good Day for a Hanging
1959 · Mrs. Molly Cain
Home Before Dark
1958 · Mattie
No Time at All
1958 · Bertram's Mother
Hollywood or Bust
1956 · Old Lady
Night of Execution
1955 · Mrs. Craig
A Star Is Born
1954 · Landlady (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen
1953 · Mrs. West
It Happens Every Thursday
1953 · Mrs. Dow
You for Me
1952 · Nurse Vogel
The Girl in White
1952 · Mrs. Lindsay
The Pride of St. Louis
1952 · Mrs. Martin
Scandal Sheet
1952 · Mrs. Rawley
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951 · Mrs. Kuschner
Never Trust a Gambler
1951 · Phoebe
Two of a Kind
1951
Harriet Craig
1950 · Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950 · Thelma Boyd
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
The Reckless Moment
1949 · Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
A Kiss for Corliss
1949 · Louise
The Dark Past
1948 · Nora
The Sainted Sisters
1948 · Martha Tewilliger
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · Jonesy
That Hagen Girl
1947 · Miss Grover
The Hucksters
1947 · Miss Regina Kennedy
Born to Kill
1947 · Grace
Undercurrent
1946 · Mrs. Foster
Kiss and Tell
1945 · Louise
TV shows (30)
The Virginian
1962 · Mathilde
87th Precinct
1961 · Mrs. Coons
Philip Marlowe
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959 · Mrs. Biddy
Rawhide
1959 · Mrs. Emily Osgood, Edna Gillespie, Millicent Laker
The Texan
1958 · Ma Kestler, Kate Mulvaney
Jefferson Drum
1958 · Evie Barnes
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957 · Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
Trackdown
1957 · Emma Perkins
Alcoa Theatre
1957 · Mrs. Gilroy
Perry Mason
1957 · Hannah Barton, Harriet Snow
The Thin Man
1957 · Mrs. Moody
Wagon Train
1957 · Abby, Mrs. Mercer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · Grandma Matson
Playhouse 90
1956 · Bertram's Mother
Broken Arrow
1956 · Abigail Adams
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955 · Mrs. Mohler
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Bella
Climax!
1954 · Mrs. Craig
December Bride
1954 · George's Mother
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Mrs. Wilson
General Electric Theater
1953
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. Engelhart
Cavalcade of America
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Ma
My Little Margie
1952
I Love Lucy
1951 · Minnie Finch, Mrs. McGillicuddy
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Maw Kadiddlehopper, Gert's Mother, Ma Kadiddlehopper, Gertie's Mother, Priscilla's Mother
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950 · Mrs. Bellows - Cook, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Barlow
The Lone Ranger
1949 · Flora Bates