Person
Mary Wickes
Acting · 1910–1995 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.
Known for
The Love Boat
Mrs. Randolph
Columbo
Landlady
Murder, She Wrote
Alva Crane
Bonanza
Hattie
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Waitress (uncredited)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Nurse
The Red Skelton Show
Self
The Bob Hope Show
Self
The Lucy Show
Fran
M*A*S*H
Colonel Reese
Filmography
- 2013Too Much JohnsonMrs. Battison
- 2008Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original StoogeSelf (archive footage)
- 2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary ClooneyEmma Allen (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1996The Hunchback of Notre DameGargoyle Laverne (voice)
- 1994Life with LouieGrandma (voice)
- 1994Little WomenAunt March
- 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitSister Mary Lazarus
- 1992Sister ActSister Mary Lazarus
- 1990Postcards from the EdgeGrandma
- 1989Father Dowling MysteriesMarie Murkin
- 1987Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling MysteryMarie Murkin
- 1987ALF Loves a Mystery
- 1987Almost PartnersAggie Greyson
- 1986The Christmas GiftHenrietta Sawyer
- 1985First the EggMs. Crandall
- 1985The Canterville GhostMrs. Umney
- 1984Murder, She WroteAlva Crane
- 1984Highway to HeavenMinnie
- 1984Punky BrewsterMrs. Dempsey
- 1982Matt HoustonNellie Cochran
- 1980Touched by LoveMargaret
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.
- 1979WillaEunice
- 1977Lucy Calls the PresidentMillie Baker
- 1977The Love BoatMrs. Randolph
- 1977Tabitha
- 1975DocBeatrice Tully
- 1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerDr. Bess Winestock
- 1973Sigmund and the Sea MonstersAunt Zelda
- 1972Snowball ExpressMiss Wigginton
- 1972The Man Who Came to DinnerNurse Preen
- 1972M*A*S*HColonel Reese
- 1972The Waltons
- 1972Napoleon and SamanthaEmployment Office Clerk
- 1972Sanford and Son
- 1972The Open WindowMrs. Sappleton
- 1971ColumboLandlady
- 1969The MonkMrs. Medford
- 1969Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- 1969The Debbie Reynolds Show
- 1968The Doris Day ShowEmma Flood
- 1968Here's LucyIsabel
- 1968Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsSister Clarissa
- 1967The Spirit Is WillingGloria Tritt
- 1966The Pruitts of SouthamptonAmelia Pembroke
- 1966The Trouble with AngelsSister Clarissa
- 1965F Troop
- 1965The DecoratorViola
- 1965Dear HeartMiss Fox
- 1965How to Murder Your WifeHarold's Secretary
- 1964Fate Is the HunterMrs. Llewlyn
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreMrs. Pike
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreNurse
- 1963Temple HoustonIda Goff
- 1962The Lucy ShowFran
- 1962The Music ManMrs. Squires
- 1961The Gertrude Berg Show
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeMarie Grieux
- 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansFreckles (voice)
- 1960CimarronMrs. Neal Hefner
- 1960My Three SonsJeri Schronk
- 1959StartimeMyrtle
- 1959Dennis the Menace
- 1959BonanzaHattie
- 1959It Happened to JaneMatilda Runyon
- 1958The Proud RebelMrs. Ainsley (uncredited)
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookHannah
- 1957Don't Go Near the WaterJanie
- 1957Zorro
- 1957The Thin Man
- 1957Circle of the DayGrace
- 1957AnnetteKatie
- 1956Dance with Me, HenryMiss Mayberry
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1955Good Morning, Miss DoveMiss Lorraine Ellwood
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBlanche Armstaedter
- 1954DestryBessie Mae Curtis
- 1954The Halls of Ivy
- 1954White ChristmasEmma Allen
- 1954Ma and Pa Kettle at HomeMiss Wetter
- 1953The Danny Thomas ShowLiz O’Neill
- 1953The ActressEmma Glavey
- 1953Half a HeroMrs. Watts
- 1953By the Light of the Silvery MoonStella
- 1953I Love Lucy: The MovieMadame Lamand (archive footage)
- 1952Bloodhounds of BroadwayLady at Laundry (uncredited)
- 1952The Story of Will RogersMrs. Foster
- 1952Young Man with IdeasMrs. Jasper Gilpin
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMiss Preen
- 1951I'll See You in My DreamsAnna
- 1951I Love LucyMadame Le Mond
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowSelf
- 1951On Moonlight BayStella
- 1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowWaitress (uncredited)
- 1950Lux Video TheatreAmelia
- 1950The Petty GirlProf. Whitman
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1949Anna LucastaStella
- 1948The Decision of Christopher BlakeClara
- 1948Studio OneMary Poppins
- 1948June BrideRosemary McNally
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseAmelia Coop
- 1943Higher and HigherSandy Brooks
- 1943Happy LandEmmy (uncredited)
- 1943My Kingdom for a CookAgnes Willoughby
- 1943Rhythm of the IslandsSusie Dugan
- 1943How's About It'Mike' Tracy
- 1942Who Done It?Juliet Collins
- 1942Now, VoyagerDora Pickford
- 1942The Mayor of 44th StreetMamie
- 1942Private BuckarooBonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
- 1942Blondie's Blessed EventSarah Miller
- 1941The Man Who Came to DinnerMiss Preen
- 1939Seeing RedMrs. Jones (uncredited)
- 1938Hollywood HotelGuest at Orchid Room (uncredited)
- 1934Art TroubleWoman sitting with Mr. Jones (uncredited)
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