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