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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.
1964
as Mrs. Wadlington
1962
as Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1962
as Mathilde
1962
as Landlady
1961
as Mrs. Coons
1961
as Dowager (uncredited)
1960
as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
1959
1959
as Mrs. Biddy
1959
as Mrs. Emily Osgood
1959
as Edna Gillespie
1959
as Millicent Laker
1959
as Mrs. Molly Cain
1958
as Mattie
1958
as Ma Kestler
1958
as Kate Mulvaney
1958
as Evie Barnes
1958
as Bertram's Mother
1957
as Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
1957
as Emma Perkins
1957
as Mrs. Gilroy
1957
as Hannah Barton
1957
as Harriet Snow
1957
as Mrs. Moody
1957
as Abby
1957
as Mrs. Mercer
1956
as Old Lady
1956
as Grandma Matson
1956
as Bertram's Mother
1956
as Abigail Adams
1955
as Mrs. Mohler
1955
as Bella
1954
as Mrs. Craig
1954
1954
as George's Mother
1954
as Landlady (uncredited)
1953
as Mrs. Wilson
1953
as Mrs. West
1953
as Mrs. Dow
1952
as Mrs. Engelhart
1952
1952
as Mrs. Hansen
1952
1952
as Ma
1952
as Nurse Vogel
1952
1952
as Mrs. Lindsay
1952
as Mrs. Martin
1952
as Mrs. Rawley
1951
as Mrs. Kuschner
1951
as Minnie Finch
1951
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1951
as Phoebe
1951
1950
as Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
1950
as Mrs. Johnson
1950
as Mrs. Barlow
1950
as Mrs. Bellows - Cook
1950
as Thelma Boyd
1950
as Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
1949
as Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
1949
as Louise
1949
as Flora Bates
1948
as Nora
1948
as Martha Tewilliger
1948
as Jonesy
1947
as Miss Grover
1947
as Miss Regina Kennedy
1947
as Grace
1946
as Mrs. Foster
1945
as Louise