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Kathryn Card

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.

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964

as Mrs. Wadlington

Period of Adjustment

1962

as Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Virginian

1962

as Mathilde

Walk on the Wild Side

1962

as Landlady

87th Precinct

1961

as Mrs. Coons

All in a Night's Work

1961

as Dowager (uncredited)

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960

as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)

Philip Marlowe

1959

Dennis the Menace

1959

as Mrs. Biddy

Rawhide

1959

as Mrs. Emily Osgood

Rawhide

1959

as Edna Gillespie

Rawhide

1959

as Millicent Laker

Good Day for a Hanging

1959

as Mrs. Molly Cain

Home Before Dark

1958

as Mattie

The Texan

1958

as Ma Kestler

The Texan

1958

as Kate Mulvaney

Jefferson Drum

1958

as Evie Barnes

No Time at All

1958

as Bertram's Mother

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)

Trackdown

1957

as Emma Perkins

Alcoa Theatre

1957

as Mrs. Gilroy

Perry Mason

1957

as Hannah Barton

Perry Mason

1957

as Harriet Snow

The Thin Man

1957

as Mrs. Moody

Wagon Train

1957

as Abby

Wagon Train

1957

as Mrs. Mercer

Hollywood or Bust

1956

as Old Lady

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Grandma Matson

Playhouse 90

1956

as Bertram's Mother

Broken Arrow

1956

as Abigail Adams

Screen Director's Playhouse

1955

as Mrs. Mohler

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Bella

Climax!

1954

as Mrs. Craig

December Bride

1954

December Bride

1954

as George's Mother

A Star Is Born

1954

as Landlady (uncredited)

Letter to Loretta

1953

as Mrs. Wilson

Remains to Be Seen

1953

as Mrs. West

It Happens Every Thursday

1953

as Mrs. Dow

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Mrs. Engelhart

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

The Ford Television Theatre

1952

as Mrs. Hansen

Cavalcade of America

1952

Four Star Playhouse

1952

as Ma

You for Me

1952

as Nurse Vogel

My Little Margie

1952

The Girl in White

1952

as Mrs. Lindsay

The Pride of St. Louis

1952

as Mrs. Martin

Scandal Sheet

1952

as Mrs. Rawley

The Model and the Marriage Broker

1951

as Mrs. Kuschner

I Love Lucy

1951

as Minnie Finch

I Love Lucy

1951

as Mrs. McGillicuddy

Never Trust a Gambler

1951

as Phoebe

Two of a Kind

1951

Harriet Craig

1950

as Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Mrs. Johnson

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Mrs. Barlow

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

1950

as Mrs. Bellows - Cook

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

1950

as Thelma Boyd

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

as Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)

The Reckless Moment

1949

as Mrs. Loring (uncredited)

A Kiss for Corliss

1949

as Louise

The Lone Ranger

1949

as Flora Bates

The Dark Past

1948

as Nora

The Sainted Sisters

1948

as Martha Tewilliger

Three Daring Daughters

1948

as Jonesy

That Hagen Girl

1947

as Miss Grover

The Hucksters

1947

as Miss Regina Kennedy

Born to Kill

1947

as Grace

Undercurrent

1946

as Mrs. Foster

Kiss and Tell

1945

as Louise