Mary Wickes

Biography

Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.

Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.

Personal Info

Known For Acting

Gender Female

Known Credits 96

Birthday 1910-06-13

Day of Death 1995-10-22

Place of Birth St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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Also Known As

  • Mary Isabella Wickenhauser
  • Mary Wickenhauser
  • Mary Wicks

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Acting TV ShowsMovies

2008 Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge as Herself (archive footage)
2000 'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney as Emma Allen (uncredited/archive footage)
1997 Cow and Chicken (1 episode)
1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
1995 Life with Louie (39 episodes)
1994 Little Women as Aunt March
1993 Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Sister Mary Lazarus
1992 Sister Act as Sister Mary Lazarus
1990 Postcards from the Edge as Grandma
1989 Father Dowling Mysteries (43 episodes)
1986 The Christmas Gift as Henrietta Sawyer
1985 The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney
1984 Murder, She Wrote (1 episode)
1984 Highway to Heaven (2 episodes)
1984 Punky Brewster (2 episodes) as Sister Bernadette
1982 Matt Houston (1 episode)
1980 Touched by Love as Margaret
1979 Trapper John, M.D. (2 episodes)
1979 Willa as Eunice
1977 The Love Boat (1 episode) as Mrs. Randolph
1977 Tabitha (1 episode)
1977 Lucy Calls the President as Millie Baker
1974 Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1 episode)
1973 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (29 episodes) as Aunt Zelda
1972 M*A*S*H (1 episode)
1972 The Waltons (1 episode)
1972 Napoleon and Samantha as Employment Office Clerk
1972 Sanford and Son (1 episode)
1971 Columbo (1 episode) as Landlady
1969 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1 episode)
1969 The Debbie Reynolds Show (1 episode)
1968 Here's Lucy (9 episodes)
1968 Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Sister Clarissa
1967 The Spirit Is Willing as Gloria Tritt
1966 The Pruitts of Southampton (1 episode)
1966 The Trouble with Angels as Sister Clarissa
1965 F Troop (1 episode)
1965 How to Murder Your Wife as Harold's Secretary
1964 Dear Heart as Miss Fox
1964 Fate Is the Hunter as Mrs. Llewlyn
1963 Kraft Suspense Theatre (1 episode)
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1 episode)
1963 Temple Houston (26 episodes) as Ida Goff
1962 The Lucy Show (6 episodes)
1962 The Music Man as Mrs. Squires
1961 The Gertrude Berg Show (2 episodes)
1961 Ben Casey (1 episode)
1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade as Marie Grieux
1960 Cimarron as Mrs. Neal Hefner
1959 Dennis the Menace (8 episodes)
1959 It Happened to Jane as Matilda Runyon
1958 The Proud Rebel as Mrs. Ainsley (uncredited)
1957 Don't Go Near the Water as Janie
1957 Zorro (3 episodes)
1957 The Thin Man (1 episode)
1957 Annette (20 episodes)
1956 Dance With Me, Henry as Miss Mayberry
1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 episode)
1955 Good Morning Miss Dove as Miss Ellwood
1955 Matinee Theater (1 episode)
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (2 episodes)
1954 Destry as Bessie Mae Curtis
1954 The Halls of Ivy (38 episodes)
1954 White Christmas as Emma Allen
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Miss Wetter
1953 The Actress as Emma Glavey
1953 Half a Hero as Mrs. Watts
1953 By the Light of the Silvery Moon as Stella
1952 Bloodhounds of Broadway as Lady at Laundry (uncredited)
1952 The Story of Will Rogers as Mrs. Foster
1952 Young Man with Ideas as Mrs. Jasper Gilpin
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame (1 episode)
1951 I'll See You in My Dreams as Anna
1951 I Love Lucy (1 episode)
1951 On Moonlight Bay as Stella
1950 Lux Video Theatre (1 episode)
1950 The Petty Girl as Prof. Whitman
1949 Anna Lucasta as Stella
1948 The Decision of Christopher Blake as Clara
1948 Studio One (3 episodes)
1948 June Bride as Rosemary McNally
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode)
1943 Higher and Higher as Sandy Brooks
1943 Happy Land as Emmy
1943 My Kingdom for a Cook as Agnes Willoughby
1943 Rhythm of the Islands as Susie Dugan
1943 How's About It as 'Mike' Tracy
1942 Now, Voyager as Dora Pickford
1942 Who Done It? as Juliet Collins
1942 The Mayor of 44th Street as Mamie
1942 Private Buckaroo as Bonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
1942 Blondie's Blessed Event as Sarah Miller
1942 The Man Who Came to Dinner as Miss Preen
1938 Too Much Johnson as Mrs. Battison
1937 Hollywood Hotel as Guest at Orchid Room (uncredited)
1934 Art Trouble as Woman sitting with Mr. Jones (uncredited)

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