Mary Wickes

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Known For

Acting

Born

1910-06-13

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Mary Wickes

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.

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Known For

Columbo

Columbo

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

Bonanza

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

The Waltons

The Waltons

I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy

Highway to Heaven

Highway to Heaven

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Acting History

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge as Self (archive footage)

'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney as Emma Allen (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)

Life with Louie as Grandma (voice)

Little Women as Aunt March

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit as Sister Mary Lazarus

Sister Act as Sister Mary Lazarus

Postcards from the Edge as Grandma

Father Dowling Mysteries as Marie Murkin

Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery as Marie Murkin

ALF Loves a Mystery

Almost Partners as Aggie Greyson

The Christmas Gift as Henrietta Sawyer

First The Egg as Ms. Crandall

The Canterville Ghost as Mrs. Umney

Murder, She Wrote as Alva Crane

Highway to Heaven as Minnie

Punky Brewster as Mrs. Dempsey

Matt Houston as Nellie Cochran

Touched by Love as Margaret

Trapper John, M.D.

Willa as Eunice

Lucy Calls the President as Millie Baker

The Love Boat as Mrs. Randolph

Tabitha as Cassandra

Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Dr. Bess Winestock

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters as Aunt Zelda

Snowball Express as Miss Wigginton

The Man Who Came to Dinner as Nurse Preen

M*A*S*H as Colonel Reese

Napoleon and Samantha as Employment Office Clerk

Sanford and Son

The Open Window as Mrs. Sappleton

Columbo as Landlady

The Monk as Mrs. Medford

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

The Debbie Reynolds Show

The Doris Day Show as Emma Flood

Here's Lucy as Isabel

Here's Lucy as Maid

Here's Lucy as Nurse Hurlow

Here's Lucy as Sister Paula

Here's Lucy as Miss Ogilvie

Here's Lucy as Mrs. Barker

Here's Lucy as Clara Simpson

Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows as Sister Clarissa

The Spirit Is Willing as Gloria Tritt

The Pruitts of Southampton as Amelia Pembroke

The Trouble with Angels as Sister Clarissa

The Decorator as Viola

Dear Heart as Miss Fox

How to Murder Your Wife as Harold's Secretary

Fate Is the Hunter as Mrs. Llewlyn

Kraft Suspense Theatre as Mrs. Pike

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Nurse

Temple Houston as Ida Goff

The Lucy Show as Fran

The Lucy Show as Mrs. Wickenhauser

The Lucy Show as Frances

The Lucy Show as Aunt Gussie

The Lucy Show as Mrs. Winslow

The Lucy Show as Miss Hurlow

The Lucy Show as Agatha

The Music Man as Mrs. Squires

The Gertrude Berg Show

The Gertrude Berg Show as Winona Maxfield

The Sins of Rachel Cade as Marie Grieux

One Hundred and One Dalmatians as Freckles (voice)

Cimarron as Mrs. Neal Hefner

My Three Sons as Jeri Schronk

Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace as Miss Esther Cathcart

Bonanza as Hattie

Bonanza as Martha

It Happened to Jane as Matilda Runyon

The Proud Rebel as Mrs. Ainsley (uncredited)

Shirley Temple's Storybook as Hannah

Don't Go Near the Water as Janie

Zorro as Dolores Bastinado

Circle of the Day as Grace

Annette as Katie

Dance with Me, Henry as Miss Mayberry

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self

Good Morning, Miss Dove as Miss Lorraine Ellwood

Matinee Theater

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Blanche Armstaedter

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Mrs. Foster the Landlady

Destry as Bessie Mae Curtis

The Halls of Ivy

White Christmas as Emma Allen

Ma and Pa Kettle at Home as Miss Wetter

The Danny Thomas Show as Liz O’Neill

The Danny Thomas Show as Liz

The Actress as Emma Glavey

Half a Hero as Mrs. Watts

By the Light of the Silvery Moon as Stella

Bloodhounds of Broadway as Lady at Laundry (uncredited)

The Story of Will Rogers as Mrs. Foster

Young Man with Ideas as Mrs. Jasper Gilpin

Hallmark Hall of Fame as Miss Preen

I'll See You in My Dreams as Anna

I Love Lucy as Madame Le Mond

The Red Skelton Show as Self

The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby

On Moonlight Bay as Stella

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show as Waitress (uncredited)

Lux Video Theatre as Amelia

The Petty Girl as Prof. Whitman

The Bob Hope Show as Self

Anna Lucasta as Stella

The Decision of Christopher Blake as Clara

Studio One as Mary Poppins

Studio One as Miss Hargreaves

June Bride as Rosemary McNally

The Philco Television Playhouse as Amelia Coop

Higher and Higher as Sandy Brooks

Happy Land as Emmy (uncredited)

My Kingdom for a Cook as Agnes Willoughby

Rhythm of the Islands as Susie Dugan

How's About It as 'Mike' Tracy

Who Done It? as Juliet Collins

Now, Voyager as Dora Pickford

The Mayor of 44th Street as Mamie

Private Buckaroo as Bonnie-Belle Schlopkiss

Blondie's Blessed Event as Sarah Miller

The Man Who Came to Dinner as Miss Preen

Seeing Red as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Hollywood Hotel as Guest at Orchid Room (uncredited)

Too Much Johnson as Mrs. Battison

Art Trouble as Woman sitting with Mr. Jones (uncredited)