Kathryn Card
Acting • Born 1892-10-04 – Died 1964-03-01
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
79 credits
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Movie • 1950
Thelma Boyd
Born to Kill
Movie • 1947
Grace
All in a Night's Work
Movie • 1961
Dowager (uncredited)
The Pride of St. Louis
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Martin
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie • 1964
Mrs. Wadlington
Good Day for a Hanging
Movie • 1959
Mrs. Molly Cain
The Dark Past
Movie • 1948
Nora
Undercurrent
Movie • 1946
Mrs. Foster
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
Harriet Craig
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
Never Trust a Gambler
Movie • 1951
Phoebe
The Reckless Moment
Movie • 1949
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
The Girl in White
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Lindsay
You for Me
Movie • 1952
Nurse Vogel
That Hagen Girl
Movie • 1947
Miss Grover
The Sainted Sisters
Movie • 1948
Martha Tewilliger
A Kiss for Corliss
Movie • 1949
Louise
Kiss and Tell
Movie • 1945
Louise
The Hucksters
Movie • 1947
Miss Regina Kennedy
Home Before Dark
Movie • 1958
Mattie
The Model and the Marriage Broker
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Kuschner
Three Daring Daughters
Movie • 1948
Jonesy
Period of Adjustment
Movie • 1962
Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
No Time at All
Movie • 1958
Bertram's Mother
A Star Is Born
Movie • 1954
Landlady (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust
Movie • 1956
Old Lady
Scandal Sheet
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Rawley
The Damned Don't Cry
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
Remains to Be Seen
Movie • 1953
Mrs. West
It Happens Every Thursday
Movie • 1953
Mrs. Dow
Walk on the Wild Side
Movie • 1962
Landlady
Two of a Kind
Movie • 1951
Night of Execution
Movie • 1955
Mrs. Craig
Because They're Young
Movie • 1960
Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
TV • 1957
Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Minnie Finch
The Thin Man
TV • 1957
Mrs. Moody
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Hannah Barton
I Love Lucy
TV • 1951
Mrs. McGillicuddy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Bella
Philip Marlowe
TV • 1959
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Mrs. Emily Osgood
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Mathilde
Climax!
TV • 1954
Mrs. Craig
My Little Margie
TV • 1952
Cavalcade of America
TV • 1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Grandma Matson
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Mrs. Wilson
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Maw Kadiddlehopper
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Edna Gillespie
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Mrs. Biddy
Rawhide
TV • 1959
Millicent Laker
Trackdown
TV • 1957
Emma Perkins
Jefferson Drum
TV • 1958
Evie Barnes
The Texan
TV • 1958
Ma Kestler
The Texan
TV • 1958
Kate Mulvaney
Alcoa Theatre
TV • 1957
Mrs. Gilroy
December Bride
TV • 1954
December Bride
TV • 1954
George's Mother
Broken Arrow
TV • 1956
Abigail Adams
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Mrs. Engelhart
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Mrs. Hansen
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Gert's Mother
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Ma Kadiddlehopper
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Priscilla's Mother
The Red Skelton Show
TV • 1951
Gertie's Mother
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mrs. Johnson
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mrs. Barlow
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
TV • 1950
Mrs. Bellows - Cook
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Mrs. Coons
Four Star Playhouse
TV • 1952
Ma
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Harriet Snow
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Abby
The Lone Ranger
TV • 1949
Flora Bates
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Mrs. Mohler
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Mrs. Mercer
Playhouse 90
TV • 1956
Bertram's Mother
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953