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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 4, 1892
Died
March 1, 1964
Place of Birth
Butte, Montana, USA
Also Known As
- Catherine Card
- Catherine Rose Sheehan
Kathryn Card
0.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.5
Mrs. Wadlington
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
5.8
Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Period of Adjustment
1962
6.4
Mathilde
The Virginian
1962
6.5
Landlady
Walk on the Wild Side
1962
7.5
Mrs. Coons
87th Precinct
1961
5.9
Dowager (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
1961
5.5
Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
Because They're Young
1960
6.1
Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960
5.0
Philip Marlowe
1959
6.5
Mrs. Biddy
Dennis the Menace
1959
Credits
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Mrs. Wadlington
1964
5.5
Period of Adjustment
as Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1962
5.8
The Virginian
as Mathilde
1962
6.4
Walk on the Wild Side
as Landlady
1962
6.5
87th Precinct
as Mrs. Coons
1961
7.5
All in a Night's Work
as Dowager (uncredited)
1961
5.9
Because They're Young
as Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
1960
5.5
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
1960
6.1
Philip Marlowe
1959
5.0
Dennis the Menace
as Mrs. Biddy
1959
6.5
Rawhide
as Mrs. Emily Osgood
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Edna Gillespie
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Millicent Laker
1959
7.2
Good Day for a Hanging
as Mrs. Molly Cain
1959
6.3
Home Before Dark
as Mattie
1958
7.0
The Texan
as Ma Kestler
1958
5.5
The Texan
as Kate Mulvaney
1958
5.5
🎬
Jefferson Drum
as Evie Barnes
1958
4.5
No Time at All
as Bertram's Mother
1958
0.0
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Mrs. McGillicuddy (uncredited)
1957
8.6
Trackdown
as Emma Perkins
1957
6.4
Alcoa Theatre
as Mrs. Gilroy
1957
6.5
Perry Mason
as Hannah Barton
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Harriet Snow
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
as Mrs. Moody
1957
7.5
Wagon Train
as Abby
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Mrs. Mercer
1957
6.6
Hollywood or Bust
as Old Lady
1956
6.1
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Grandma Matson
1956
6.0
Playhouse 90
as Bertram's Mother
1956
7.6
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Abigail Adams
1956
5.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Mrs. Mohler
1955
6.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bella
1955
7.8
Night of Execution
as Mrs. Craig
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Mrs. Craig
1954
3.3
December Bride
1954
5.5
December Bride
as George's Mother
1954
5.5
A Star Is Born
as Landlady (uncredited)
1954
7.1
Letter to Loretta
as Mrs. Wilson
1953
6.5
Remains to Be Seen
as Mrs. West
1953
5.7
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Dow
1953
6.2
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mrs. Engelhart
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mrs. Hansen
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Ma
1952
6.7
You for Me
as Nurse Vogel
1952
4.5
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
The Girl in White
as Mrs. Lindsay
1952
6.7
The Pride of St. Louis
as Mrs. Martin
1952
6.9
Scandal Sheet
as Mrs. Rawley
1952
6.9
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as Mrs. Kuschner
1951
6.0
I Love Lucy
as Minnie Finch
1951
7.9
I Love Lucy
as Mrs. McGillicuddy
1951
7.9
The Red Skelton Show
as Maw Kadiddlehopper
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Gert's Mother
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Ma Kadiddlehopper
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Priscilla's Mother
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Gertie's Mother
1951
7.4
Never Trust a Gambler
as Phoebe
1951
5.0
Two of a Kind
1951
6.7
Harriet Craig
as Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
1950
7.5
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mrs. Johnson
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mrs. Barlow
1950
7.1
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Mrs. Bellows - Cook
1950
7.1
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Thelma Boyd
1950
4.7
The Damned Don't Cry
as Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
1949
6.7
A Kiss for Corliss
as Louise
1949
4.7
The Lone Ranger
as Flora Bates
1949
6.8
The Dark Past
as Nora
1948
5.8
The Sainted Sisters
as Martha Tewilliger
1948
7.0
Three Daring Daughters
as Jonesy
1948
5.7
That Hagen Girl
as Miss Grover
1947
4.8
The Hucksters
as Miss Regina Kennedy
1947
6.9
Born to Kill
as Grace
1947
6.7
Undercurrent
as Mrs. Foster
1946
5.9
Kiss and Tell
as Louise
1945
5.6