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Kathryn Card
Acting

Kathryn Card
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1892-10-04,Butte, Montana, USA
Gender
Female
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

The Skipper Surprised His Wife

5.25

The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950-06-29

6.723

Born to Kill
1947-04-30

All in a Night's Work

6

All in a Night's Work
1961-03-15

The Pride of St. Louis

7

The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

5.6

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964-06-11

Good Day for a Hanging

6.406

Good Day for a Hanging
1959-01-01

5.963

The Dark Past
1948-12-22

5.922

Undercurrent
1946-11-11

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

6.173

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960-03-31

7.5

Harriet Craig
1950-11-02

Never Trust a Gambler

5.571

Never Trust a Gambler
1951-07-13

The Reckless Moment

6.8

The Reckless Moment
1949-12-09

The Girl in White

7.083

The Girl in White
1952-05-23

5.875

You for Me
1952-07-19

That Hagen Girl

5.278

That Hagen Girl
1947-11-01

The Sainted Sisters

7.333

The Sainted Sisters
1948-04-30

A Kiss for Corliss

5.8

A Kiss for Corliss
1949-11-25

6.333

Kiss and Tell
1945-10-04

7.1

The Hucksters
1947-07-17

Home Before Dark

7

Home Before Dark
1958-11-16

The Model and the Marriage Broker

6.472

The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951-11-01

Three Daring Daughters

5.857

Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12

Period of Adjustment

5.977

Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31

8

No Time at All
1958-02-13

7.1

A Star Is Born
1954-10-01

Hollywood or Bust

6.2

Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06

6.97

Scandal Sheet
1952-01-16

The Damned Don't Cry

6.992

The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13

Remains to Be Seen

6

Remains to Be Seen
1953-05-15

It Happens Every Thursday

6.286

It Happens Every Thursday
1953-04-22

Walk on the Wild Side

6.6

Walk on the Wild Side
1962-02-21

6.769

Two of a Kind
1951-07-01

Night of Execution

5

Night of Execution
1955-09-22

Because They're Young

5.857

Because They're Young
1960-04-01

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

8.667

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957-11-06

7.926

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

7.556

The Thin Man
1957-09-20

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

7.926

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

7.5

Philip Marlowe
1959-10-06

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6.514

The Virginian
1962-09-19

3.833

Climax!
1954-10-07

My Little Margie

5

My Little Margie
1952-06-16

Cavalcade of America

4.6

Cavalcade of America
1952-10-01

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

6.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Letter to Loretta

6.571

Letter to Loretta
1953-09-20

The Red Skelton Show

7.421

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

Dennis the Menace

6.578

Dennis the Menace
1959-10-04

5.333

Jefferson Drum
1958-04-25

6.875

Trackdown
1957-10-04

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

7

Alcoa Theatre
1957-09-30

6

The Texan
1958-09-29

7.224

Rawhide
1959-01-09

6

The Texan
1958-09-29

6.2

Broken Arrow
1956-09-25

6.25

December Bride
1954-10-04

6.25

December Bride
1954-10-04

The Ford Television Theatre

7.75

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

The Ford Television Theatre

7.75

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

The Ford Television Theatre

7.75

The Ford Television Theatre
1952-10-02

The Red Skelton Show

7.421

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.421

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.421

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The Red Skelton Show

7.421

The Red Skelton Show
1951-09-30

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show

7.105

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
1950-10-12

7.8

87th Precinct
1961-09-25

Four Star Playhouse

6.818

Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25

7.706

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

The Lone Ranger

6.8

The Lone Ranger
1949-09-15

Screen Director's Playhouse

7

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955-10-05

6.6

Wagon Train
1957-09-18

7.625

Playhouse 90
1956-10-04

General Electric Theater

6.833

General Electric Theater
1953-02-01