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