Kathryn Card
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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
Credits
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Landlady (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Mrs. Foster
That Hagen Girl (1947)
as Miss Grover
Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
as Landlady
Born to Kill (1947)
as Grace
Harriet Craig (1950)
as Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
as Mrs. Wadlington
Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
The Dark Past (1948)
as Nora
The Hucksters (1947)
as Miss Regina Kennedy
The Reckless Moment (1949)
as Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
as Old Lady
Scandal Sheet (1952)
as Mrs. Rawley
Period of Adjustment (1962)
as Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work (1961)
as Dowager (uncredited)
The Model and the Marriage Broker (1951)
as Mrs. Kuschner
Remains to Be Seen (1953)
as Mrs. West
A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
as Louise
Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
as Mrs. Molly Cain
Two of a Kind (1951)
Actor
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
You for Me (1952)
as Nurse Vogel
Home Before Dark (1958)
as Mattie
No Time at All (1958)
as Bertram's Mother
Three Daring Daughters (1948)
as Jonesy
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
as Mrs. Dow
The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950)
as Thelma Boyd
Kiss and Tell (1945)
as Louise
Because They're Young (1960)
as Mrs. Wellenberg (uncredited)
The Girl in White (1952)
as Mrs. Lindsay
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
as Martha Tewilliger
Never Trust a Gambler (1951)
as Phoebe
Night of Execution (1955)
as Mrs. Craig
The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
as Mrs. Martin