Kathryn Card
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1892-10-04
Day of Death
1964-03-01 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Butte, Montana, USA
Kathryn Card
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
Acting
(1964)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
as Mrs. Wadlington
(1962)
Walk on the Wild Side
as Landlady
(1962)
Period of Adjustment
as Mrs. Slovotny (Nurse) / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
(1961)
All in a Night's Work
as Dowager (uncredited)
(1960)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Mrs. Yule (uncredited)
(1959)
Good Day for a Hanging
as Mrs. Molly Cain
(1958)
Home Before Dark
as Mattie
(1958)
No Time at All
as Bertram's Mother
(1956)
Hollywood or Bust
as Old Lady
(1955)
Night of Execution
as Mrs. Craig
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Landlady (uncredited)
(1953)
Remains to Be Seen
as Mrs. West
(1953)
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Dow
(1952)
Scandal Sheet
as Mrs. Rawley
(1952)
You for Me
as Nurse Vogel
(1952)
The Girl in White
as Mrs. Lindsay
(1952)
The Pride of St. Louis
as Mrs. Martin
(1951)
The Model and the Marriage Broker
as Mrs. Kuschner
(1951)
(1951)
Never Trust a Gambler
as Phoebe
(1950)
Harriet Craig
as Mrs. Norwood (Uncredited)
(1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Mrs. Sullivan (uncredited)
(1950)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Thelma Boyd
(1949)
The Reckless Moment
as Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
(1949)
A Kiss for Corliss
as Louise
(1948)
The Dark Past
as Nora
(1948)
The Sainted Sisters
as Martha Tewilliger
(1948)
Three Daring Daughters
as Jonesy
(1947)
Born to Kill
as Grace
(1947)
The Hucksters
as Miss Regina Kennedy
(1947)
That Hagen Girl
as Miss Grover
(1946)
Undercurrent
as Mrs. Foster
(1945)
Kiss and Tell
as Louise