Person
Mary Wickes
Acting · 1910–1995 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography
Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.
Known for
Columbo
Landlady
Murder, She Wrote
Alva Crane
Bonanza
Hattie
The Love Boat
Mrs. Randolph
M*A*S*H
Colonel Reese
The Waltons
1972
My Three Sons
Jeri Schronk
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Dr. Bess Winestock
The Philco Television Playhouse
Amelia Coop
The Red Skelton Show
Self
Filmography
- 2013Too Much JohnsonMrs. Battison
- 2008Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original StoogeSelf (archive footage)
- 2000'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary ClooneyEmma Allen (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1996The Hunchback of Notre DameGargoyle Laverne (voice)
- 1994Life with LouieGrandma (voice)
- 1994Little WomenAunt March
- 1993Sister Act 2: Back in the HabitSister Mary Lazarus
- 1992Sister ActSister Mary Lazarus
- 1990Postcards from the EdgeGrandma
- 1989Father Dowling MysteriesMarie Murkin
- 1987Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling MysteryMarie Murkin
- 1987ALF Loves a Mystery
- 1987Almost PartnersAggie Greyson
- 1986The Christmas GiftHenrietta Sawyer
- 1985First The EggMs. Crandall
- 1985The Canterville GhostMrs. Umney
- 1984Murder, She WroteAlva Crane
- 1984Highway to HeavenMinnie
- 1984Punky BrewsterMrs. Dempsey
- 1982Matt HoustonNellie Cochran
- 1980Touched by LoveMargaret
- 1979Trapper John, M.D.
- 1979WillaEunice
- 1977Lucy Calls the PresidentMillie Baker
- 1977The Love BoatMrs. Randolph
- 1977Tabitha
- 1975DocBeatrice Tully
- 1974Kolchak: The Night StalkerDr. Bess Winestock
- 1973Sigmund and the Sea MonstersAunt Zelda
- 1972Snowball ExpressMiss Wigginton
- 1972The Man Who Came to DinnerNurse Preen
- 1972M*A*S*HColonel Reese
- 1972The Waltons
- 1972Napoleon and SamanthaEmployment Office Clerk
- 1972Sanford and Son
- 1972The Open WindowMrs. Sappleton
- 1971ColumboLandlady
- 1969The MonkMrs. Medford
- 1969Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
- 1969The Debbie Reynolds Show
- 1968The Doris Day ShowEmma Flood
- 1968Here's LucyIsabel
- 1968Where Angels Go, Trouble FollowsSister Clarissa
- 1967The Spirit Is WillingGloria Tritt
- 1966The Pruitts of SouthamptonAmelia Pembroke
- 1966The Trouble with AngelsSister Clarissa
- 1965F Troop
- 1965The DecoratorViola
- 1965Dear HeartMiss Fox
- 1965How to Murder Your WifeHarold's Secretary
- 1964Fate Is the HunterMrs. Llewlyn
- 1963Kraft Suspense TheatreMrs. Pike
- 1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreNurse
- 1963Temple HoustonIda Goff
- 1962The Lucy ShowFran
- 1962The Music ManMrs. Squires
- 1961The Gertrude Berg Show
- 1961Ben Casey
- 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeMarie Grieux
- 1961One Hundred and One DalmatiansFreckles (voice)
- 1960CimarronMrs. Neal Hefner
- 1960My Three SonsJeri Schronk
- 1959StartimeMyrtle
- 1959Dennis the Menace
- 1959BonanzaHattie
- 1959It Happened to JaneMatilda Runyon
- 1958The Proud RebelMrs. Ainsley (uncredited)
- 1958Shirley Temple's StorybookHannah
- 1957Don't Go Near the WaterJanie
- 1957Zorro
- 1957The Thin Man
- 1957Circle of the DayGrace
- 1957AnnetteKatie
- 1956Dance with Me, HenryMiss Mayberry
- 1956The Dinah Shore Chevy ShowSelf
- 1955Good Morning, Miss DoveMiss Lorraine Ellwood
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsBlanche Armstaedter
- 1954DestryBessie Mae Curtis
- 1954The Halls of Ivy
- 1954White ChristmasEmma Allen
- 1954Ma and Pa Kettle at HomeMiss Wetter
- 1953The Danny Thomas ShowLiz O’Neill
- 1953The ActressEmma Glavey
- 1953Half a HeroMrs. Watts
- 1953By the Light of the Silvery MoonStella
- 1953I Love Lucy: The MovieMadame Lamand (archive footage)
- 1952Bloodhounds of BroadwayLady at Laundry (uncredited)
- 1952The Story of Will RogersMrs. Foster
- 1952Young Man with IdeasMrs. Jasper Gilpin
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMiss Preen
- 1951I'll See You in My DreamsAnna
- 1951I Love LucyMadame Le Mond
- 1951The Red Skelton ShowSelf
- 1951On Moonlight BayStella
- 1950The George Burns and Gracie Allen ShowWaitress (uncredited)
- 1950Lux Video TheatreAmelia
- 1950The Petty GirlProf. Whitman
- 1950The Bob Hope ShowSelf
- 1949Anna LucastaStella
- 1948The Decision of Christopher BlakeClara
- 1948Studio OneMary Poppins
- 1948June BrideRosemary McNally
- 1948The Philco Television PlayhouseAmelia Coop
- 1943Higher and HigherSandy Brooks
- 1943Happy LandEmmy (uncredited)
- 1943My Kingdom for a CookAgnes Willoughby
- 1943Rhythm of the IslandsSusie Dugan
- 1943How's About It'Mike' Tracy
- 1942Who Done It?Juliet Collins
- 1942Now, VoyagerDora Pickford
- 1942The Mayor of 44th StreetMamie
- 1942Private BuckarooBonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
- 1942Blondie's Blessed EventSarah Miller
- 1941The Man Who Came to DinnerMiss Preen
- 1939Seeing RedMrs. Jones (uncredited)
- 1938Hollywood HotelGuest at Orchid Room (uncredited)
- 1934Art TroubleWoman sitting with Mr. Jones (uncredited)
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