1892-10-04 ( 132 years old ) in Butte, Montana, USA
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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.
Movies
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964-06-11
Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31
Walk on the Wild Side
1962-03-21
All in a Night's Work
1961-03-15
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1960-03-31
Good Day for a Hanging
1959-01-01
Home Before Dark
1958-11-16
No Time at All
1958-02-13
Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06
Night of Execution
1955-09-22
A Star Is Born
1954-10-01
Remains to Be Seen
1953-05-15
It Happens Every Thursday
1953-04-22
You for Me
1952-07-19
The Girl in White
1952-05-23
The Pride of St. Louis
1952-05-02
Scandal Sheet
1952-01-16
The Model and the Marriage Broker
1951-11-01
Never Trust a Gambler
1951-07-13
Two of a Kind
1951-07-01
Harriet Craig
1950-11-02
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950-06-29
The Damned Don't Cry
1950-05-13
The Reckless Moment
1949-12-09
A Kiss for Corliss
1949-11-25
The Dark Past
1948-12-22
The Sainted Sisters
1948-04-30
Three Daring Daughters
1948-02-12
That Hagen Girl
1947-11-01
The Hucksters
1947-07-17
Born to Kill
1947-04-30
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Kiss and Tell
1945-10-04
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