Kathryn Card
Biography
Kathryn Card was an American actress whose career took in radio, television, and film, and she was perhaps best known for playing Lucy's mother, Mrs. McGillicuddy, on I Love Lucy. Born in Butte, Montana, she spent the late 1930s in radio, appearing on Uncle Walter's Doghouse from 1939 to 1942 and as Grandma Barton in The Bartons. She also had roles on Just Neighbors, Helpmate, and The Woman in White. Her first screen credit came in 1945, as Louise in Kiss and Tell. Later films included Undercurrent (1946), The Reckless Moment (1949), Home Before Dark (1958), and, as her last, The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964). She made her television debut on I Love Lucy in 1954, then played Mrs. McGillicuddy in episodes from 1954 to 1956 and again in 1959. Other credits included Perry Mason, The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show, Make Room for Daddy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Rawhide, and Wagon Train. She died in 1964.
71years old at death
- Born Butte
- Died Costa Mesa
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 18 years1946 to 1964
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Warner Bros. cut Card's role from the film soon after it opened, and it stayed out until 1983, when film historian Ronald Haver located the original soundtrack and most of the missing footage and put the scenes back. Card's scene with James Mason survived on the soundtrack, so Haver used another actress as a stand-in to make stills.
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Vincent Sherman directed two of these films. Ellen Corby appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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All films by Vincent Sherman
Also two films together6 more actors
- Clinton SundbergThe Hucksters (1947) and Undercurrent (1946)
- Claire CarletonThe Reckless Moment (1949) and A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
- Mabel AlbertsonPeriod of Adjustment (1962) and Home Before Dark (1958)
- Richard GainesA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
- Barbara BillingsleyA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and Undercurrent (1946)
- Gloria HoldenA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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