Birthname: Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | Jun 13, 1910 St. Louis, MO |
| Died | Oct 22, 1995 Los Angeles, CA |
| Age | Died at 85 |
| Final Resting PlaceShiloh Valley Cemetery | |
Mary Wickes | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1934-1995 |
| Known for | Busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns |
| Top Roles | Emma Allen, Stella, Anna, Sister Clarissa, Harold's Secretary |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Musical, Family, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Christmas, Romance (Comic) |
| Top Collaborators | Charles Drake, Michael Curtiz (Director), Orson Welles, Richard Wilson (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Basil Rathbone, Lois Weber, Ben Johnson see more.. |
Mary Wickes Overview:
Character actress, Mary Wickes, was born Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser on Jun 13, 1910 in St. Louis, MO. Wickes died at the age of 85 on Oct 22, 1995 in Los Angeles, CA and was laid to rest in Shiloh Valley Cemetery in Shiloh, IL.
MINI BIO:
Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of her notable roles were as Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The Man Who Came to Dinner and Sister Clarissa in The Trouble with Angels and Where Angels Go Trouble Follows -- and much later on in her career as Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act and Sister Act II.
(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).HONORS and AWARDS:
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Mary Wickes BlogHub Articles:
Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before
on Aug 20, 2013 From Journeys in Classic FilmThe title of actress Mary Wicke’s biography is comic and tragically true; a woman whose face you remember, but have difficulty placing her.? When I started describing Wickes to my mother, she immediately believed that Wickes played Mrs. Kravitz on Bewitched.? I had to laugh as author Steve Tar... Read full article
Orson Welles, Mary Wickes, and Too Much Johnson
By Brandie on Aug 7, 2013 From True ClassicsYou know how sometimes you read something, and then something tangentially related to what you’ve only recently finished reading pops up somewhere, and you think, “My, that’s an odd coincidence?” That was the feeling I had earlier when I caught sight of an?LA Times?article en... Read full article
Book Review: Mary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before (2013)
By Brandie on Jul 23, 2013 From True ClassicsMary Wickes: I Know I’ve Seen That Face Before Steve Taravella Release Date: June 1, 2013 University of Mississippi Press Hardcover, 370 pages Throughout a seven-decade career in show business, Mary Wickes was a welcome and hilarious presence in hundreds of movies, television series and films,... Read full article
Mini Tribute: Mary Wickes
By Annmarie Gatti on Jun 13, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub BlogBorn June 13, 1910 Character Actress Mary Wickes! Character Actress Mary Wickes appeared in over 130 roles, playing lots of busybodies, nurses, housekeepers and nuns. Some of my favorite Mary Wickes roles? Well there’s lots, but for a start: Nurse Pickford in Now Voyager, Nurse Preen in The M... Read full article
What a Character: Mary Wickes
on Sep 23, 2012 From True ClassicsBy all accounts, Mary Wickes did not start out her life with the intention to become an actress. She was a St. Louis debutante who attended college early, graduating from Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in political science with plans to attend law school–that is, until she ga... Read full article
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Mary Wickes Quotes:
[Mr. Sherman gives Stella a dirty look]
Stella: A young man.
Stella: [to the camera] Wesley is their second child. If he had been the first, there never would have been a second! Oh... You're probably wondering who I am. Well, don't be so nosy!
Emma Allen: [Regarding the inn] This place used to be a grist mill and a barn. Now it's a Tyrolean haunted house.
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