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Mary Wickes ( June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995)
She starred in many films, including By the Light of
the Silvery Moon (1953), The Trouble with Angels
(1966), Now, Voyager (1942), The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), On Moonlight Bay (1951), White
Christmas (1954), Little Women (1994), Sister Act (1992), Sister Act II: Back in the Habit (1993), June
Bride (1948), The Music Man (1962), I'll See You in
My Dreams (1951), Destry (1954), Where Angels Go,Trouble Follows (1968), Cimmaron (1960), The
Actress (1953), Fate is the Hunter (1964), Ma & Pa Kettle at Home (1954), Postcards from the Edge (1990), It Happened to Jane (1952), The Story of Will Rogers (1952) Don't Go Near the Water (1957), One Hundred and One Dalmations (as the voice of Freckles -1961), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (as the voice of Laverne -1996).
Mary's first Broadway appearance was in Marc Connelly's The Farmer Takes a Wife in 1934. She became a member of the Orson Welles troupe on his radio drama The Mercury Theatre on the Air. Mary also had a part in the Abbott and Costello comedy Who Done It? In 1956, She appeared with an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and in 2 episodes of Zorro. In 1962, Mary was nominated for an Emmy for her work in Mrs G Goes to College. She appeared on The Donna Reed Show, Temple Houston and The Beverly Hillbillies. A longtime friend of Lucille Ball, she played frequent guest roles on I Love Lucy, The Lucy Show, and Here's Lucy. In 1970–1971. Mary was also a regular on the Sid and Marty Krofft children's television show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. In the1980s, her appearances on televison included The Love Boat, Our Man Higgins, M*A*S*H, Columbo and Murder, She Wrote.
Mary Wickes died of complications following hip surgery at the UCLA Medical Center on October 22, 1995, at the age of 85 She left a large estate and a 2 million dollar bequest in memory of her parents, establishing the Isabella and Frank Wickenhauser Memorial Library Fund for Television, Film and Theater Arts in St. Louis, Missouri.
