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Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995) was an American actress. She often played supporting roles as prim, professional women, secretaries, nurses, nuns, therapists, teachers and housekeepers, who made sarcastic quips when the leading characters fell short of her high standards.
Mary Wickes. Actress: White Christmas. From the grand old school of wisecracking, loud and lanky Mary Wickes had few peers while forging a career as a salty scene-stealer. Her abrupt, tell-it-like-it-is demeanor made her a consistent audience favorite on every medium for over six decades.
Mary Wickes. Actress: White Christmas. From the grand old school of wisecracking, loud and lanky Mary Wickes had few peers while forging a career as a salty scene-stealer. Her abrupt, tell-it-like-it-is demeanor made her a consistent audience favorite on every medium for over six decades.
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Mary Wickes was an American actress and stage artist, who had worked in more than 50 movies and acted in more than a dozen plays. Her versatility spoke through the various characters she played all through her acting career - a nurse, secretary, housekeeper, spinster, stepmother etc.
Elliott Reid, the longtime character actor who just passed away, told me about an actress friend who complained after a rehearsal she had with Mary, who seemed to want to manage the scene: “Jesus, your friend Mary Wickes—she’s like the director. She’s got ‘helpful hints’ for everyone!”
Oct 26, 1995 · Mary Wickes, a tart-tongued character actress whose long career on the stage and in films extended from "The Man Who Came to Dinner" to the two "Sister Act" movies, died on Sunday at the...
