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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.
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 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.
Oct 22, 1995 · Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.
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...
Jan 11, 2019 · The iconic kooky nanny brought to the big screen by Julie Andrews in 1964 has been revisited by Emily Blunt in a 2018 holiday charmer. But it was a St. Louis gal who did it first, and she never quite got over the sting of her contribution being all but forgotten.
Birthday: Jun 13, 1910. Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA. A tall, lanky character actress, Wickes was a durable and invaluable comedy player of innumerable housekeepers,...
An accomplished television actress, veteran of 27 major Broadway productions, and member of the St. Louis Muny Hall of Fame, Mary Wickes delighted audiences for an incredible seven decades.
One of the fabulous costumes currently on display near the north entrance of the library belongs to the well-known character actress and Washington University alum, Mary Wickes. Explore the Mary Wickes Papers. Search the Mary Wickes Library Guide.
