Mary Wickes
Birthday: 1910-06-13
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Biography: Mary Wickes (born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser; June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995 ) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. Her specialty was wisecracking no-nonsense types.
Movies
Sister Act
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the mob...
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Blondie's Blessed Event
Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby ...
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Good Morning, Miss Dove
Miss Dove is a prim New England school teacher who is treasured by her students in the small town of...
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Postcards from the Edge
A substance-addicted actress tries to look on the bright side even as she's forced to move back in w...
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presid...
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwester...
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Now, Voyager
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man...
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How to Murder Your Wife
Stanley Ford leads an idyllic bachelor life. He is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose Bash Bra...
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Dance with Me, Henry
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trou...
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White Christmas
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show busi...
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The Music Man
Traveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing...
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On Moonlight Bay
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begi...
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The Spirit Is Willing
When Ben and Kate Powell rent a haunted New England house by the sea, their son Steve gets blamed fo...
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression....
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Higher and Higher
A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss's fortune by passing a scullery maid off...
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Hollywood Hotel
After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola...
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The Trouble with Angels
Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the i...
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Cimarron
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889....
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Seeing Red
When he is fired from his job, Red puts a hex on his boss. That evening, the boss goes to a nightclu...
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Who Done It?
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio stat...
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Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
Mother Superior of St. Francis Academy is challenged by a modern young nun when they take the girls ...
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By the Light of the Silvery Moon
Marjorie Winfield's engagement to Bill Sherman, who has just arrived home from fighting in World War...
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Destry
Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori...
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Dear Heart
A lonely Ohio spinster hopes to find romance when she travels to New York City for a postmasters' co...
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Fate Is the Hunter
An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and pe...
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The Actress
The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom....
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The Christmas Gift
A widowed New York City architect and his young daughter take a Christmas vacation and end up in a s...
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June Bride
A magazine's staff, including bickering ex-lovers Linda and Carey, cover an Indiana wedding, which g...
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The Petty Girl
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and prop...
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Young Man with Ideas
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children....
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Too Much Johnson
This film was not intended to stand by itself, but was designed as the cinematic aspect of Welles' M...
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Anna Lucasta
A prostitute is thrown out of her house by her alcoholic father, and her scheming brother-in-law tri...
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The Canterville Ghost
The poor ghost of Sir Simon Canterville has been roaming his castle searching in vain for a brave de...
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The Mayor of 44th Street
In this drama, an ex-vaudevillian dancer opens up a dance band agency and help street kids at the sa...
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Touched by Love
A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley....
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The Proud Rebel
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word si...
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First The Egg
A group of high school students take part in a parenting class where their first assignment is to 'p...
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The Decorator
A respected but struggling interior decorator from a wealthy background moves in with some of her cl...
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
A musical comedy based on several Damon Runyon short stories. When a bookie on the run, Robert 'Numb...
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
The Indians try to make a fire in the Kettles fireplace the old fashion way, the smoke signal way. J...
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Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural paren...
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The Decision of Christopher Blake
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Pe...
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ALF Loves a Mystery
ALF (short for Alien Life Form) and Benji Gregory explore an shabby mansion hoping to find hidden tr...
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Lucy Calls the President
Homemaker Lucy Whittaker calls up President Carter to complain about a local political issue—and to ...
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Don't Go Near the Water
Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War I...
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The Open Window
A man travels to the country house of a distant aunt in search of peace and quiet. But when he arriv...
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Rhythm of the Islands
Rhythm of the Islands is set in the South Seas, presumably far away from the shooting war. The nonse...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Isolated bell-ringer Quasimodo wishes to leave Notre Dame tower against the wishes of Judge Claude F...
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Private Buckaroo
A rebellious young inductee has trouble toeing the line until he meets a retired officer's lovely da...
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Happy Land
An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist beli...
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It Happened to Jane
Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattenti...
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Napoleon and Samantha
Two young children, who, rather than part with an old pet lion who was once a circus performer, go o...
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My Kingdom for a Cook
While visiting Massachusetts, a famous English author faces the wrath of a socialite after stealing ...
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Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
A compilation that highlights works from the Three Stooges. It includes the shorts Brideless Groom, ...
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Willa
A truck-stop waitress, determined to make a better life for her young children after being abandoned...
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'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
Actress Rosemary Clooney reminisces about the making of the classic holiday film White Christmas (19...
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The Monk
Underworld attorney Leo Barnes hires Gus Monk to safeguard a valuable envelope containing informatio...
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must f...
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Snowball Express
When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and move...
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Almost Partners
Molly McCue becomes bored with her quiet, suburban life and fantasizes about becoming a detective. S...
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Circle of the Day
On her tenth wedding anniversary (which is also her daughter's birthday), a wife begins to suspect h...
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
Lecturer and broadcaster Sheridan Whiteside has been invited to dinner at the home of a pompous smal...
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