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.

KNOWN FOR

Columbo
1971
The Love Boat
1981
Bonanza
1966
Murder, She Wrote
1985
M*A*S*H
1975
The Waltons
1981
The Red Skelton Show
1964
My Three Sons
1964
Matinee Theater
1956
Studio One
1949
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Highway to Heaven
1988

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
140
2013
Too Much Johnson
as Mrs. Battison (uncredited)
2008
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2000
'White Christmas': A Look Back with Rosemary Clooney
as Emma Allen (archive footage) (uncredited)
1996
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Gargoyle Laverne (voice)
1995
Life with Louie
as Grandma (voice)
1994
Little Women
as Aunt March
1993
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
as Sister Mary Lazarus
1992
Sister Act
as Sister Mary Lazarus
1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Grandma
1989
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Marie Murkin
1988
Highway to Heaven
as Minnie
1987
Fatal Confession: A Father Dowling Mystery
as Marie Murkin
1987
ALF Loves a Mystery
1987
Almost Partners
as Aggie Greyson
1986
The Christmas Gift
as Henrietta Sawyer
1985
The Canterville Ghost
as Mrs. Umney
1985
First the Egg
as Ms. Crandall
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Alva Crane
1984
Punky Brewster
as Mrs. Dempsey
1984
Matt Houston
as Nellie Cochran
1981
Trapper John, M.D.
1981
The Waltons
1981
The Love Boat
as Mrs. Randolph
1980
Touched by Love
as Margaret
1979
Willa
as Eunice
1978
Tabitha
as Cassandra
1977
Lucy Calls the President
as Millie Baker
1977
Tabitha
1975
M*A*S*H
as Colonel Reese
1975
Doc
as Beatrice Tully
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Dr. Bess Winestock
1974
Here's Lucy
as Clara Simpson
1973
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
as Aunt Zelda
1973
Here's Lucy
as Mrs. Barker
1972
The Open Window
as Mrs. Sappleton
1972
Napoleon and Samantha
as Employment Office Clerk
1972
Snowball Express
as Miss Wigginton
1972
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Nurse Preen
1972
Sanford and Son
1972
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Miss Preen
1972
Here's Lucy
as Miss Ogilvie
1971
Here's Lucy
as Sister Paula
1971
Columbo
as Landlady
1970
The Debbie Reynolds Show
1970
Here's Lucy
as Maid
1969
The Monk
as Mrs. Medford
1969
Here's Lucy
as Isabel
1969
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1969
Here's Lucy
as Nurse Hurlow
1969
The Doris Day Show
as Emma Flood
1968
Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows
as Sister Clarissa
1967
The Spirit Is Willing
as Gloria Tritt
1967
F Troop
1967
The Lucy Show
as Mrs. Winslow
1967
The Lucy Show
as Miss Hurlow
1967
The Lucy Show
as Agatha
1967
The Red Skelton Show
as Clara Appleby
1966
The Trouble with Angels
as Sister Clarissa
1966
Bonanza
as Hattie
1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
as Amelia Pembroke
1965
How to Murder Your Wife
as Harold's Secretary
1965
Dear Heart
as Miss Fox
1965
The Decorator
as Viola
1965
Ben Casey
1965
The Lucy Show
as Aunt Gussie
1964
Fate Is the Hunter
as Mrs. Llewlyn
1964
The Red Skelton Show
as Self
1964
My Three Sons
as Jeri Schronk
1964
Temple Houston
as Ida Goff
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Mrs. Pike
1963
The Lucy Show
as Fran
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Nurse
1963
The Lucy Show
as Mrs. Wickenhauser
1963
The Lucy Show
as Frances
1963
Bonanza
as Martha
1962
The Music Man
as Mrs. Squires
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Marie Grieux
1961
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
as Freckles (voice)
1961
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1961
The Gertrude Berg Show
1961
The Gertrude Berg Show
as Winona Maxfield
1960
Cimarron
as Mrs. Neal Hefner
1960
Dennis the Menace
as Miss Esther Cathcart
1960
Shirley Temple's Storybook
as Hannah
1959
It Happened to Jane
as Matilda Runyon
1959
Dennis the Menace
1959
The Thin Man
1959
Startime
as Myrtle
1958
The Proud Rebel
as Mrs. Ainsley (uncredited)
1958
Zorro
1958
Zorro
as Dolores Bastinado
1957
Don't Go Near the Water
as Janie
1957
Circle of the Day
as Grace
1957
Annette
as Katie
1957
Lux Video Theatre
as Amelia
1957
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
as Waitress (uncredited)
1956
Dance with Me, Henry
as Miss Mayberry
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Blanche Armstaedter
1956
Matinee Theater
1956
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mrs. Foster the Landlady
1956
The Danny Thomas Show
as Liz O’Neill
1956
The Danny Thomas Show
as Liz
1955
Good Morning, Miss Dove
as Miss Lorraine Ellwood
1954
White Christmas
as Emma Allen
1954
Destry
as Bessie Mae Curtis
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
as Miss Wetter
1954
The Halls of Ivy
1954
Studio One
1953
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
as Stella
1953
The Actress
as Emma Glavey
1953
Half a Hero
as Mrs. Watts
1953
I Love Lucy: The Movie
as Madame Lamand (archive footage)
1952
The Story of Will Rogers
as Mrs. Foster
1952
Young Man with Ideas
as Mrs. Jasper Gilpin
1952
Bloodhounds of Broadway
as Lady at Laundry (uncredited)
1952
I Love Lucy
as Madame Le Mond
1952
Studio One
as Miss Hargreaves
1951
On Moonlight Bay
as Stella
1951
I'll See You in My Dreams
as Anna
1950
The Petty Girl
as Prof. Whitman
1950
The Bob Hope Show
as Self
1949
Anna Lucasta
as Stella
1949
Studio One
as Mary Poppins
1949
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Amelia Coop
1948
June Bride
as Rosemary McNally
1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake
as Clara
1943
Higher and Higher
as Sandy Brooks
1943
Rhythm of the Islands
as Susie Dugan
1943
How's About It
as 'Mike' Tracy
1943
Happy Land
as Emmy (uncredited)
1943
My Kingdom for a Cook
as Agnes Willoughby
1942
Blondie's Blessed Event
as Sarah Miller
1942
Now, Voyager
as Dora Pickford
1942
Who Done It?
as Juliet Collins
1942
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Mamie
1942
Private Buckaroo
as Bonnie-Belle Schlopkiss
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Miss Preen
1939
Seeing Red
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1938
Hollywood Hotel
as Guest at Orchid Room (uncredited)
1934
Art Trouble
as Woman sitting with Mr. Jones (uncredited)