Mary Wickes
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| Known for: |
Sister Act, Little Women, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit |
| Birth name: |
Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser |
| Birthday: |
13 June 1910,
St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Height: |
5' 10" (1.78 m) |
Trivia

Perhaps remembered best as Nurse Preen, opposite a delightfully irascible
Monty Woolley, in
William Keighley's
The Man Who Came to Dinner or, on TV, as Miss Cathcart in
Dennis the Menace (1959-63).

She appeared as her
Sister Act character in Lady Soul's "If My Sister's In Trouble" music video.

Mary and
Lucille Ball were neighbors and the closest of friends for decades.

she is a member of Phi Mu Fraternity

Longtime companion of playwright Abby Conrad.

She served as the live-action reference model for the villainous Cruella De Vil in Disney's animated feature
One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Mary originated the role of "Mary Poppins" on CBS-TV in 1949.

Was given an Honory Doctor of Arts form her alma mater, Washington University, in 1969. She earned her Master's degree at UCLA past age 80.

More than 30 years later she once again played the role of Nurse Preen ("Miss Bedpan") in a special TV version of
The Man Who Came to Dinner, with
Orson Welles in the
Monty Woolley role.

Was a volunteer at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan in Los Angeles for years.
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