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May 20, 2021 · Wickes died at the age of 85 in 1995, but she remained proud of her association with 101 Dalmatians her entire life, even though, ironically, she was a huge dog lover and regularly advocated for ...
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 25, 1995 · Mary Wickes, a veteran comedian who most recently delighted audiences as Aunt March in the feature film "Little Women" and as a tough-as-nails singing nun in "Sister Act" and its sequel, has died.
Jan 11, 2019 · In a 1949 live telecast, Mary Wickes was the first ever to play Mary Poppins, hauled across the stage’s airspace via pulley and meat hook. Wickes was a character actor with a long career. She often played crabby authority figures, which was in line with how she interpreted the Poppins character from the Pamela Lyndon Travers book series that ...
Wickes was also the first to play governess extraordinaire Mary Poppins on a "Studio One" production in the 50s. Her Emmy-nominated turn as the landlady on "Mrs. G. Goes to College" (1961-62), her doctor's wife on "Julia" (1968-71) and her crusty nurse on "Doc" (1975-76) were just so many welcome variations on a much-loved persona.
In Character: The Life and Legacy of Mary Wickes. This site is a digital companion to an in-person exhibition that appeared in the Main Lobby and Gingko Room of the John M. Olin Library from October 2013 to March 2014. The items in this exhibition are from the Mary Wickes Papers and other collections housed in the University Archives collection.
May 28, 2024 · Mary Wickes was born Mary Isabella Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri on June 13, 1910. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1930. She received the Distinguished Alumni Citation from Washington University in 1955. Later she was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Arts Degree from Washington University ...
