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My Take
Mary Wickes was the kind of character actress Hollywood could never quite do without — that razor-sharp woman in the corner of the frame who'd say exactly what nobody else had the nerve to say, and steal the scene while doing it. From her early work playing no-nonsense nurses and secretaries in the 1940s all the way to Sister Mary Lazarus in Sister Act opposite Whoopi Goldberg, she never once phoned it in. What I love about her is that she built a whole career on being the person who holds the leads accountable, and she did it with such dry wit that you were rooting for her every time. The fact that she was still working right up to her death in 1995 — even lending her voice to Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame — says everything about how timeless that kind of talent really is.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Mary Wickes
- Name (Japanese)
- メアリー・ウィックス
- Reading
- めありー・うぃっくす
- Born
- June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Dog
- Origin
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States
- Occupation
- television actor / voice actor / stage actor / film actor / singer
2. Background
- High school
- Beaumont High School
- University
- Washington University in St. Louis
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Mary Wickes born?
June 13, 1910 – October 22, 1995.
Where is Mary Wickes from?
Mary Wickes is from St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
What does Mary Wickes do?
Mary Wickes works as television actor, voice actor, stage actor, film actor, singer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.