St. Louis-raised actress Mary Wickes and Chicago-raised director ... was never shown in public and presumed lost. Wickes soon followed, to film an adaptation of the hit Kaufman-and-Hart comedy ...

In a 1949 live telecast, Mary Wickes was the first ever to play Mary Poppins ... for a scrapped CBS version in the 1950s and for Andrews’ role in the 1964 Disney film. “It’s not that she didn’t get ...

Born Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser in 1910, she died in 1995 after a stage, film, and TV career that spanned ... including Whoopi Goldberg in Wickes’ most high-profile role as the freshly-ousted ...

She’d become Mary Wickes. Today, her comedy is legend; all it took were a few acerbic comments from her to transform a film. We talked with former journalist Steve Taravella about his new biography, ...

The 1949 TV adaptation was part of CBS’ “Studio One” omnibus series, a one-hour show scripted by Worthington Miner and with an all-American cast led by Mary Wickes (whose many credits ...

How many Broadway shows has Mary Wickes been in? Mary Wickes has appeared on Broadway in 13 shows. How many West End shows has Mary Wickes been in? Mary Wickes has not appeared in the West End ...

Fact-based story of a nurse's aide who wins the confidence of a handicapped girl. Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned. Tony: John Amos. Amy: Cristina Raines. Margaret: Mary Wickes.