Margaret Wycherly
Acting
Biography
Margaret De Wolfe Wycherly (born Margaret De Wolfe, 26 October 1881 – 6 June 1956) was an English stage and film actress.[2] She spent many years in the United States and is best remembered for her Broadway roles and Hollywood character parts. On screen she played mother to Gary Cooper (Sergeant York) and James Cagney (White Heat).
Born: October 26, 1881
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
White Heat
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Random Harvest
Wandered away from his asylum, an amnesiac World War I veteran falls in love with a music hall star but his amnesia makes it difficult to last.
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
The Man with a Cloak
Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.
Hangmen Also Die!
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, and is wounded in the process. In his attempt to escape, he is helped by history professor Stephen Novotny and his daughter Mascha.
The President's Lady
The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot concentrates on the later scandal concerning the legality of their marriage and how they overcame the difficulties.
The Moon Is Down
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
The Yearling
Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?
Keeper of the Flame
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Assignment in Brittany
A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
Filmography
as Mrs. Robards
as Mrs. Sanders
as Housekeeper
as Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper
as Ma Jarrett
as Mrs. Page
as Old Crone
as Mrs. Spong
as Grandma Read
as Ma Forrester
as Miss Drumm
as Maggie, the Maid
as Ludmilla Novotny
as Old Mrs. Forrest
as Mme. Sarah Orden
as Mme. Henriette Corlay
as Mrs. Deventer
as Madame Pelletier
as Mother York
as Mrs. Schomberg
as Mrs. Weldon
as Madame Rosalie La Grange