Mary Fickett

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Mary Fickett (born May 23, 1928 in Bronxville , New York State , according to other sources: Buffalo , † September 8, 2011 in Callao , Virginia ) was an American actress .

Life

Fickett grew up in Bronxville, New York, United States. Fickett came into contact with show business at an early age . Her father Homer Fickett worked on the radio as a producer and director of radio programs ; among other things, he directed the radio show Theater Guild on the Air .

Fickett attended Wheaton College in Norton , Massachusetts . She made her semi-professional theater debut in a theatrical performance at the Cape Cod Summer Theater Festival in 1946 . She then completed an acting training at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, where she had lessons from Sanford Meisner, among others . At the Actors Studio she also studied with Elia Kazan .

Fickett initially worked as a stage actress . She made her Broadway debut in 1949 as Katie in the social comedy I Know My Love directed by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman . In 1951 she appeared in a theater performance in Falmouth , Massachusetts, in the play The Petrified Forest by Robert E. Sherwood , for which she received very good reviews. In the mid-1950s she took on the role of Laura Reynolds in the play Tea and Sympathy by Robert Anderson on Broadway from Deborah Kerr . She played the wife of a principal at a boarding school for boys in New England who begins a love affair with a student; her partner was Anthony Perkins . Fickett received the Theater World Award in 1955 for her performance . In 1958 she appeared on Broadway, alongside Ralph Bellamy , in the play Sunrise at Campobello by Dore Schary . For her role as Eleanor Roosevelt , Fickett received a Tony Award nomination for "Best Featured Actress in a Play".

Since the 1950s Fickett has appeared in numerous television productions, such as the television series Armstrong Circle Theater and Kraft Theater , as well as the television series Chicago 1930 (original title: The Untouchables ), Have Gun - Will Travel (1961) and Merciless City (1961) . She had other television appearances until the end of the 1960s in the television series The Nurses (1963; 1965), Preston & Preston (1961-1965), NYPD (1968), Bonanza (1969), Daniel Boone (1969) and FBI (1970) ). She also had a role in the television series The Edge of Night (1967–1968).

In the movie The Big Debt (1957) she played on the side of Bing Crosby ; she took on the role of Crosby's ex-wife in this film.

Fickett achieved her greatest success on television with the role of Ruth Parker Brent in the American television series All My Children . Fickett played the role of a nurse at a local hospital . Married to an alcoholic car salesman, she falls in love with the widowed Dr. Joe Martin, whom she also marries in the series after the accidental death of her first husband. When her adoptive son Phil Brent is called up for military service in Vietnam , she clearly expresses her unease about the Vietnam War and fears for the safety of her son. In 1973 Fickett received an Emmy Award for this role . Fickett's touching monologue, in which her character Ruth expresses her doubts about the meaning of the Vietnam War and her concern for her son, was a daring script idea in the then conservative American television. Fickett was on the series' original cast; she played the role consistently from 1970 to 1996. In 1996 she left the series for personal reasons. From 1998 to 2000 she returned to the series for occasional appearances. In December 2000, Fickett left the series voluntarily. In 2002 she turned down an offer to return.

Private

Fickett was married three times. Her first two marriages to actor James Congdon and businessman Jay Leonard Scheer ended in divorce. In 1979 she married the television director Allen Fristoe, with whom she remained married until his death; Fristoe died in 2008. In 2007, Fickett moved to live with her daughter in Colonial Beach , Virginia. At that time, Fickett was already bedridden and suffering from memory problems . Fickett died at her Callao, Virginia home, aged 83. The reasons given were the consequences of her Alzheimer's disease .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1953–1957: Kraft Television Theater (6 episodes)
  • 1956: General Electric Theater (1 episode)
  • 1957: Studio One (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1957: Man on Fire
  • 1960: Sunday Showcase (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1961: Naked City (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1961: Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1961–1965: Preston & Preston (The Defenders) (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 1963: The Nurses (TV series)
  • 1965: The Nurses (TV series, sequel)
  • 1968: NYPD (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1969: Bonanza (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1969: Daniel Boone (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1970: FBI (TV series, 1 episode)
  • 1970–2000: All My Children (TV series)
  • 1973: Pueblo (TV movie)

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c Mary Fickett dies at 83; longtime actress on All My Children obituary in: Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2011
  2. a b c d e f g Mary Fickett, a Pillar of 'All My Children,' Dies at 83 Obituary in: Los Angeles Times, September 12, 2011
  3. a b c Actress Mary Fickett dies at Callao home obituary Fredericksburg.com dated September 10, 2011
  4. A NEW ROLE A quiet life in Colonial Beach replaces drama of 'All My Children' career for Mary Fickett MARY FICKETT ROLES ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Newspaper report and roll list @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / fredericksburg.com