Margaret Wycherly

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Margaret Wycherly (born October 26, 1881; died June 6, 1956) was an Oscar-nominated British stage and film actress.

[edit] Early life

Wycherley was born in London.

[edit] Career

She was primarily a stage actress, appearing in a few silent films but she got her first featured film role in Sergeant York in 1941. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role of Mother York.

Wycherly starred in several popular Broadway plays, including Tobacco Road, Random Harvest, Liliom, Six Characters in Search of an Author and The Thirteenth Chari (which role she reprised in the film of the same name).

Other films include Keeper of the Flame, White Heat, The Yearling, and Forever Amber.

Wycherley died in New York City, at the age of 74.

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