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Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Xmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Function. This audiobook, filled with never-published behind-the-scenes tales from Broadway and Hollywood, chronicles the life span of a complicated woman who brought an assortment of unforgettable nurses, nuns, and housekeepers alive on display screen and stage. Mary Wickes (1910-1995) was part of a few of the most significant occasions in film, tv, theatre, and radio background. On that scary evening in 1938 when Orson Welles documented his earth-shattering "Conflict of the Worlds" radio broadcast, Wickes was holding out on another soundstage for him for a rehearsal of Danton's Death, oblivious to the havoc taking place outside the house. The pinched-face celebrity who cracked wise by day became a confidante to some of the day's biggest superstars by evening, including Bette Davis and Doris Day. Bolstered by interviews with almost 3 hundred people, and by private correspondence from Ball, Davis, Day, and more, Mary Wickes: I Know I've Seen That Face Before includes results of never-before-shared anecdotes about Hollywood and Broadway. Along the way, it introduces listeners to a sophisticated woman who suffered a remarkable job for 60 years.
