Mary Fickett (May 23, 1928 â€" September 8, 2011) was an American
actress, best known for her roles in the American television dramas,
The Nurses, The Edge of Night â€" as Sally Smith (1961), and as Dr.
Katherine Lovell (1967â€"68) â€" and as Ruth Parker Brent Martin #1 on
All My Children (1970â€"1996; 1999â€"2000).Fickett was born in
Buffalo, New York and raised in Bronxville, a suburb of New York City.
She attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and made her theatrical
debut in 1946 on Cape Cod. In 1949, she made her Broadway debut
appearing in I Know My Love, a comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn
Fontanne. Fickett studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood
Playhouse under Sanford Meisner and started her television career
working on "Television Theatre" programs like Kraft Television Theatre
in the 1950s. Her first feature film was Man on Fire alongside Bing
Crosby in 1957. In 1958, she received a Tony Award nomination as Best
Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Eleanor Roosevelt in
Sunrise at Campobello, opposite Ralph Bellamy.During the 1960s, she
was featured in Calendar, a forerunner to CBS' The Early Show; she
appeared alongside host Harry Reasoner.Fickett had two children from
her three marriages. Her third and final marriage was to Allen Fristoe
(a daytime TV director) from June 1979 until his death in 2008.
actress, best known for her roles in the American television dramas,
The Nurses, The Edge of Night â€" as Sally Smith (1961), and as Dr.
Katherine Lovell (1967â€"68) â€" and as Ruth Parker Brent Martin #1 on
All My Children (1970â€"1996; 1999â€"2000).Fickett was born in
Buffalo, New York and raised in Bronxville, a suburb of New York City.
She attended Wheaton College in Massachusetts, and made her theatrical
debut in 1946 on Cape Cod. In 1949, she made her Broadway debut
appearing in I Know My Love, a comedy starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn
Fontanne. Fickett studied acting at New York City's Neighborhood
Playhouse under Sanford Meisner and started her television career
working on "Television Theatre" programs like Kraft Television Theatre
in the 1950s. Her first feature film was Man on Fire alongside Bing
Crosby in 1957. In 1958, she received a Tony Award nomination as Best
Featured Actress in a Play for her performance as Eleanor Roosevelt in
Sunrise at Campobello, opposite Ralph Bellamy.During the 1960s, she
was featured in Calendar, a forerunner to CBS' The Early Show; she
appeared alongside host Harry Reasoner.Fickett had two children from
her three marriages. Her third and final marriage was to Allen Fristoe
(a daytime TV director) from June 1979 until his death in 2008.
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