Margaret De Wolfe Wycherly (born Margaret De Wolfe, 26 October 1881
â€" 6 June 1956) was an English stage and film actress. 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).Wycherly was
born in London, England of her Canadian father and American mother,
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. De Wolfe. She was married to writer Bayard Veiller
(1869â€"1943) in 1901. They had a son, Anthony Veiller (1903â€"1965),
who also became a writer. She and Veiller divorced in 1922.She was
primarily a stage actress, appearing in one silent film. In 1929, she
appeared in her second film, but first talkie, The Thirteenth Chair,
based on the 1916 play by her husband in which she had starred. The
film was directed by Tod Browning and was in the genre of mystery-old
house melodrama. Twelve years later, Wycherley appeared in Sergeant
York in 1941. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the role of Mother York, though perhaps her
best remembered screen role was as Ma Jarrett, the mother of the
psychopathic gangster Cody Jarrett, in White Heat (1949), which
starred James Cagney.
â€" 6 June 1956) was an English stage and film actress. 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).Wycherly was
born in London, England of her Canadian father and American mother,
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. De Wolfe. She was married to writer Bayard Veiller
(1869â€"1943) in 1901. They had a son, Anthony Veiller (1903â€"1965),
who also became a writer. She and Veiller divorced in 1922.She was
primarily a stage actress, appearing in one silent film. In 1929, she
appeared in her second film, but first talkie, The Thirteenth Chair,
based on the 1916 play by her husband in which she had starred. The
film was directed by Tod Browning and was in the genre of mystery-old
house melodrama. Twelve years later, Wycherley appeared in Sergeant
York in 1941. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best
Supporting Actress for the role of Mother York, though perhaps her
best remembered screen role was as Ma Jarrett, the mother of the
psychopathic gangster Cody Jarrett, in White Heat (1949), which
starred James Cagney.
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