- Born
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- Birth nameMargaret Lovett De Wolfe
- Height5′ 5½″ (1.66 m)
- Margaret Wycherly was born in London, England on October 26, 1881. She was predominately a stage actress, continuing stage work even after performing in films. Her first film role came when she appeared in The Fight (1915) at 34 years old. It was not until 1929 that audiences got another glimpse of her in The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Playing largely character roles, one of her finest performances was as Gary Cooper's mother in Sergeant York (1941). She later gave stellar performances in The Yearling (1946) and Forever Amber (1947). She appeared on the then-new medium of television on The Philco Television Playhouse (1948). After a small role in The President's Lady (1953), Margaret retired at age 72. Three years later, on June 6, 1956, she died at age 74.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson & MO
- This British actress, born in 1881, is probably best remembered as the mother in her two best-known roles, Sergeant York (1941) opposite 'Gary Cooper' and White Heat (1949) opposite James Cagney who closes out the film screaming "Made it, Ma! Top of the world!" as he goes to a fiery death. Margaret spent her early acting days on stage touring across England, and later working with stock theatre companies in the US, before making the jump to Broadway. There she starred in two memorable plays, Tobacco Road, a successful commercial play, and The Thirteenth Chair which proved to be a critical success. Her performances caught the attention of the studios and she wound up reprising her role in the The Thirteenth Chair (1929) film adaptation opposite Bela Lugosi. Returning to the stage, she periodically returned to Hollywood, making the film Midnight (1934), followed by roles in 17 movie films. The most notable being Sergeant York (1941) for which she earned an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Keith Burnage webmaster@sgt-york.co, & MO
- SpouseBayard Veiller(1901 - 1922) (divorced, 1 child)
- Appears in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: Sergeant York (1941), Random Harvest (1942) and The Yearling (1946).
- Birth recorded at the Strand, London registration office in the last quarter of 1878. Father: James Lovett De Wolfe (physician/surgeon), born c.1847 in Nova Scotia, Canada - died 1924 in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada. Mother: Caroline Whitcher Bracher, born 1848 in Portsea Island, Hampshire, England - died 1923 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. Marriage of parents: 4th January 1877 in Islington, London.
- She has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Sergeant York (1941) and White Heat (1949).
- Gave birth to her only child at age 21, a son Anthony Veiller on June 23, 1903. Child's father was her husband, Bayard Veiller.
- Grandmother to Caroline (b. November 17, 1936) and Philip Veiller (b. November 22, 1948) via son Anthony.
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