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name: "Margaret Wycherly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/margaret-wycherly"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "26 October 1881"
died: "6 June 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:29:19.448819+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Margaret Wycherly

Actor. Born 26 October 1881 in London, England, UK. Died 6 June 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 26 October 1881, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 6 June 1956
- **Active:** 1941–1946
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Family 1, History 1, Romance 1, War 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $25m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Wycherly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4690, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0943618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/78791

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Yearling*](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md) (79)
- **Tubi:** [*Sergeant York*](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md) (66)

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## Biography

Margaret Wycherly was an English actress who appeared in stage productions and films. Born Margaret De Wolfe in London in 1881, she spent many years in the United States and was primarily known for her work on Broadway before taking character roles in Hollywood.

Her screen credits include *The Thirteenth Chair* (1929), *Sergeant York* (1941) as Mother York, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, *Random Harvest* (1942), *The Yearling* (1946) and *White Heat* (1949) as Ma Jarrett. She continued stage work alongside her film appearances and retired after *The President's Lady* (1953). Wycherly died in New York City in 1956.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Yearling* (1946), Fi1m 79, as Ma Forrester — [page](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md)
- *Random Harvest* (1942), Fi1m 76, as Mrs. Deventer — [page](https://film.one/film/random-harvest.md)
- *Sergeant York* (1941), Fi1m 66, as Mother York — [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Janet Dean, Registered Nurse* (1954), series, Actor
- *The President's Lady* (1953), as Mrs. Robards
- *That Man from Tangier* (1953), as Mrs. Sanders
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Housekeeper
- *The Man with a Cloak* (1951), as Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mrs. Dowey, Mrs. Murchison
- *White Heat* (1949), as Ma Jarrett
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mrs. Page
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Loves of Carmen* (1948), as Old Crone
- *Forever Amber* (1947), as Mrs. Spong
- *Something in the Wind* (1947), as Grandma Read
- *The Yearling* (1946), as Ma Forrester — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md)
- *Johnny Angel* (1945), as Miss Drumm
- *Experiment Perilous* (1944), as Maggie, the Maid
- *Hangmen Also Die!* (1943), as Ludmilla Novotny
- *Keeper of the Flame* (1943), as Old Mrs. Forrest
- *The Moon Is Down* (1943), as Mme. Sarah Orden
- *Assignment in Brittany* (1943), as Mme. Henriette Corlay
- *Random Harvest* (1942), as Mrs. Deventer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/random-harvest.md)
- *Crossroads* (1942), as Madame Pelletier
- *Sergeant York* (1941), as Mother York — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/sergeant-york.md)
- *Victory* (1940), as Mrs. Schomberg
- *Midnight* (1934), as Mrs. Weldon
- *The Thirteenth Chair* (1929), as Madame Rosalie La Grange

## Gallery

- ![Margaret Wycherly](https://film.one/media/person/1232635/gallery-c4778136cbbd.jpg) Margaret Wycherly — George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Margaret_Wycherly.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Wycherly, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1913)](https://film.one/media/person/1232635/gallery-f61ae4737bf3.jpg) Margaret Wycherly, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1913) — Herman Mishkin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Margaret_Wycherly%2C_stage_actress_%28SAYRE_11066%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Margaret Wycherly, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1915)](https://film.one/media/person/1232635/gallery-aad6da373941.jpg) Margaret Wycherly, stage actress Subjects: actresses (1915) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Margaret_Wycherly%2C_stage_actress_%28SAYRE_11580%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Still from the American mystery film The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors](https://film.one/media/person/1232635/gallery-f8a48a0bbebe.jpg) Still from the American mystery film The Thirteenth Chair (1929). Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actresses, actors — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/The_Thirteenth_Chair_%28SAYRE_14690%29.jpg/1280px-The_Thirteenth_Chair_%28SAYRE_14690%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1942: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Sergeant York*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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