Mary Hatcher, Mickey Rooney’s Co-Star in ‘The Big Wheel,’ Dies at 88

Mary Hatcher, a dark-haired beauty who starred opposite Mickey Rooney in The Big Wheel and with Desi Arnaz in Holiday in Havana, has died.

She was 88.Hatcher died Tuesday of bile duct cancer in a hospital in Riverside, California, her grandson John Stoller announced.Hatcher also played Laurey Williams during the original run of Oklahoma! on Broadway (Shirley Jones famously played the part in the 1955 movie version).Hatcher, who had a wonderful soprano operatic voice, sang and danced with Arnaz in the musical comedy Holiday in Havana and portrayed…

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