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Judith Anderson‌

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Birthday

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Judith Anderson

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Judith Anderson

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1897-02-10

Popularity

star5.5

Biography

Dame Frances Margaret Anderson, AC, DBE (February 10, 1897 – January 3, 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. Considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, she has two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award to her name, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award each. She began her acting career in Australia but her ambition brought her to New York in 1918. She established herself as one of the greatest theatrical actresses and was a major star on Broadway throughout the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Her notable stage works included the role of Lady Macbeth, which she played first in the 1920s, and gave an Emmy Award-winning television performance in Macbeth (1960). Anderson's long association with Euripides's "Medea" began with her acclaimed Tony Award-winning 1948 stage performance in the title role. She appeared in the television version of Medea (1983) in the supporting character of the Nurse. Anderson made her Hollywood film debut under director Rowland Brown in a supporting role in Blood Money (1933). Her striking, not conventionally attractive features were complemented with her powerful presence, mastery of timing and an effortless style. Anderson made a film career as a supporting character actress in several significant films including Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), for which she was Oscar nominated for Best Supporting Actress. She worked with director Otto Preminger in Laura (1944), then with René Clair in And Then There Were None (1945). Her remarkable performance in a supporting role in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) fit in a stellar acting ensemble under director Richard Brooks. Anderson was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's New Year's Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Living in Santa Barbara in her later years, she also had a successful stint on the soap opera Santa Barbara (1984) and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984. In the same year, at age 87, she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) as the High Priestess, and was nominated for a Saturn Award for that role. She was awarded Companion of the Order of Australia in the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the performing arts. Anderson died at age 94 of pneumonia on January 3, 1992 in Santa Barbara, California.

Movie Credits

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock‌
star6.6
calendar 1984

Rebecca

Rebecca‌
star7.9
calendar 1940

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof‌
star7.6
calendar 1958

Laura

Laura‌
star7.6
calendar 1944

And Then There Were None

And Then There Were None‌
star7.0
calendar 1945

The Red House

The Red House‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

Inn of the Damned

Inn of the Damned‌
star4.2
calendar 1975

The Ten Commandments

The Ten Commandments‌
star7.8
calendar 1956

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers‌
star7.1
calendar 1946

Pursued

Pursued‌
star6.5
calendar 1947

Salome

Salome‌
star5.8
calendar 1953

The Furies

The Furies‌
star7.2
calendar 1950

Blood Money

Blood Money‌
star7.0
calendar 1933

A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse‌
star6.4
calendar 1970

All Through the Night

All Through the Night‌
star6.9
calendar 1942

The Diary of a Chambermaid

The Diary of a Chambermaid‌
star6.2
calendar 1946

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Cinderfella

Cinderfella‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Kings Row

Kings Row‌
star7.2
calendar 1942

Edge of Darkness

Edge of Darkness‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

Specter of the Rose

Specter of the Rose‌
star4.4
calendar 1946

Tycoon

Tycoon‌
star5.3
calendar 1947

Lady Scarface

Lady Scarface‌
star5.1
calendar 1941

Forty Little Mothers

Forty Little Mothers‌
star6.2
calendar 1940

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

The File on Devlin

The File on Devlin‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
star3.3
calendar 1961

Medea

Medea‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Impure Thoughts

Impure Thoughts‌
star3.6
calendar 1986

The Borrowers

The Borrowers‌
star6.0
calendar 1973

Medea

Medea‌
star1.0
calendar 1983

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock‌
star5.1
calendar 1961

Macbeth

Macbeth‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Free and Easy

Free and Easy‌
star5.5
calendar 1941

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker‌
star7.7
calendar 1991

The Underground Man

The Underground Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

A Christmas Festival

A Christmas Festival‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

The Moon and Sixpence

The Moon and Sixpence‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Tv Credits

Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara‌
star4.9
calendar 1984

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.5
calendar 1948

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Climax!

Climax!‌
star2.7
calendar 1954

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

DuPont Show of the Month

DuPont Show of the Month‌
star6.0
calendar 1957

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents‌
star7.7
calendar 1955