Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 1897-02-10

Died: 1992-01-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	Blood Money	Ruby Darling	70
2	1940	Rebecca	Mrs. Danvers	79
3	1940	Forty Little Mothers	Madame Granville	62
4	1941	Free and Easy	Lady Joan Culver	55
5	1941	Lady Scarface	Slade	51
6	1942	All Through the Night	Madame	70
7	1942	Kings Row	Harriet Gordon	72
8	1943	Edge of Darkness	Gerd Bjarnesen	61
9	1943	Stage Door Canteen	Judith Anderson	58
10	1944	Laura	Ann Treadwell	76
11	1945	And Then There Were None	Emily Brent	71
12	1946	The Diary of a Chambermaid	Madame Lanlaire	63
13	1946	Specter of the Rose	Madame La Sylph	46
14	1946	The Strange Love of Martha Ivers	Mrs. Ivers	71
15	1947	The Red House	Ellen Morgan	62
16	1947	Pursued	Mrs. Callum	65
17	1947	Tycoon	Miss Ellen Braithwaite	53
18	1950	The Furies	Flo Burnett	71
19	1953	Salome	Queen Herodias	58
20	1954	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	70
21	1956	The Ten Commandments	Memnet	78
22	1958	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Big Momma	77
23	1959	Medea	Medea	0
24	1959	The Moon and Sixpence	Tiare	0
25	1959	A Christmas Festival	Narrator of the final offering	0
26	1960	Cinderfella	Wicked Stepmother	61
27	1961	Don't Bother to Knock	Maggie Shoemaker	51
28	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	'Rebecca' (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
29	1964	The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre	Paulina	57
30	1964	Macbeth	Lady Macbeth	60
31	1968	Elizabeth the Queen	Queen Elizabeth	0
32	1969	The File on Devlin	Elizabeth Devlin	0
33	1970	A Man Called Horse	Buffalo Cow Head	65
34	1973	The Borrowers	Aunt Sophie	60
35	1974	The Underground Man	Mrs. Snow	50
36	1975	Inn of the Damned	Caroline Straulle	42
37	1983	Medea	Nurse	10
38	1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock	Vulcan High Priestess	66
39	1986	Impure Thoughts	The Sister of Purgatory (voice)	37
40	1991	Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker	actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)	77
41	2003	The Making of The Ten Commandments	Self (archive footage)	80
42	2018	Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood	Self (archive footage)	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	68
2	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Lady Macbeth	86
3	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame		86
4	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	The Prioress	86
5	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Queen Elizabeth I	86
6	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Elizabeth Devlin	86
7	1954	Climax!	Rachel	33
8	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee	51
9	1957	Wagon Train	Felizia Kingdom	63
10	1957	DuPont Show of the Month	Marquesa de Montemayor	68
11	1984	Santa Barbara	Minx Lockridge	49

Judith Anderson

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