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Judith Anderson
Acting

Judith Anderson
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1897-02-10,Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

6.6

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984-06-01

7.892

Rebecca
1940-03-23

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

7.7

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958-08-29

7.619

Laura
1944-10-11

And Then There Were None

7.044

And Then There Were None
1945-10-31

6.2

The Red House
1947-02-04

Inn of the Damned

4.2

Inn of the Damned
1975-11-13

The Ten Commandments

7.757

The Ten Commandments
1956-10-05

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

7.1

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946-08-19

6.5

Pursued
1947-03-02

5.8

Salome
1953-03-24

7.132

The Furies
1950-08-16

7

Blood Money
1933-11-17

A Man Called Horse

6.5

A Man Called Horse
1970-05-01

All Through the Night

7

All Through the Night
1942-01-10

The Diary of a Chambermaid

6.333

The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946-02-15

Stage Door Canteen

6.1

Stage Door Canteen
1943-06-24

6.1

Cinderfella
1960-12-18

7.2

Kings Row
1942-02-02

Edge of Darkness

6.1

Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09

Specter of the Rose

4.6

Specter of the Rose
1946-07-05

5.3

Tycoon
1947-12-27

5.1

Lady Scarface
1941-09-26

Forty Little Mothers

6.2

Forty Little Mothers
1940-04-26

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

6

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018-07-27

The File on Devlin

0

The File on Devlin
1969-11-21

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31

0

Medea
1959-10-12

Impure Thoughts

3.6

Impure Thoughts
1986-11-25

6

The Borrowers
1973-12-14

1

Medea
1983-01-01

Don't Bother to Knock

5.1

Don't Bother to Knock
1961-05-28

6

Macbeth
1964-03-16

5.5

Free and Easy
1941-02-28

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre

5.8

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
1964-01-01

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

7.7

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991-10-28

The Underground Man

0

The Underground Man
1974-05-06

A Christmas Festival

0

A Christmas Festival
1959-12-13

The Moon and Sixpence

0

The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30

Elizabeth the Queen

0

Elizabeth the Queen
1968-01-31

7

Macbeth
1954-11-28

4.9

Santa Barbara
1984-07-30

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.6

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

3

Climax!
1954-10-07

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.7

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

DuPont Show of the Month

6.7

DuPont Show of the Month
1957-09-29

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.7

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

4.6

Tony Awards
1956-04-01