Judith Anderson

About

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...

Known for

Wagon TrainSeries • 1957Climax!Series • 1954RebeccaMovie • 1940The Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1956Santa BarbaraSeries • 1984DuPont Show of the MonthSeries • 1957Star Trek III: The Search for SpockMovie • 1984Cat on a Hot Tin RoofMovie • 1958LauraMovie • 1944And Then There Were NoneMovie • 1945PursuedMovie • 1947SalomeMovie • 1953The Red HouseMovie • 1947The Strange Love of Martha IversMovie • 1946A Man Called HorseMovie • 1970The FuriesMovie • 1950The Diary of a ChambermaidMovie • 1946Edge of DarknessMovie • 1943All Through the NightMovie • 1942CinderfellaMovie • 1960TycoonMovie • 1947Inn of the DamnedMovie • 1975The Ghost of Sierra de CobreMovie • 1964Stage Door CanteenMovie • 1943