Judith Anderson

Attore

10 febbraio 1897 — 3 gennaio 1992 (94 anni)
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.

Film e Serie su Plex

  • Dieci piccoli indiani
    Dieci piccoli indiani1945
  • Lo strano amore di Marta Ivers
    Lo strano amore di Marta Ivers1946
  • Un uomo chiamato cavallo
    Un uomo chiamato cavallo1970
  • La casa rossa
    La casa rossa1947
  • Notte senza fine
    Notte senza fine1947
  • The Borrowers
    The Borrowers1973

Famoso per

  • Rebecca - La prima moglie
    Rebecca - La prima moglie1940
  • La gatta sul tetto che scotta
    La gatta sul tetto che scotta1958
  • Vertigine
    Vertigine1944
  • Star Trek III - Alla ricerca di Spock
    Star Trek III - Alla ricerca di Spock1984
  • Un uomo chiamato cavallo
    Un uomo chiamato cavallo1970
  • Lo strano amore di Marta Ivers
    Lo strano amore di Marta Ivers1946
  • Dieci piccoli indiani
    Dieci piccoli indiani1945
  • La casa rossa
    La casa rossa1947
  • Notte senza fine
    Notte senza fine1947
  • Il cenerentolo
    Il cenerentolo1960
  • Le furie
    Le furie1950
  • Sesta colonna
    Sesta colonna1942
  • Delitti senza castigo
    Delitti senza castigo1942
  • Salomè
    Salomè1953
  • Inn of the Damned
    Inn of the Damned1975
  • La bandiera sventola ancora
    La bandiera sventola ancora1943
  • The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
    The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre1964
  • La grande conquista
    La grande conquista1947
  • Il diario di una cameriera
    Il diario di una cameriera1946
  • The Borrowers
    The Borrowers1973

Filmografia

2025
1997
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker · as Actress 'laura' (archive Footage) (uncredited)
1986
Impure Thoughts · as The Sister Of Purgatory (voice)
1984
Santa Barbara · as Minx Lockridge
1984
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock · as Vulcan High Priestess
1983
Medea · as Nurse
1975
Inn of the Damned · as Caroline Straulle
1974
The Underground Man · as Mrs. Snow
1973
The Borrowers · as Aunt SophieSu Plex
1970
A Man Called Horse · as Buffalo Cow HeadSu Plex
1969
Hollywood: The Selznick Years · as Actress 'rebecca'
1968
Elizabeth the Queen · as Queen Elizabeth
1964
1961
Why Bother to Knock! · as Maggie Shoemaker
1960
Cinderfella · as Wicked Stepmother
1960
Macbeth · as Lady Macbeth
1959
1959
1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof · as Big Momma
1957
The DuPont Show of the Month · as Marquesa De Montemayor
1957
Wagon Train · as Felizia Kingdom
1956
1956
Playhouse 90 · as Aunt Bee
1956
Telephone Time · as Cast
1955
The Star and the Story · as Margaret Bishop
1954
Producers' Showcase · as Ftatateeta
1954
Climax! · as Rachel
1954
The Elgin Hour · as Evaline Morly
1953
Salome · as Queen Herodias
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame · as Lady Macbeth
1950
1950
The Furies · as Flo Burnett
1947
Tycoon · as Miss Ellen Braithwaite
1947
The Red House · as Ellen MorganSu Plex
1947
Pursued · as Mrs. CallumSu Plex
1946
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers · as Mrs. IversSu Plex
1946
Specter of the Rose · as Madame La Sylph
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid · as Madame Lanlaire
1945
And Then There Were None · as Emily BrentSu Plex
1944
Laura · as Ann Treadwell
1943
Edge of Darkness · as Gerd Bjarnesen
1942
Kings Row · as Harriet Gordon
1942
1941
Lady Scarface · as Slade
1941
Free and Easy · as Lady Joan Culver
1940
Forty Little Mothers · as Madame Granville
1940
Rebecca · as Mrs. Danvers
1933
Blood Money · as Ruby Darling