Judith Anderson
Born
February 10, 1897
Died
January 3, 1992 (94 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2018

The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
2003

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991

Impure Thoughts
The Sister of Purgatory (voice)
1986

Santa Barbara
Minx Lockridge · (617 episodes)
1984

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Vulcan High Priestess
1984
Medea
Nurse
1983

Inn of the Damned
Caroline Straulle
1975

The Underground Man
Mrs. Snow
1974

The Borrowers
Aunt Sophie
1973

A Man Called Horse
Buffalo Cow Head
1970

The File on Devlin
Elizabeth Devlin
1969

Elizabeth the Queen
Queen Elizabeth
1968

Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1964

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
Paulina
1964

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Rebecca' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1961

Don't Bother to Knock
Maggie Shoemaker
1961

Cinderfella
Wicked Stepmother
1960
A Christmas Festival
Narrator of the final offering
1959

The Moon and Sixpence
Tiare
1959

Medea
Medea
1959

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Big Momma
1958

DuPont Show of the Month
Marquesa de Montemayor · (1 episode)
1957

Wagon Train
Felizia Kingdom · (1 episode)
1957

The Ten Commandments
Memnet
1956

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee · (1 episode)
1956

Macbeth
Lady Macbeth
1954

Climax!
Rachel · (1 episode)
1954

Salome
Queen Herodias
1953

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lady Macbeth · (2 episodes)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
(1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Prioress · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Queen Elizabeth I · (1 episode)
1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Elizabeth Devlin · (1 episode)
1951

The Furies
Flo Burnett
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (3 episodes)
1948

Tycoon
Miss Ellen Braithwaite
1947

Pursued
Mrs. Callum
1947

The Red House
Ellen Morgan
1947

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Mrs. Ivers
1946

Specter of the Rose
Madame La Sylph
1946

The Diary of a Chambermaid
Madame Lanlaire
1946

And Then There Were None
Emily Brent
1945

Laura
Ann Treadwell
1944

Stage Door Canteen
Judith Anderson
1943

Edge of Darkness
Gerd Bjarnesen
1943

Kings Row
Harriet Gordon
1942

All Through the Night
Madame
1942

Lady Scarface
Slade
1941

Free and Easy
Lady Joan Culver
1941

Forty Little Mothers
Madame Granville
1940

Rebecca
Mrs. Danvers
1940

Blood Money
Ruby Darling
1933