Dame Judith Anderson , AC ( born Dame Judith Anderson ; February 10, 1897 - January 3, 1992 ) is an Australian actress, winner of Emmy and Tony awards, and also an Oscar nominee in 1941.
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| Date of Birth | February 10, 1897 |
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| Date of death | January 3, 1992 ( 94) |
| Place of death | Santa Barbara , USA |
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| Profession | actress |
| Career | 1933-1987 |
| Awards | Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ( 1948 ) |
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Biography
Young years
Francis Margaret Anderson-Anderson, better known as Judith Anderson, was born on February 10, 1897 in the city of Adelaide in southern Australia . She took up acting career after graduating from Northwood High School.
Her debut, under the name Francis Anderson, took place in 1915 at the Royal Theater in Sydney , where she played Stephanie in the production of The Royal Divorce. There were many American actors in the troupe of this theater who advised young Francis to try her hand at America. Hoping for success, Anderson left Australia in 1918 and left for California . But there, failure awaited her, and after that she moved to New York , where she also did not succeed. [2]
Building a career
After some time of poverty and wandering, the actress was accepted into the troupe of actors Emma Bunting. She toured with her until 1922, until her Broadway debut in the play "On the Steps" took place. A year later, she changed her name to Judith Anderson and achieved her first success in staging The Cobra. In 1927, the actress went on tour to Australia , where she played in the plays "Tea for Three", "Green Hat" and "Cobra".
In the early 1930s, she was already considered one of the greatest theater actresses and did not lose this title until the 1950s. In 1936, she played Gertrude in the play Hamlet directed by John Gilgud , and a year later she played the role of Lady Macbeth in the production of the same name, first in London and then in New York in 1941. In 1942-1943, she played Olga in the Chekhov play “ Three Sisters, ” where Catherine Cornell and Ruth Gordon were performers of other leading roles. This production became so successful that a theater poster with the image of these three actresses was placed on the cover of Time magazine . In 1947, Judith Anderson played Medea in the eponymous tragedy of Euripides , whose role brought her the Tony Award in the nomination "Best Actress in a Play". She toured with this production in Germany in 1951, as well as in France and Australia in 1955-1956.
From 1937 to 1939, Anderson was married to Benjamin Harrison Lehman, and from 1946 to 1951 to Luther Green. Due to the fact that she married already at a young age, she had no children, and both marriages ended in divorce.
Careers in film and television
In addition to the theater, Judith Anderson occasionally appeared in films. One of her first roles was Mrs. Danvers in the thriller Alfred Hitchcock's “ Rebecca ” (1940), for which she was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress . Later, she starred in such films as “ The Land of Darkness ” (1943), “ Laura ” (1944), “ The Maid 's Diary ” (1946) and “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers ” (1946).
The actress also worked on television. She twice won an Emmy Award for her role as Lady Macbeth in two different television films, first in 1954 and then in 1961.
In the 1950s, Judith Anderson had remarkable roles in the films Salome (1953), The Ten Commandments (1956), and The Cat on a Hot Roof (1958).
From the 1950s to the 1970s, Anderson recorded several of her own music albums at Caedmon Audio, once becoming a Grammy nominee for recording the song Wuthering Heights .
In 1960, Judith Anderson was awarded the Order of the British Empire , according to which she became known as the Lady Judith Anderson.
Later years
In the following decades, Anderson continued to play a lot in the theater, appearing once again in the play " Medea " in 1982, but this time as a nurse. Nevertheless, this small role did not go unnoticed and brought Judith a nomination for Tony . In 1984, at the age of 87, she played a priestess in Star Trek 3: Finding Spock , and in the same year she became a Minx Lockridge performer in the television series Santa Barbara , which she played for the next three years.
June 10, 1991, on the birthday of Elizabeth II , the actress was awarded the Order of Australia in the degree of Companion order. [3]
Judith Anderson spent the last years of her life in the California city of Santa Barbara , where she died on January 3, 1992 from pneumonia at the age of 94.
Selected Filmography
| Year | Russian name | original name | Role | |
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| 1940 | f | Rebecca | Rebecca | Mrs. Danvers |
| 1941 | f | All night long | All through the night | Madame |
| 1942 | f | Kings row | Kings row | Harriet Gordon |
| 1943 | f | Edge of darkness | Edge of darkness | Gerd Bjarnesen |
| 1944 | f | Laura | Laura | Anne Treadwell |
| 1945 | f | And no one left | And Then There Were None | Emily Brent |
| 1946 | f | Maid diary | The diary of a chambermaid | Madame Lanler |
| 1946 | f | Martha Ivers Strange Love | The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Mrs. Ivers |
| 1947 | f | Red house | The red house | Ellen Morgan |
| 1947 | f | Pursued | Pursued | Mrs. Colloom |
| 1950 | f | Furies | The furies | Flo Burnett |
| 1953 | f | Salome | Salome | Herodias |
| 1956 | f | Ten Commandments | The ten commandments | Memnet |
| 1958 | f | Cat on a red-hot roof | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Ida Pollit |
| 1960 | tf | Macbeth | Macbeth | lady macbeth |
| 1970 | f | Man named horse | A man called horse | Buffalo head |
| 1984 | f | Star Trek 3: Finding Spock | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | High Priestess Priestess |
| 1984 - 1987 | with | Santa Barbara | Santa barbara | Minx Lockridge |
Rewards
- Tony 1948 - Best Actress in a Play (Medea)
- Emmy 1961 - “Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie” (Macbeth)
Notes
- ↑ German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 141653159 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Anne Heywood. Anderson, Frances Margaret (Judith) (1898-1992) . Australian Women's Archives Project . National Foundation for Australian Women (May 7, 2003). Date of treatment May 11, 2008. Archived March 20, 2012.
- ↑ Australian Honors: Anderson, Judith . It's an Honor . Australian Government (2008). Date of treatment May 11, 2008. Archived March 20, 2012.