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Mercedes McCambridge

Film Actress / Stage Actress / Television Actress / Voice Actress | * 03/16/1916 († 87, 03/02/2004) | Joliet, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She voiced the demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist (1973). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial ...

Giant

NR

1956 | 3.8/5 | 3h 21min
Drama, Western
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All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion. ...

All the King's Men

NR

1949 | 3.5/5 | 1h 49min
Drama
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On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guita ...

Johnny Guitar

NR

1954 | 3.7/5 | 1h 50min
Drama, Western, Romance / Love
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12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid ...

The Exorcist

R

1973 | 3.9/5 | 2h 2min
Horror
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Awards & Nominations for Mercedes McCambridge

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame 2x Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Movies with Mercedes McCambridge as Actress(28)

as Self (archive footage)2023 Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Maggie Noonan2018 The Other Side of the Wind
as Narrator (voice)1983 Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures
as Lillian Gerben1982 Echoes
as Nelli1979 The Concorde... Airport '79
as Street Lady1977 Thieves
as Grandmother1975 Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Doris McKenzie1973 The Girls of Huntington House
as Demon (voice)1973 The Exorcist
as Hester Madigan1973 The President's Plane Is Missing
as Mother1972 Sixteen
as Sister Sarah1972 Killer by Night
as Mrs. Castle1972 Two for the Money
as Madame Dusbois1969 Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Thelma Diaz1969 99 Women
as Frances1968 The Counterfeit Killer
as Nell Hagen1965 Run Home Slow
as Sarah Strand1961 Angel Baby
as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt1960 Cimarron
as Grace Holly1959 Suddenly, Last Summer
as Gang Leader (uncredited)1958 Touch of Evil
as Mrs. Van Campen1957 A Farewell to Arms
as Luz Benedict1956 Giant
as Emma Small1954 Johnny Guitar
as Liza McStringer1951 Lightning Strikes Twice
as Connie Carter1951 The Scarf
as Ada Stritch1951 Inside Straight
as Sadie Burke1949 All the King's Men

TV Shows/Series with Mercedes McCambridge as Actress(32)

as Miss Lestrange (voice)1985 Amazing Stories
1982 Cagney & Lacey
1980 Hagen
1980 Magnum, P.I.
1978 Flying High
as Norma1976 Charlie's Angels
1975 Khan!
1969 Medical Center
1968 The Name of the Game
as Sybilla1965 Lost in Space
1964 Bewitched
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 The Dakotas
as Mildred Cochraine1961 The Defenders
as Sister Teresa1961 Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Miller1959 Rawhide
as Mrs. Martha Mushgrove1959 Rawhide
as Ada Randolph1959 Rawhide
as Ma Gufler1959 Rawhide
as Jessie Quinn1959 Riverboat
as Kate Wells1956 Wire Service
as Rubilee Mather1955 Gunsmoke
as Eliza1954 Climax!
as Cissy Brackett1953 Letter to Loretta
1951 Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as Marie1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Chris1950 Lux Video Theatre
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as herself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 Studio One
as Connie MartIn1948 Studio One

Born: Thursday, 03/16 1916 (March) in Joliet, Illinois (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 03/02 2004 (March) in La Jolla (aged: 87)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Dragon)
Educated at: Loyola University Chicago
Spouses (current/former): Fletcher Markle, William Fifield
Children: John Lawrence Markle
Mercedes McCambridge frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
Harry Townes (36x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (29x, Actor)
Royal Dano (27x, Actor)
Skip Homeier (25x, Actor)
Claude Akins (24x, Actor)
Beverly Garland (24x, Actress)
James Gregory (23x, Actor)
James Daly (23x, Actor)
Nina Foch (23x, Actress)
Anthony Caruso (22x, Actor)
Orson Welles (6x, Actor)
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