Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
2/10/1897
Place of Birth
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Also Known As
Frances Margaret AndersonDame Judith AndersonFrances Margaret Anderson Anderson
Judith Anderson
Biography
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 thr...
Known For
The Ten Commandments
as Memnet
Kings Row
as Harriet Gordon
Tycoon
as Miss Ellen Braithwaite
A Man Called Horse
as Buffalo Cow Head
Blood Money
as Ruby Darling
The Furies
as Flo Burnett
Cinderfella
as Wicked Stepmother
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
as Mrs. Ivers
The Borrowers
as Aunt Sophie
Lady Scarface
as Slade
Pursued
as Mrs. Callum
And Then There Were None
as Emily Brent
Salome
as Queen Herodias
Impure Thoughts
as The Sister of Purgatory (voice)
The Red House
as Ellen Morgan
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen
as Judith Anderson
Macbeth
as Lady Macbeth
Medea
as Medea