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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 16, 1916
Place of Birth:
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
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Mercedes McCambridge
Biography
Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ¨All the King's Men¨ (1949) and was nominated in the same category for ¨Giant¨ (1956). She also provided the voice of the demon ¨Pazuzu¨ in ¨The Exorcist¨ (1973).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Maggie Noonan |
| 1988 | Family Dog | Miss Lestrange |
| 1983 | Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Echoes | Lillian Gerben |
| 1979 | The Concorde... Airport '79 | Nelli |
| 1977 | Thieves | Street Lady |
| 1975 | Who Is the Black Dahlia? | Grandmother |
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Demon (voice) |
| 1973 | The Girls of Huntington House | Doris McKenzie |
| 1973 | The President's Plane Is Missing | Hester Madigan |
| 1972 | Sixteen | Mother |
| 1972 | Killer by Night | Sister Sarah |
| 1972 | Two for the Money | Mrs. Castle |
| 1969 | 99 Women | Thelma Diaz |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Madame Dusbois |
| 1968 | The Counterfeit Killer | Frances |
| 1965 | Run Home Slow | Nell Hagen |
| 1961 | Angel Baby | Sarah Strand |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Mrs. Sarah Wyatt |
| 1959 | Suddenly, Last Summer | Grace Holly |
| 1958 | Touch of Evil | Gang Leader (uncredited) |
| 1957 | A Farewell to Arms | Mrs. Van Campen |
| 1956 | Giant | Luz Benedict |
| 1954 | Johnny Guitar | Emma Small |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Connie Carter |
| 1951 | Lightning Strikes Twice | Liza McStringer |
| 1951 | Inside Straight | Ada Stritch |
| 1949 | All the King's Men | Sadie Burke |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Story of Film: An Odyssey | Self |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories | Miss Lestrange (voice) |
| 1982 | Cagney & Lacey | |
| 1980 | Magnum, P.I. | Agatha Kimball |
| 1980 | Hagen | |
| 1979 | The Sacketts | Ma Sackett |
| 1978 | Flying High | |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | Norma |
| 1975 | Khan! | |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | |
| 1965 | Lost in Space | Sybilla |
| 1964 | Bewitched | Carlotta |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | |
| 1963 | The Dakotas | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Sister Teresa |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Mildred Cochraine |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Mrs. Miller |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Jessie Quinn |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Matilda Curtis |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Mrs. Martha Mushgrove |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Ada Randolph |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Ma Gufler |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Deborah Banning |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1956 | Wire Service | Kate Wells |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rubilee Mather |
| 1954 | Climax! | Eliza |
| 1954 | Summer Playhouse | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Cissy Brackett |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | |
| 1951 | Tales of Tomorrow | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Clara Appleby |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Marie |
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Chris |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |
| 1948 | Studio One | Connie MartIn |