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Jonathan Oppenheim. Holliday in her dressing room, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera, 1959. Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim, June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer. [1] She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage ...
Apr 23, 2024 · Judy Holliday (born June 21, 1921, New York, New York, U.S.—died June 7, 1965, New York City) was an American actress noted for her distinctive voice and her warm, intelligent portrayal of funny and endearing “dumb blondes” onstage and in film. Holliday’s father was a respected New York civic leader; her mother was a music teacher; and ...
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Nov 30, 2017 · Rocky producer Gene Kirkwood has acquired life and some music rights for the late Oscar winner Judy Holliday and will turn her story into the biopic Smart Blonde. The actress was a 22-year-old day ...
Jun 21, 2021 · A brief glance at Holliday’s life reveals even more to love about her. She was close friends with Patricia Highsmith when both were in high school; it was the brainy Judy who introduced her friend Pat to the writing of Marcel Proust, whose moody influence shows up all over Highsmith’s novels Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mister Ripley, and The Price of Salt, the last of which would ...
Awards & Achievements. Judy Holliday won the ‘Clarence Derwent Award’ in 1945 for her supporting role in ‘Kiss Them for Me’. She won an ‘Oscar for the Best Actress’ in 1950 for the film ‘Born Yesterday’. She won the ‘Tony Award’ for the musical ‘Bells are Ringing’ in 1956. She has a star on the ‘Hollywood Walk of Fame’.
Jun 21, 2013 · Born Judith Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921, Holliday was blessed with a number of acting gifts, any one of which would likely have made her memorable: masterful timing; an acutely expressive face (especially those enormous, soulful eyes); an earthy, playful sex appeal; and an evident inability to speak her lines and not make them funny.
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Actress: Born Yesterday. Judy Holliday was born Judith Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921. Her mother, a piano teacher, was attending a play when she went into labor and made it to the hospital just in time. Judy was an only child. By the age of four, her mother had her enrolled in ballet school which fostered a life-long interest in show ...
