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Academy Award
Actress in a Supporting Role
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Nominated
Golden Globe
Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Won
McCambridge won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role, while the film won Best Picture for that year. McCambridge also won the Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance. [citation needed]
Mercedes McCambridge. Jump to Academy Awards, USA (2) Golden Globes, USA (2) Laurel Awards (1) New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1) Walk of Fame (2) 5 wins & 3 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1957 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Giant. 1950 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. All the King's Men.
- March 16, 1916
- March 2, 2004
She was a special guest star at the 70th Annual Anniversary Academy Awards in 1998 along with many other Oscar winners. Mercedes also made special television appearances to discuss her role in The Exorcist (1973) at the 30th Anniversary of the film's release.
- January 1, 1
- Joliet, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA
She was a special guest star at the 70th Annual Anniversary Academy Awards in 1998 along with many other Oscar winners. Mercedes also made special television appearances to discuss her role in The Exorcist (1973) at the 30th Anniversary of the film's release.
- March 16, 1916
- March 2, 2004
Mar 18, 2004 · Mercedes McCambridge, who won an Oscar for the 1949 film ''All the King's Men'' and later provided the raspy voice of the demon-possessed girl in ''The Exorcist,'' died in the La Jolla area of...
Dec 1, 2016 · On screen in undistinguished roles in 1951’s Inside Straight, The Scarf and Lightning Strikes Twice, McCambridge augmented her film roles with TV work. Her best screen roles in the 1950s were in Johnny Guitar and Giant for which she received a second Oscar nomination.
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).
