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A leading Broadway star from the 1920s through the '50s, Judith Anderson was perhaps most famous for her award-winning performance as "Medea" in 1947; as a formidable Lady Macbeth (opposite ...
Dame Frances Margaret Anderson AC, DBE (February 10, 1897 - January 3, 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a long and successful career on stage and screen. A pre-eminent actress in her era, she won two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award and was also nominated for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award .
Judith Anderson is remembered as one of the great character actresses of her time particularly in powerful and tragic roles. When she became a Hollywood movie star in in the 1940's she was already regarded as one of the greatest stage actresses of the era after a glittering career in the theater.
Jan 4, 1992 · Jan. 4, 1992 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. Dame Judith Anderson, the Australian-born actress who stalked the world’s stages and films in potent portrayals of complex and tormented women, died ...
Jan 4, 1992 · Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson on Feb 10, 1898, in Adelaide, South Australia. Her father, James Anderson-Anderson, had once owned silver mines, but lost his ...
Judith Anderson fell ill in the autumn of 1991, lingered a few weeks, and finally died in her home in Santa Barbara, on January 3, 1992. Ninety-three at the time of her death, she had been an actress for just under 70 years. Judith Anderson will be remembered as one of the great ladies of the American theater.
