Judy Holliday
Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim; June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer. 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 production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was known for her performance on Broadway in the musical Bells Are Ringing, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and reprising her role in the 1960 film adaptation. In 1952, Holliday was called to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to answer claims she was associated with communism. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judy Holliday, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2013 · Too Much Johnson as (uncredited)
- 2000 · On Cukor as Various roles (archive footage)
- 1976 · That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
- 1960 · Bells Are Ringing as Ella Peterson
- 1956 · Full of Life as Emily Rocco
- 1956 · The Solid Gold Cadillac as Laura Partridge
- 1956 · The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- 1954 · Phffft as Nina Chapman Tracey
- 1954 · It Should Happen to You as Gladys Glover
- 1952 · The Marrying Kind as 'Florrie' Keefer
- 1950 · Born Yesterday as Billie Dawn
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · On the Town as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
- 1949 · Adam's Rib as Doris Attinger
- 1949 · She Loves Me Not as Curly
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1944 · Winged Victory as Ruth Miller
- 1944 · Something for the Boys as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
- 1944 · Greenwich Village as Revuer (Uncredited)