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Dame Frances Margaret Anderson,, known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. A preeminent stage 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. She is considered one of the 20th century's greatest classical stage actors.
Birth Name
Frances Margaret Anderson
Born
Wednesday, 10 February 1897
Died
Friday, 03 January 1992
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self - Actress / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actress 'Laura' | 1991 |
| Impure Thoughts | The Sister of Purgatory (voice) / The Sister of Purgatory | 1986 |
| American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Vulcan High Priestess | 1984 |
| Medea | Nurse | 1983 |
| Inn of the Damned | Caroline Straulle | 1975 |
| The Chinese Prime Minister | She | 1974 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock | Self | 2023 |
| The Movies | Self | 2019 |
| Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self - Actress / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | actress 'Laura' | 1991 |
| Impure Thoughts | The Sister of Purgatory (voice) / The Sister of Purgatory | 1986 |
| American Masters | (archive footage) | 1986 |
| Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Vulcan High Priestess | 1984 |
| Medea | Nurse | 1983 |
| Inn of the Damned | Caroline Straulle | 1975 |
| The Chinese Prime Minister | She | 1974 |
| The Borrowers | Aunt Sophy / Aunt Sophie | 1973 |
| A Man Called Horse | Buffalo Cow Head | 1970 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Gypsy | Self | 1965 |
| The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre | Paulina | 1964 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself (as Dame Judith Anderson) | 1962 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actress 'Rebecca' | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Actress | 1961 |
| Why Bother to Knock | Maggie Shoemaker / Maggie | 1961 |
| Cinderfella | Wicked Stepmother | 1960 |
| Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | 1960 |
| The Moon and Sixpence | Tiare | 1959 |
| Our American Heritage | Margaret Morrison Carnegie | 1959 |
| Play of the Week | Medea | 1959 |
| Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Big Mama / Big Momma | 1958 |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | Marquesa de Montemayor | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Felizia Kingdom | 1957 |
| The Ten Commandments | Memnet | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | Aunt Bee / Ava Norris / Mme. Duvier | 1956 |
| The Star and the Story | Mrs. Albert Forrester / Margaret Bishop | 1955 |
| Producers' Showcase | Ftatateeta | 1954 |
| Climax! | Rachel | 1954 |
| The Elgin Hour | Evaline Morly | 1954 |
| The Tonight Show | Self | 1954 |
| The Motorola Television Hour | Alicia | 1953 |
| Salome | Queen Herodias | 1953 |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | Self | 1950 |
| Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Mrs. Phelps | 1950 |
| The Furies | Flo Burnett | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| The Milton Berle Show | Self - Actress | 1948 |
| Tycoon | Miss Braithwaite / Miss Ellen Braithwaite | 1947 |
| Pursued | Mrs. Callum | 1947 |
| The Red House | Ellen Morgan | 1947 |
| The Strange Love of Martha Ivers | Mrs. Ivers | 1946 |
| Specter of the Rose | Madame La Sylph | 1946 |
| The Diary of a Chambermaid | Madame Lanlaire | 1946 |
| And Then There Were None | Emily Brent | 1945 |
| Laura | Ann Treadwell | 1944 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Judith Anderson | 1943 |
| Edge of Darkness | Gerd Bjarnesen | 1943 |
| Kings Row | Mrs. Harriet Gordon / Harriet Gordon | 1942 |
| All Through the Night | Madame | 1942 |
| Lady Scarface | Slade | 1941 |
| Free and Easy | Lady Joan Culver | 1941 |
| Forty Little Mothers | Madame Madeleine Granville / Madame Granville | 1940 |
| Rebecca | Mrs. Danvers | 1940 |
| Blood Money | Ruby Darling | 1933 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1983 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated |
| 1974 | Emmy | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming | Nominated |
| 1961 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1959 | Emmy | Best Single Performance by an Actress | Nominated |
| 1941 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
