Judy Holliday
Born: 1921-06-21 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1965-06-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
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
- The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
- Full of Life as Emily Rocco
- The Solid Gold Cadillac as Laura Partridge
1954
- Phffft as Nina Chapman Tracey
- It Should Happen to You as Gladys Glover
1952
- The Marrying Kind as 'Florrie' Keefer
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- Born Yesterday as Billie Dawn
1949
- On the Town as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
- Adam's Rib as Doris Attinger
- She Loves Me Not as Curly
1948
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Winged Victory as Ruth Miller
- Greenwich Village as Revuer (Uncredited)
- Something for the Boys as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
1934
- Too Much Johnson as (uncredited)