Mercedes McCambridge
Also known as Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge
American actress (1916-2004)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Medea
- The two of us
- The quality of mercy
- Medea
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 42
- Total plays
- 132
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Quotes
- “You could be anything in front of that microphone, and that is what was expected of you.”
- “I believe we should learn to appreciate our loneliness, loneliness is marvelous.”
- “An honest look because one of the things a recovered alcoholic must learn is honesty. I have to live with myself.”
- “I don't think the Hollywood community is interested in what I can do, That's all right. I've never looked for a job in my life, and I'm not going to start now. I have plenty to keep me busy."”
Article
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her screen debut in All the King's Men (1949) and was nominated in the same category for Giant (1956). She voiced the majority of dialogue for demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist (1973).
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1916 births2004 deaths20th-century American actresses20th-century American memoirists21st-century American womenActresses from Joliet, IllinoisAmerican film actressesAmerican people of Irish descentAmerican radio actressesAmerican stage actressesAmerican television actressesAmerican women memoirists