Dame Judith Anderson was born Frances Margaret Anderson on February 10, 1897, in Adelaide, South Australia. She began her acting career in Australia before relocating to New York in 1918.
Personal Details
BornFeb 10, 1897 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Spouse
Luther Greene
( Jul 11, 1946 to Jun 26, 1951 )Benjamin Harrison Lehman
( May 18, 1937 to Aug 23, 1939 )
Parents
- James Anderson-Anderson
- Jessie Margaret Saltmarsh
Biography
Career
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1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1986

Impure Thoughts as The Sister of Purgatory (voice)
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1984

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock as Vulcan High Priestess
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Santa Barbara as Minx Lockridge
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1983

Medea as Nurse
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1975

Inn of the Damned as Caroline Straulle
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1974

The Underground Man as Mrs. Snow
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1973

The Borrowers as Aunt Sophie
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1970

A Man Called Horse as Buffalo Cow Head
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1964

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre as Paulina
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Macbeth as Lady Macbeth
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1961

Why Bother to Knock as Maggie Shoemaker
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'Rebecca' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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1960

Cinderfella as Wicked Stepmother
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1959

The Moon and Sixpence as Tiare
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1958

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Momma
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1956

The Ten Commandments as Memnet
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1955

Climax! as Rachel
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1953

Salome as Queen Herodias
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1950

The Furies as Flo Burnett
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1947

Pursued as Mrs. Callum
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Tycoon as Miss Ellen Braithwaite
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The Red House as Ellen Morgan
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1946

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers as Mrs. Ivers
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Specter of the Rose as Madame La Sylph
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The Diary of a Chambermaid as Madame Lanlaire
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1945

And Then There Were None as Emily Brent
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1944

Laura as Ann Treadwell
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1943

Edge of Darkness as Gerd Bjarnesen
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Stage Door Canteen as Judith Anderson
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1942

All Through the Night as Madame
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Kings Row as Harriet Gordon
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1941

Free and Easy as Lady Joan Culver
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Lady Scarface as Slade
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1940

Rebecca as Mrs. Danvers
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Forty Little Mothers as Madame Granville
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2018