Biography
Dame Frances Margaret Anderson, AC, DBE (February 10, 1897 – January 3, 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. Considered one of the greatest classical stage actors of the 20th century, she has two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award to her name, as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award and an Academy Award each. She began her acting career in Australia but her ambition brought her to New York in 1918. She ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
A deliciously scandalous portrait of unsung Hollywood legend Scotty Bowers, whose bestselling memoir chronicled his decades spent as sexual procurer t...
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Go behind the scenes of the beloved biblical epic The Ten Commandments, starring Charlton Heston as Moses and directed by legendary filmmaker Cecil B....
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)
This documentary, hosted by actor Burgess Meredith, explores the life and career of movie director Otto Preminger, whose body of work includes such me...
Impure Thoughts
1986
as The Sister of Purgatory (voice)
Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife st...
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
1984
as Vulcan High Priestess
A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence.
Medea
1983
as Nurse
Medea is in Corinth with Jason and their two young sons. King Kreon wants to reward Jason for his exploits: he gives the hand of his daughter, Glauce,...
Inn of the Damned
1975
as Caroline Straulle
A sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in, but never check out.
The Underground Man
1974
as Mrs. Snow
A private detective goes after the kidnappers of his ex-girlfriend's son and becomes involved in a series of murders.
The Borrowers
1973
as Aunt Sophie
An eight-year-old boy discovers a family of tiny people, only a few inches tall, living beneath the floorboards of a Victorian country home.
A Man Called Horse
1970
as Buffalo Cow Head
In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinctio...
The File on Devlin
1969
as Elizabeth Devlin
A young woman finds herself engulfed in Cold War intrigue when her father, a Nobel Prize-winning author, vanishes while travelling near the Russian bo...
Elizabeth the Queen
1968
as Queen Elizabeth
In the sixteenth century, Queen Elizabeth I (Dame Judith Anderson) is the ruler of England. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (Charlton Heston) is he...
Macbeth
1964
as Lady Macbeth
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a differ...
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
1964
as Paulina
Terrified of being buried alive, a woman installs a phone in her crypt. A few days after her death, the phone suddenly rings and paranormal investigat...
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as 'Rebecca' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...
Don't Bother to Knock
1961
as Maggie Shoemaker
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a...
Cinderfella
1960
as Wicked Stepmother
When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for...
A Christmas Festival
1959
as Narrator of the final offering
A Christmas Festival was an annual television special by the anthology program Hallmark Hall of Fame. The 1959 event originally aired on December 13, ...
The Moon and Sixpence
1959
as Tiare
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
Medea
1959
as Medea
A betrayed queen takes a terrible revenge.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
as Big Momma
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy w...
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Memnet
Escaping death, a Hebrew infant is raised in a royal household to become a prince. Upon discovery of his true heritage, Moses embarks on a personal qu...
Macbeth
1954
as Lady Macbeth
Macbeth (Maurice Evans), the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by amb...
Salome
1953
as Queen Herodias
In the reign of emperor Tiberius, Gallilean prophet John the Baptist preaches against King Herod and Queen Herodias. The latter wants John dead, but H...
The Furies
1950
as Flo Burnett
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
Tycoon
1947
as Miss Ellen Braithwaite
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromis...
Pursued
1947
as Mrs. Callum
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely...
The Red House
1947
as Ellen Morgan
An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in ...
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
1946
as Mrs. Ivers
Three childhood friends, Martha, Walter and Sam, share a terrible secret. Over time, the ambitious Martha and the pusillanimous Walter have married. S...
Specter of the Rose
1946
as Madame La Sylph
Ballet dancer Sanine may have murdered his first wife. A detective thinks so, and he's not the only one.
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Madame Lanlaire
Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man, but Mr. Lanlai...
And Then There Were None
1945
as Emily Brent
Ten strangers are summoned to a remote island and while they are waiting for the mysterious host to appear, a recording levels serious accusations at ...
Laura
1944
as Ann Treadwell
A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Judith Anderson
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Gerd Bjarnesen
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living ...
Kings Row
1942
as Harriet Gordon
Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.
All Through the Night
1942
as Madame
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
Lady Scarface
1941
as Slade
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationsh...
Free and Easy
1941
as Lady Joan Culver
This MGM B-picture was adapted from Ivor Novello's play The Truth Game. Max and Florian Clemington pretend to be members of the landed gentry. Max rom...
Forty Little Mothers
1940
as Madame Granville
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an a...
Rebecca
1940
as Mrs. Danvers
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died myste...
Blood Money
1933
as Ruby Darling
The title refers to the business of affable, ambitious bail bondsman (and politically-connected grifter) Bill Bailey, who, in the course of his work, ...