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Mercedes McCambridge

Date of Death: March 02, 2004 (85)

Birth Place: Joliet, IL, USA

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STAGE CREDITS

[Broadway]
1991
Grandma Kurnitz [Replacement]

[Off-Broadway]
1963
Prostitute (Snowangel)/ Wife (Epiphany) [Replacement]

[Broadway]
1962
Martha [Replacement]

[Broadway]
1948
Frances Morritt

[Broadway]
1946
Betty Lord

[Broadway]
1945
Mary Lorimer


Movies

All the King's Men
[ 1949 ] Sadie Burke
Inside Straight
[ 1951 ] Ada Stritch
The Scarf
[ 1951 ] Connie Carter
Lightning Strikes Twice
[ 1951 ] Liza McStringer
Johnny Guitar
[ 1954 ] Emma Small
Giant
[ 1956 ] Luz Benedict
A Farewell to Arms
[ 1957 ] Miss Van Campen
Suddenly, Last Summer
[ 1959 ] Mrs. Holly
Cimarron
[ 1960 ] Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
Angel Baby
[ 1961 ] Sarah Strand
Run Home, Slow
[ 1965 ] Nell Hagen
The Counterfeit Killer
[ 1968 ] Frances
Marquis de Sade's Justine
[ 1969 ] Madame Dusbois
99 Women
[ 1969 ] Thelma Diaz
Sixteen
[ 1972 ] Ma Irtley
The Exorcist
[ 1973 ] Demon
Thieves
[ 1977 ] Street Lady
The Concorde... Airport '79
[ 1979 ] Nelli
Echoes
[ 1982 ] Lillian Gerben
The Other Side of the Wind
[ 2018 ] Maggie Noonan

Awards and Nominations

Helen Hayes Awards - 1986 -

Mercedes McCambridge'night, Mother


winner
Tony Awards - 1972 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Mercedes McCambridge, The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks

News


Interview: Lowell Native Maryann Plunkett Brings Real-Life Experience to THE NOTEBOOK: THE MUSICAL

Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett has played a wide range of roles in her Broadway career. The Lowell native’s latest, an elderly woman dealing with dementia, in “The Notebook: The Musical,” may be her most personal, however, as she recalls her own mother’s struggle with debilitating memory loss to bring her current character to life.
Review: Chris Cordero, Brianna Filippelli & Evan Lomba Lead a Great Cast in New Tampa Players' SHREK: THE MUSICAL

The entire cast is stellar, but Evan Lomba is extraordinary as a Donkey like no other!
Judy Garland's WIZARD OF OZ 'Dorothy' Dress Found at Catholic University

One of Judy Garland's long-lost dresses from the Wizard of Oz, gifted to Catholic University decades ago by Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, has turned up at the school. 
BWW Interview: Valerie Perri Loves Making The Theatre WORLD GO 'ROUND

Following Reprise's successful re-launch (as the newly christened REPRISE 2.0) with a crowd-pleasing SWEET CHARITY, REPRISE 2.0 mounts THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND on the Freud Playhouse boards beginning September 5, 2018. We had the chance to chat with one of WORLD's talented cast members, theatre vet Valerie Perri on being back with Reprise, while hitting highlights of her extensive theatrical career.
The University Press of Kentucky Announces New Literacy Project

The University Press of Kentucky has partnered with Kentucky Humanities on its new statewide literacy project, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men. The program will use Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to guide a statewide conversation on contemporary populism and political discourse and their relationship to journalism. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Kentucky Humanities will host a series of community discussions and events centered on Warren's celebrated work and what it can teach us today.
A Conversation with Director Patrick Marber

On April 21, 2018, Patrick Marber spoke about Travesties with Education Dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's lecture series.
Netflix Announces Original Documentary Feature on Filmmaker Orson Welles

Netflix announced today that filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Best of Enemies) will direct an original feature documentary contextualizing the final fifteen years of maverick auteur Orson Welles' life.
BWW Review: ACT 1's COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN

What happens when a group of teenagers idolize a celebrity - a figure from popular culture whose charisma ensures he will live on forever despite his death at a young age - reunite some 20 years later to further venerate their crush and to recall his impact on their young lives? That's the question considered in Ed Graczyk's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the tragicomedy now onstage as the final production of ACT 1's 2015-16 season at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater.
BWW Exclusive: Watch Broadway Veteran Phyllis Somerville in WGN America's OUTSIDERS

WGN America's new original scripted drama 'Outsiders,' premiering Tuesday, January 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT,explores the epic battle of the Farrell Clan, a tight-knit family of renegades who have lived atop the rugged Shay Mountain for over two hundred years, as they fight to defend their land and their way of life from the town below and anyone who would dare to challenge them.Below, we've got an exclusive clip, in which Asa (Joe Anderson) speaks to the leader, Lady Ray (theater vet Phyllis Somerville) about the outside world from which he's just returned. Check it out below!
THE EXORCIST to Become TV Drama Series?

Deadline reports exclusively that 'Exorcist' franchise owner Morgan Creek is shopping the networks for interest in adapting William Peter Blatty's novel THE EXORCIST into a TV drama series.
Academy Brings GIANT To NYC 9/12

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar will present 'Giant' on Monday, September 12, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.
Broadway Lights Dimmed for Linney & Stewart, 1/19

The Broadway community mourns the loss of Romulus Linney and Ellen Stewart, who both recently died at the ages of 80 and 91 respectively. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in their memory on Wednesday, January 19th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Mercedes McCambridge been in?

Mercedes McCambridge has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

How many West End shows has Mercedes McCambridge been in?

Mercedes McCambridge has not appeared in the West End

What awards has Mercedes McCambridge been nominated for?

Mercedes McCambridge has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for the Helen Hayes Awards for her performance in the play 'night, Mother. Additionally, she received a nomination for the Tony Awards in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks.

What awards has Mercedes McCambridge won?

Mercedes McCambridge has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in "The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks."

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