Judy Holliday
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. Unlike other figures who lost standing, Holliday managed to get through unscathed. She continued to act on Broadway and film until her death from breast cancer in 1965.
From Wikipedia.
Filmography
Too Much Johnson
2013
as (uncredited)
On Cukor
2000
as Various roles (archive footage)
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Bells Are Ringing
1960
as Ella Peterson
Full of Life
1956
as Emily Rocco
The Solid Gold Cadillac
1956
as Laura Partridge
Phffft
1954
as Nina Chapman Tracey
It Should Happen to You
1954
as Gladys Glover
The Marrying Kind
1952
as 'Florrie' Keefer
Born Yesterday
1950
as Billie Dawn
On the Town
1949
as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Adam's Rib
1949
as Doris Attinger
She Loves Me Not
1949
as Curly
Winged Victory
1944
as Ruth Miller
Something for the Boys
1944
as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
Greenwich Village
1944
as Revuer (Uncredited)