Mercedes McCambridge

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1916-03-16

Place of Birth

Joliet, Illinois, U.S.

Mercedes McCambridge

Biography

Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ¨All the King's Men¨ (1949) and was nominated in the same category for ¨Giant¨ (1956). She also provided the voice of the demon ¨Pazuzu¨ in ¨The Exorcist¨ (1973). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mercedes McCambridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia Read more:

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Acting History

2025
The Friday the 13th Murders as Self - John Markle's Mother / Actress (archive footage)
2018
The Other Side of the Wind as Maggie Noonan
2011
The Story of Film: An Odyssey as Self
1988
Family Dog as Miss Lestrange
1985
Amazing Stories as Miss Lestrange (voice)
1983
Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures as Narrator (voice)
1982
Cagney & Lacey
1982
Echoes as Lillian Gerben
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Agatha Kimball
1980
Hagen
1979
The Concorde... Airport '79 as Nelli
1979
The Sacketts as Ma Sackett
1978
Flying High
1977
Thieves as Street Lady
1976
Charlie's Angels as Norma
1975
Who Is the Black Dahlia? as Grandmother
1975
Khan!
1973
The Exorcist as Demon (voice)
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing as Hester Madigan
1973
The Girls of Huntington House as Doris McKenzie
1972
Sixteen as Mother
1972
Two for the Money as Mrs. Castle
1972
Killer by Night as Sister Sarah
1969
Medical Center
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine as Madame Dusbois
1969
99 Women as Thelma Diaz
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
The Counterfeit Killer as Frances
1966
ABC Stage 67
1965
Run Home Slow as Nell Hagen
1965
Lost in Space as Sybilla
1964
Bewitched as Carlotta
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
The Dakotas
1961
The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961
Dr. Kildare as Sister Teresa
1961
The Defenders as Mildred Cochraine
1961
Angel Baby as Sarah Strand
1960
Cimarron as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
1959
Suddenly, Last Summer as Grace Holly
1959
Riverboat as Jessie Quinn
1959
Bonanza as Matilda Curtis
1959
Bonanza as Deborah Banning
1959
Rawhide as Mrs. Miller
1959
Rawhide as Mrs. Martha Mushgrove
1959
Rawhide as Ada Randolph
1959
Rawhide as Ma Gufler
1958
Touch of Evil as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1957
A Farewell to Arms as Mrs. Van Campen
1957
Wagon Train as Emily Rossiter
1957
Panic!
1956
Giant as Luz Benedict
1956
Wire Service as Kate Wells
1956
Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
1955
Gunsmoke as Rubilee Mather
1954
Climax! as Eliza
1954
Summer Playhouse
1954
Johnny Guitar as Emma Small
1953
Letter to Loretta as Cissy Brackett
1953
The Oscars as Self
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
The Red Skelton Show as Clara Appleby
1951
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lightning Strikes Twice as Liza McStringer
1951
The Scarf as Connie Carter
1951
Inside Straight as Ada Stritch
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Marie
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Chris
1950
What's My Line? as Self
1949
All the King's Men as Sadie Burke
1948
Studio One
1948
Studio One as Connie MartIn
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show as Self