Judy Holliday
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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.
Known for
Credits
On the Town (1949)
as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
Born Yesterday (1950)
as Billie Dawn
Adam's Rib (1949)
as Doris Attinger
On Cukor (2000)
as Various roles (archive footage)
Phffft (1954)
as Nina Chapman Tracey
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
as Ella Peterson
It Should Happen to You (1954)
as Gladys Glover
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
as Laura Partridge
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
as (archive footage)
Winged Victory (1944)
as Ruth Miller
Greenwich Village (1944)
as Revuer (Uncredited)
The Marrying Kind (1952)
as 'Florrie' Keefer
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Something for the Boys (1944)
as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
Too Much Johnson (2013)
as (uncredited)
Full of Life (1956)
as Emily Rocco
She Loves Me Not (1949)
as Curly