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.
Known For
The Ed Sullivan Show
What's My Line?
The Steve Allen Show
Born Yesterday
Adam's Rib
On the Town
It Should Happen to You
That's Entertainment, Part II
All Movies (17)
- Too Much Johnson2013 · as (uncredited)
- On Cukor2000 · as Various roles (archive footage)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
- That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
- Bells Are Ringing1960 · as Ella Peterson
- Full of Life1956 · as Emily Rocco
- The Solid Gold Cadillac1956 · as Laura Partridge
- Phffft1954 · as Nina Chapman Tracey
- It Should Happen to You1954 · as Gladys Glover
- The Marrying Kind1952 · as 'Florrie' Keefer
- Born Yesterday1950 · as Billie Dawn
- On the Town1949 · as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
- Adam's Rib1949 · as Doris Attinger
- She Loves Me Not1949 · as Curly
- Winged Victory1944 · as Ruth Miller
- Something for the Boys1944 · as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
- Greenwich Village1944 · as Revuer (Uncredited)
All TV Shows (3)
- The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Guest
- What's My Line?1950 · as Self
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self