Judy Holliday
Actor
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.
Filmography
On the Town
as Daisy (voice) (uncredited) 1949
Born Yesterday
as Billie Dawn 1950
It Should Happen to You
as Gladys Glover 1954
Bells Are Ringing
as Ella Peterson 1960
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage) 1976
Phffft
as Nina Chapman Tracey 1954
The Solid Gold Cadillac
as Laura Partridge 1956
The Marrying Kind
as 'Florrie' Keefer 1952
Too Much Johnson
as (uncredited) 1938
Something for the Boys
as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited) 1944
Greenwich Village
as Revuer (Uncredited) 1944
Full of Life
as Emily Rocco 1956
Winged Victory
as Ruth Miller 1944
On Cukor
as Various roles (archive footage) 2000