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Home/People/Mercedes McCambridge
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Born
Mar 16, 1916Died: Mar 2, 2004
Lived 87 years
Place of Birth
Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

27
Movies
44
TV Shows
Also Known As
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge
IMDb Profile

Mercedes McCambridge

Acting

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:
The Other Side of the Wind poster

The Other Side of the Wind

as Maggie Noonan
2018
Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures poster

Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures

as Narrator (voice)
1983
Echoes poster

Echoes

as Lillian Gerben
1982
The Concorde... Airport '79 poster

The Concorde... Airport '79

as Nelli
1979
Thieves poster

Thieves

as Street Lady
1977
Who Is the Black Dahlia? poster

Who Is the Black Dahlia?

as Grandmother
1975
The Exorcist poster

The Exorcist

as Demon (voice)
1973
The President's Plane Is Missing poster

The President's Plane Is Missing

as Hester Madigan
1973
The Girls of Huntington House poster

The Girls of Huntington House

as Doris McKenzie
1973
Sixteen poster

Sixteen

as Mother
1972
Two for the Money poster

Two for the Money

as Mrs. Castle
1972
Killer by Night poster

Killer by Night

as Sister Sarah
1972
Marquis de Sade: Justine poster

Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Madame Dusbois
1969
99 Women poster

99 Women

as Thelma Diaz
1969
The Counterfeit Killer poster

The Counterfeit Killer

as Frances
1968
Run Home Slow poster

Run Home Slow

as Nell Hagen
1965
Angel Baby poster

Angel Baby

as Sarah Strand
1961
Cimarron poster

Cimarron

as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
1960
Suddenly, Last Summer poster

Suddenly, Last Summer

as Grace Holly
1959
Touch of Evil poster

Touch of Evil

as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1958