Judith Anderson Biography

Fast Facts

• Made her New York stage debut in 1918
• Had an acclaimed theatrical career, particularly in Shakespearean roles and in the 1947 Broadway production of Medea that was adapted especially for her by poet Robinson Jeffers
• Film debut was in 1933's Blood Money
• Known for playing villains, such as Mrs
• Danvers in Rebecca (1940)
• Became a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1960
• Played the High Priestess of the Vulcans in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
• Received a 1986 Daytime Emmy nomination for her role in Santa Barbara