Mercedes McCambridge

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Mercedes McCambridge

Acting March 16, 1916

Joliet, Illinois, U.S.

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 Aw…

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The Exorcist

The Exorcist

7.7 1973 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Touch of Evil

Touch of Evil

7.7 1958 Movie
Bewitched

Bewitched

7.8 1964 TV Show
Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

7.3 1980 TV Show
Bonanza

Bonanza

7.5 1959 TV Show
Giant

Giant

7.6 1956 Movie
Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

5.7 1961 TV Show
Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

6.7 1976 TV Show
Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories

7.5 1985 TV Show
Johnny Guitar

Johnny Guitar

7.4 1954 Movie

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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:

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Friday the 13th Murders

    TV show Self – John's Mother / Actress, The Exorcist (archive footage)

  2. 2018
    The Other Side of the Wind

    Movie Maggie Noonan

  3. 2011
    The Story of Film: An Odyssey

    TV show Self

  4. 1998
    Amazing Stories: The Movie III

    Movie Miss Lestrange (voice)

  5. 1985
    Amazing Stories

    TV show Miss Lestrange (voice)

  6. 1983
    Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  7. 1982
    Cagney & Lacey

    TV show

  8. 1982
    Echoes

    Movie Lillian Gerben

  9. 1980
    Magnum, P.I.

    TV show Agatha Kimball

  10. 1980
    Hagen

    TV show

  11. 1979
    The Concorde... Airport '79

    Movie Nelli

  12. 1979
    The Sacketts

    TV show Ma Sackett

  13. 1978
    Flying High

    TV show

  14. 1977
    Thieves

    Movie Street Lady

  15. 1976
    Charlie's Angels

    TV show Norma

  16. 1975
    Who Is the Black Dahlia?

    Movie Grandmother

More credits
  1. 1975
    Khan!

    TV show

  2. 1973
    The Exorcist

    Movie Demon (voice)

  3. 1973
    The President's Plane Is Missing

    Movie Hester Madigan

  4. 1973
    The Girls of Huntington House

    Movie Doris McKenzie

  5. 1972
    Sixteen

    Movie Mother

  6. 1972
    Two for the Money

    Movie Mrs. Castle

  7. 1972
    Killer by Night

    Movie Sister Sarah

  8. 1969
    Medical Center

    TV show

  9. 1969
    Marquis de Sade: Justine

    Movie Madame Dusbois

  10. 1969
    99 Women

    Movie Thelma Diaz

  11. 1968
    The Name of the Game

    TV show

  12. 1968
    The Counterfeit Killer

    Movie Frances

  13. 1966
    ABC Stage 67

    TV show

  14. 1965
    Run Home Slow

    Movie Nell Hagen

  15. 1965
    Lost in Space

    TV show Sybilla

  16. 1964
    Bewitched

    TV show Carlotta

  17. 1963
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    TV show

  18. 1963
    The Dakotas

    TV show Jay French

  19. 1961
    The Mike Douglas Show

    TV show Self

  20. 1961
    Dr. Kildare

    TV show Sister Teresa

  21. 1961
    The Defenders

    TV show Mildred Cochraine

  22. 1961
    Angel Baby

    Movie Sarah Strand

  23. 1960
    Cimarron

    Movie Mrs. Sarah Wyatt

  24. 1959
    Suddenly, Last Summer

    Movie Grace Holly