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Mercedes McCambridge Biography (1918-)

Born Charlotte Mercedes McCambridge, March 17, 1918, in Joliet, IL; daughterof John Patrick and Marie (Mahaffry) McCambridge; married William Fifield, 1939 (divorced, 1946); married Fletcher Markle, February 19, 1950 (divorced, 1962); children: (first marriage) John. Addresses: AGENT--Michael HartigAgency, 114 E. 28th Street, New York, NY 10016; Contemporary Artists, 132 Lasky Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

March 17, 1918

Joliet, Illinois, United States

Famous Works

• Credits
• BROADWAY DEBUT--Mary Lorimer, A Place of Our Own, Royale Theatre, April 2, 1945.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Betty Lord, Woman Bites Dog, Belasco Theatre, New York City, 1946.
• Frances Morritt, The Young and Fair, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1948.
• replacement, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Billy Rose Theatre, New York City, 1962 and 1964.
• Cages, York Theatre, New York City and in Montreal, Canada, 1963.
• Regina Giddens, The Little Foxes, Ann Arbor Drama Festival, MI, 1963.
• Annie Sullivan, The Miracle Worker, Moorestown Theatre, NJ, 1966.
• Nettie Cleary, The Subject Was Roses and Amanda, The Glass Menagerie, both at the Mineola Theatre, NY, 1966.
• Lucy Lake, The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks, American National Theatre and Academy (ANTA), New York City, 1972.
• title role, Medea, Hartke Theatre, Catholic University, Washington, DC, 1973.
• Also appeared in Hope for the Best and 'Night, Mother.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Mary, Twilight Bar, pre-Broadway tour, Ford's Theatre, Baltimore, MD, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1946.
• Mother Miriam Ruth, Agnes of God, National tour, Curran Theatre, San Francisco, 1983, Fox Theatre, San Diego, CA, 1984.
• 'Night, Mother, National tour, 1984.
• FILM DEBUT--Wife, All the King's Men, Columbia, 1949.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Inside Straight, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1951.
• The Scarf, United Artists, 1951.
• Lightning Strikes Twice, Warner Brothers, 1951.
• Johnny Guitar, Republic, 1954.
• Giant, Warner Brothers, 1956.
• A Farewell to Arms, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957.
• Suddenly, Last Summer, Columbia, 1959.
• Cimarron, MGM, 1960.
• Angel Baby, Allied, 1961.
• Run Home, Slow, Joshua, 1964.
• Last Generation, 1965.
• Jigsaw, 1969.
• 99 Women, Commonwealth, 1971.
• voice of the possessed girl, The Exorcist, Warner Brothers, 1973.
• Thieves, 1977.
• The Concorde--Airport '79, 1979.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Tele-Theatre, NBC, 1950.
• Video Theatre, CBS, 1950, 1952.
• Ford Theatre, NBC, 1952.
• Studio One, CBS, 1953, 1956.
• Wire Service, ABC, 1956.
• The Loretta Young Show, NBC, 1956.
• Wagon Train, NBC, 1957.
• Jane Wyman Theatre, NBC, 1958.
• Rawhide, CBS, 1959, 1960.
• Bonanza, NBC, 1962, 1970.
• Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1964.
• The Nurses, CBS, 1964.
• The Defenders, CBS, 1964.
• Lost in Space, CBS, 1966.
• Stage 67, ABC, 1966.
• Bewitched, ABC, 1968.
• Medical Center, CBS, 1970.
• The Name of the Game, NBC, 1971.
• Gunsmoke, CBS, 1971.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Killer by Night, CBS, 1972.
• Two for the Money, ABC, 1972.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL RADIO APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Ruth, Big Sister, CBS, 1936.
• title role, Nora Drake.
• supplied all female voices, I Love a Mystery.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Ford Theatre, CBS Radio Mystery Theatre, others.
• Writings;NONFICTION
• The Two of Us (autobiography), 1960.
• The Quality of Mercy, Berkley, 1982.