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Anjelica Huston Biography (1951-)

Born July 8, 1951, in Los Angeles (some sources say Santa Monica), CA; daughter of John Marcellus (a director, actor, and writer) and Enrica (a ballet dancer; maiden name, Soma) Huston; married Robert Graham, Jr. (a sculptor), 1992. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Manager: Artists Management Group, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: Gray Angel Productions, 74 Market St., Venice, CA 90291.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, director

Birth Details

July 8, 1951

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Claudia, A Walk with Love and Death, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
• Sinful Davey, United Artists, 1969
• Court lady, Hamlet, Columbia, 1969
• Durant's woman/Woman of Dark Visage, Swashbuckler (also known as Scarlet Buccaneer), Universal, 1976
• Edna, The Last Tycoon, Paramount, 1976
• Madge, The Postman Always Rings Twice (also known as Wenn der Postmann zweimal klingelt), Paramount, 1981
• Mental patient, Frances, Universal, 1982
• Miss Emily Grierson, Rose for Emily, 1982
• Polly Deutsch, This Is Spinal Tap (also known as Spinal Tap), Embassy, 1984
• Maida, The Ice Pirates, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1984
• Maerose Prizzi, Prizzi's Honor, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1985
• The supreme leader, Captain Eo, Walt Disney Productions, 1986
• Good to Go (also known as Short Fuse), 1986
• Samantha Davis, Gardens of Stone, TriStar, 1987
• Gretta Conroy, The Dead, Vestron-Zenith, 1987
• Herself, John Huston and the Dubliners, 1987
• Persis Bosworth-Tennyson, Mr. North, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1988
• Mrs. Rattery, A Handful of Dust, New Line Cinema, 1988
• Herself, John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (also known as John Huston), 1988
• Tamara Broder, Enemies: A Love Story, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
• Dolores Paley, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Orion, 1989
• Mrs. Ernst/Grand High Witch, The Witches, Warner Bros., 1990
• Lilly Dillon, The Grifters, Miramax, 1990
• Morticia Addams, The Addams Family, Paramount, 1991
• (As Angelica Huston) Herself, The Player, New Line Cinema, 1992
• Storyteller, Rabbit Ears: Rip Van Winkle, 1992
• Herself, Oscar's Greatest Moments: 1971 to 1991, 1992
• Marcia Fox, Manhattan Murder Mystery, TriStar, 1993
• Morticia Addams, Addams Family Values, Paramount, 1993
• Mary, The Crossing Guard, Miramax, 1995
• Carmela Perez, The Perez Family, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1995
• Baroness Rodmilla De Ghent, Ever After (also known as Cinderella and Ever After: A Cinderella Story), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Janet "Jan" Brown, Buffalo '66, Lions Gate Films, 1998
• The Mammy, October Films, 1999
• Title role, Agnes Browne, USA Films, 1999
• Narrator, Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power (documentary), 1999
• Fanny Assingham, The Golden Bowl (also known as La coupe d'or), Miramax, 2000
• Jennifer Adler, The Man from Elysian Fields, Elysian Llc, 2001
• Etheline "Ethel" Tenenbaum, The Royal Tenenbaums, Buena Vista, 2001
• Dr. Bonnie Fox, Blood Work, Warner Bros., 2002
• Herself, Searching for Debra Winger (documentary), 2002
• Voice of Witch, Barbie As Rapunzel, 2002
• Queen of the Selenites, Axis, Universal, 2002
• Film Work
• Director, The Mammy, October Films, 1999
• Producer and director, Agnes Browne, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Clara Allen, Lonesome Dove, CBS, 1989
• Viviane, The Mists of Avalon (also known as Die Nebel von Avalon), 2002
• Movies
• Sonja, The Cowboy and the Ballerina, CBS, 1984
• Lainey Eberlin, Family Pictures, ABC, 1993
• Dr. Betsey Reisz, ... And the Band Played On, HBO, 1993
• Calamity Jane, Buffalo Girls, CBS, 1995
• Leila, Phoenix, HBO, 1998
• Specials
• The Making of Disney's Captain Eo, The Disney Channel, 1986
• Barbara Walters Special, ABC, 1991
• Herself, Lonesome Dove: The Making of an Epic, TNN, 1992
• Labor of Love: The Making of Bastard out of Carolina, Showtime, 1996
• Narrator, Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories, PBS, 1997
• Lifetime Women's Film Festival, Lifetime, 1998
• Intimate Portrait: Anjelica Huston, Lifetime, 1998
• Narrator, Showgirl Stories, 1998
• Herself, AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies, CBS, 2001
• Herself, Huston y Joyce: Dialogos con los muertos, 2001
• Awards Presentations
• The 57th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1985
• The 59th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1987
• The 60th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1988
• The 61st Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1989
• The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990
• The 18th Annual American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Sir David Lean, ABC, 1990
• The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991
• The 49th Golden Globe Awards, TBS, 1992
• The 64th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1992
• The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998
• Episodic
• Geraldine, "An Affair to Forget," Laverne & Shirley, ABC, 1982
• "The Fashion Show," Laverne & Shirley, ABC, 1983
• Marguerite, "Beauty and the Beast," Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre), Showtime, 1984
• Pansy, "Nightengale," Faerie Tale Theatre (also known as Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre), Showtime, 1989
• Also appeared in an episode of Inside the Actors Studio.
• Television Work
• Movies
• Director and producer, Bastard out of Carolina, Showtime, 1996
• Stage Appearances
• Understudy Ophelia, Hamlet, London, 1969
• Tamara de Lempicka, Tamara, Il Vittorale Theatre, Los Angeles, 1985
• RECORDINGS
• Music Videos
• Appeared in Hammer's "Addams Groove."

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Harris, Martha, Anjelica Huston, St. Martin's, 1989
• International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 3: Actors and Actresses, St. James Press, 1996
• Newsmakers 1989, Issue 4, Gale Research, 1989

Periodicals

• Cosmopolitan, May, 1994, p. 270
• Film Comment, September/October, 1987, p. 24
• Interview, September, 1985, p. 245; December, 1987, p. 62; December, 1991, pp. 80-84; October, 1994, p. 175; February, 2000, p. 116
• New York Times Magazine, February 12, 1989, p. 19
• Parade Magazine, July 8, 2001, p. 14
• People Weekly, July 8, 1985, p. 50
• Variety, September, 1999, p. 76
• Vogue, September, 1985, p. 674; November, 1990, p. 356