Mercedes McCambridge
Birth Place: Joliet, IL, USA
Latest News on Mercedes McCambridge:
Interview: Lowell Native Maryann Plunkett Brings Real-Life Experience to THE NOTEBOOK: THE MUSICAL (Apr 13, 2024)
Review: Chris Cordero, Brianna Filippelli & Evan Lomba Lead a Great Cast in New Tampa Players' SHREK: THE MUSICAL (Oct 21, 2023)
Judy Garland's WIZARD OF OZ 'Dorothy' Dress Found at Catholic University (Jul 9, 2021)
Interview: Lowell Native Maryann Plunkett Brings Real-Life Experience to THE NOTEBOOK: THE MUSICAL (Apr 13, 2024)
Review: Chris Cordero, Brianna Filippelli & Evan Lomba Lead a Great Cast in New Tampa Players' SHREK: THE MUSICAL (Oct 21, 2023)
Judy Garland's WIZARD OF OZ 'Dorothy' Dress Found at Catholic University (Jul 9, 2021)
STAGE CREDITS
Movies
All the King's Men
[ 1949 ] Sadie Burke
[ 1949 ] Sadie Burke
Inside Straight
[ 1951 ] Ada Stritch
[ 1951 ] Ada Stritch
The Scarf
[ 1951 ] Connie Carter
[ 1951 ] Connie Carter
Lightning Strikes Twice
[ 1951 ] Liza McStringer
[ 1951 ] Liza McStringer
Johnny Guitar
[ 1954 ] Emma Small
[ 1954 ] Emma Small
Giant
[ 1956 ] Luz Benedict
[ 1956 ] Luz Benedict
A Farewell to Arms
[ 1957 ] Miss Van Campen
[ 1957 ] Miss Van Campen
Suddenly, Last Summer
[ 1959 ] Mrs. Holly
[ 1959 ] Mrs. Holly
Cimarron
[ 1960 ] Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
[ 1960 ] Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
Angel Baby
[ 1961 ] Sarah Strand
[ 1961 ] Sarah Strand
Run Home, Slow
[ 1965 ] Nell Hagen
[ 1965 ] Nell Hagen
The Counterfeit Killer
[ 1968 ] Frances
[ 1968 ] Frances
Marquis de Sade's Justine
[ 1969 ] Madame Dusbois
[ 1969 ] Madame Dusbois
99 Women
[ 1969 ] Thelma Diaz
[ 1969 ] Thelma Diaz
Sixteen
[ 1972 ] Ma Irtley
[ 1972 ] Ma Irtley
The Exorcist
[ 1973 ] Demon
[ 1973 ] Demon
Thieves
[ 1977 ] Street Lady
[ 1977 ] Street Lady
The Concorde... Airport '79
[ 1979 ] Nelli
[ 1979 ] Nelli
Echoes
[ 1982 ] Lillian Gerben
[ 1982 ] Lillian Gerben
The Other Side of the Wind
[ 2018 ] Maggie Noonan
[ 2018 ] Maggie Noonan
Awards and Nominations
Helen Hayes Awards - 1986 -
Mercedes McCambridge'night, Mother
winner
Tony Awards - 1972 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play
Mercedes McCambridge, The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks
Videos
BWW Exclusive: Watch Broadway Veteran Phyllis Somerville in WGN America's OUTSIDERS
by Nicole Rosky - 2016-01-25 11:00:01
News
Interview: Lowell Native Maryann Plunkett Brings Real-Life Experience to THE NOTEBOOK: THE MUSICAL
by R. Scott Reedy - Apr 13, 2024
Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett has played a wide range of roles in her Broadway career. The Lowell native’s latest, an elderly woman dealing with dementia, in “The Notebook: The Musical,” may be her most personal, however, as she recalls her own mother’s struggle with debilitating memory loss to bring her current character to life.
by R. Scott Reedy - Apr 13, 2024
Tony Award winner Maryann Plunkett has played a wide range of roles in her Broadway career. The Lowell native’s latest, an elderly woman dealing with dementia, in “The Notebook: The Musical,” may be her most personal, however, as she recalls her own mother’s struggle with debilitating memory loss to bring her current character to life.
Review: Chris Cordero, Brianna Filippelli & Evan Lomba Lead a Great Cast in New Tampa Players' SHREK: THE MUSICAL
by Peter Nason - Oct 21, 2023
The entire cast is stellar, but Evan Lomba is extraordinary as a Donkey like no other!
by Peter Nason - Oct 21, 2023
The entire cast is stellar, but Evan Lomba is extraordinary as a Donkey like no other!
Judy Garland's WIZARD OF OZ 'Dorothy' Dress Found at Catholic University
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2021
One of Judy Garland's long-lost dresses from the Wizard of Oz, gifted to Catholic University decades ago by Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, has turned up at the school.
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 9, 2021
One of Judy Garland's long-lost dresses from the Wizard of Oz, gifted to Catholic University decades ago by Oscar-winning actress Mercedes McCambridge, has turned up at the school.
BWW Interview: Valerie Perri Loves Making The Theatre WORLD GO 'ROUND
by Gil Kaan - Aug 28, 2018
Following Reprise's successful re-launch (as the newly christened REPRISE 2.0) with a crowd-pleasing SWEET CHARITY, REPRISE 2.0 mounts THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND on the Freud Playhouse boards beginning September 5, 2018. We had the chance to chat with one of WORLD's talented cast members, theatre vet Valerie Perri on being back with Reprise, while hitting highlights of her extensive theatrical career.
by Gil Kaan - Aug 28, 2018
Following Reprise's successful re-launch (as the newly christened REPRISE 2.0) with a crowd-pleasing SWEET CHARITY, REPRISE 2.0 mounts THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND on the Freud Playhouse boards beginning September 5, 2018. We had the chance to chat with one of WORLD's talented cast members, theatre vet Valerie Perri on being back with Reprise, while hitting highlights of her extensive theatrical career.
The University Press of Kentucky Announces New Literacy Project
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 31, 2018
The University Press of Kentucky has partnered with Kentucky Humanities on its new statewide literacy project, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men. The program will use Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to guide a statewide conversation on contemporary populism and political discourse and their relationship to journalism. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Kentucky Humanities will host a series of community discussions and events centered on Warren's celebrated work and what it can teach us today.
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 31, 2018
The University Press of Kentucky has partnered with Kentucky Humanities on its new statewide literacy project, Kentucky Reads: All the King's Men. The program will use Robert Penn Warren's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel to guide a statewide conversation on contemporary populism and political discourse and their relationship to journalism. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Kentucky Humanities will host a series of community discussions and events centered on Warren's celebrated work and what it can teach us today.
A Conversation with Director Patrick Marber
by Roundabout Theatre Company - May 8, 2018
On April 21, 2018, Patrick Marber spoke about Travesties with Education Dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's lecture series.
by Roundabout Theatre Company - May 8, 2018
On April 21, 2018, Patrick Marber spoke about Travesties with Education Dramaturg Ted Sod as part of Roundabout Theatre Company's lecture series.
Netflix Announces Original Documentary Feature on Filmmaker Orson Welles
by Caryn Robbins - May 15, 2017
Netflix announced today that filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Best of Enemies) will direct an original feature documentary contextualizing the final fifteen years of maverick auteur Orson Welles' life.
by Caryn Robbins - May 15, 2017
Netflix announced today that filmmaker Morgan Neville (20 Feet from Stardom, Best of Enemies) will direct an original feature documentary contextualizing the final fifteen years of maverick auteur Orson Welles' life.
BWW Review: ACT 1's COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 9, 2016
What happens when a group of teenagers idolize a celebrity - a figure from popular culture whose charisma ensures he will live on forever despite his death at a young age - reunite some 20 years later to further venerate their crush and to recall his impact on their young lives? That's the question considered in Ed Graczyk's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the tragicomedy now onstage as the final production of ACT 1's 2015-16 season at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater.
by Jeffrey Ellis - May 9, 2016
What happens when a group of teenagers idolize a celebrity - a figure from popular culture whose charisma ensures he will live on forever despite his death at a young age - reunite some 20 years later to further venerate their crush and to recall his impact on their young lives? That's the question considered in Ed Graczyk's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the tragicomedy now onstage as the final production of ACT 1's 2015-16 season at Nashville's Darkhorse Theater.
BWW Exclusive: Watch Broadway Veteran Phyllis Somerville in WGN America's OUTSIDERS
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 25, 2016
WGN America's new original scripted drama 'Outsiders,' premiering Tuesday, January 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT,explores the epic battle of the Farrell Clan, a tight-knit family of renegades who have lived atop the rugged Shay Mountain for over two hundred years, as they fight to defend their land and their way of life from the town below and anyone who would dare to challenge them.Below, we've got an exclusive clip, in which Asa (Joe Anderson) speaks to the leader, Lady Ray (theater vet Phyllis Somerville) about the outside world from which he's just returned. Check it out below!
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 25, 2016
WGN America's new original scripted drama 'Outsiders,' premiering Tuesday, January 26 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT,explores the epic battle of the Farrell Clan, a tight-knit family of renegades who have lived atop the rugged Shay Mountain for over two hundred years, as they fight to defend their land and their way of life from the town below and anyone who would dare to challenge them.Below, we've got an exclusive clip, in which Asa (Joe Anderson) speaks to the leader, Lady Ray (theater vet Phyllis Somerville) about the outside world from which he's just returned. Check it out below!
THE EXORCIST to Become TV Drama Series?
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 8, 2013
Deadline reports exclusively that 'Exorcist' franchise owner Morgan Creek is shopping the networks for interest in adapting William Peter Blatty's novel THE EXORCIST into a TV drama series.
by Caryn Robbins - Aug 8, 2013
Deadline reports exclusively that 'Exorcist' franchise owner Morgan Creek is shopping the networks for interest in adapting William Peter Blatty's novel THE EXORCIST into a TV drama series.
Academy Brings GIANT To NYC 9/12
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2011
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar will present 'Giant' on Monday, September 12, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.
by BWW News Desk - Sep 12, 2011
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Monday Nights with Oscar will present 'Giant' on Monday, September 12, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.
Broadway Lights Dimmed for Linney & Stewart, 1/19
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 18, 2011
The Broadway community mourns the loss of Romulus Linney and Ellen Stewart, who both recently died at the ages of 80 and 91 respectively. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in their memory on Wednesday, January 19th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.
by Nicole Rosky - Jan 18, 2011
The Broadway community mourns the loss of Romulus Linney and Ellen Stewart, who both recently died at the ages of 80 and 91 respectively. The marquees of Broadway theatres in New York will be dimmed in their memory on Wednesday, January 19th, at exactly 8:00pm for one minute.
ICT Presents 'The Sweepers' Beginning June 10th
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2008
ICT presents 'The Sweepers' beginning June 10th.
by BWW News Desk - May 20, 2008
ICT presents 'The Sweepers' beginning June 10th.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has Mercedes McCambridge been in?
Mercedes McCambridge has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
How many West End shows has Mercedes McCambridge been in?
Mercedes McCambridge has not appeared in the West End
What awards has Mercedes McCambridge been nominated for?
Mercedes McCambridge has been nominated for several awards throughout her career. She was nominated for the Helen Hayes Awards for her performance in the play 'night, Mother. Additionally, she received a nomination for the Tony Awards in the category of Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks.
What awards has Mercedes McCambridge won?
Mercedes McCambridge has won the Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play for her role in "The Love Suicide at Schofield Barracks."
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