Portrait of Mercedes McCambridge

Mercedes McCambridge

Acting

Biography

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:

Born: March 16, 1916

Place of Birth: Joliet, Illinois, U.S.

Filmography

2025
The Friday the 13th Murders

as Self - John Markle's Mother / Actress (archive footage)

2018
1988
Family Dog

as Miss Lestrange

1985
Amazing Stories

as Miss Lestrange (voice)

1982
Echoes

as Lillian Gerben

1980
Magnum, P.I.

as Agatha Kimball

1979
The Sacketts

as Ma Sackett

1977
Thieves

as Street Lady

1976
1975
1973
The Exorcist

as Demon (voice)

1973
1972
Sixteen

as Mother

1972
Two for the Money

as Mrs. Castle

1972
Killer by Night

as Sister Sarah

1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Madame Dusbois

1969
99 Women

as Thelma Diaz

1965
Run Home Slow

as Nell Hagen

1965
Lost in Space

as Sybilla

1964
Bewitched

as Carlotta

1961
Dr. Kildare

as Sister Teresa

1961
The Defenders

as Mildred Cochraine

1961
Angel Baby

as Sarah Strand

1960
Cimarron

as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt

1959
Suddenly, Last Summer

as Grace Holly

1959
Riverboat

as Jessie Quinn

1959
Bonanza

as Matilda Curtis

1959
Bonanza

as Deborah Banning

1959
Rawhide

as Mrs. Miller

1959
Rawhide

as Mrs. Martha Mushgrove

1959
Rawhide

as Ada Randolph

1959
Rawhide

as Ma Gufler

1958
Touch of Evil

as Gang Leader (uncredited)

1957
A Farewell to Arms

as Mrs. Van Campen

1957
Wagon Train

as Emily Rossiter

1957
1956
Giant

as Luz Benedict

1956
Wire Service

as Kate Wells

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

1955
Gunsmoke

as Rubilee Mather

1954
Climax!

as Eliza

1954
Johnny Guitar

as Emma Small

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Cissy Brackett

1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
The Red Skelton Show

as Clara Appleby

1951
Lightning Strikes Twice

as Liza McStringer

1951
The Scarf

as Connie Carter

1951
Inside Straight

as Ada Stritch

1950
1949
All the King's Men

as Sadie Burke

1948
Studio One

as Connie MartIn