Mercedes McCambridge

Known for: Acting

Born: 1916-03-16 – 2004-03-02 (aged 87)

From: 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 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 (66)

TV★ 8.3
The Friday the 13th Murders
2025
as Self – John's Mother / Actress, The Exorcist (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Maggie Noonan
TV★ 7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Amazing Stories
1985
as Miss Lestrange (voice)
MOVIE
Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures
1983
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.9
Cagney & Lacey
1982
MOVIE★ 4.6
Echoes
1982
as Lillian Gerben
TV★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Agatha Kimball
TV★ 7.0
Hagen
1980
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
as Nelli
TV★ 7.6
The Sacketts
1979
as Ma Sackett
TV★ 6.3
Flying High
1978
MOVIE★ 4.4
Thieves
1977
as Street Lady
TV★ 6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
as Norma
MOVIE★ 6.7
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
as Grandmother
TV★ 6.0
Khan!
1975
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Exorcist
1973
as Demon (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
as Hester Madigan
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Girls of Huntington House
1973
as Doris McKenzie
MOVIE★ 4.1
Sixteen
1972
as Mother
MOVIE★ 7.5
Two for the Money
1972
as Mrs. Castle
MOVIE★ 7.0
Killer by Night
1972
as Sister Sarah
TV★ 6.4
Medical Center
1969
MOVIE★ 5.1
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
as Madame Dusbois
MOVIE★ 5.4
99 Women
1969
as Thelma Diaz
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Counterfeit Killer
1968
as Frances
TV★ 6.8
ABC Stage 67
1966
MOVIE★ 3.8
Run Home Slow
1965
as Nell Hagen
TV★ 7.2
Lost in Space
1965
as Sybilla
TV★ 7.9
Bewitched
1964
as Carlotta
TV★ 5.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV★ 6.5
The Dakotas
1963
as Jay French
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 5.7
Dr. Kildare
1961
as Sister Teresa
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Mildred Cochraine
MOVIE★ 6.1
Angel Baby
1961
as Sarah Strand
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cimarron
1960
as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
MOVIE★ 7.3
Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
as Grace Holly
TV★ 6.5
Riverboat
1959
as Jessie Quinn
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Matilda Curtis
TV★ 7.2
Rawhide
1959
as Mrs. Miller
MOVIE★ 7.7
Touch of Evil
1958
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Farewell to Arms
1957
as Mrs. Van Campen
TV★ 6.6
Wagon Train
1957
as Emily Rossiter
TV★ 8.0
Panic!
1957
MOVIE★ 7.6
Giant
1956
as Luz Benedict
TV★ 9.0
Wire Service
1956
as Kate Wells
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Nominee
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Rubilee Mather
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as Eliza
TV
Summer Playhouse
1954
MOVIE★ 7.4
Johnny Guitar
1954
as Emma Small
TV★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Cissy Brackett
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
TV★ 7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951
as Clara Appleby
TV★ 6.4
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
MOVIE★ 5.7
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
as Liza McStringer
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Scarf
1951
as Connie Carter
MOVIE★ 4.9
Inside Straight
1951
as Ada Stritch
TV★ 6.7
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Marie
TV★ 7.0
What's My Line?
1950
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
All the King's Men
1949
as Sadie Burke
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
TV★ 6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self