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Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge [1] (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004) was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress". [ 2 ]
Angel Baby is a 1961 American drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and starring Salome Jens, George Hamilton and Mercedes McCambridge. It was Burt Reynolds's film debut. Wendkos called it "one of my favorite pictures, because I had a theme". [1] The song, "Jenny Angel", sung by George Hamilton, is played during the closing credits of the film.
Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American Western film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine and Scott Brady. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screenplay was adapted from a novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor.
Having known Mercedes McCambridge since her time at Mercury Theatre, Welles called her and requested she arrive at the set. Leigh and the actors dressed as "greasy-looking hoodlums" stood around waiting for Welles to start filming. Welles had McCambridge's hair cut and applied black shoe polish over her newly trim hair and eyebrows.
Released by Columbia Pictures on November 8, 1949, the film received widespread acclaim from critics, and was a commercial success. At the 22nd Academy Awards the film was nominated for seven Oscars and won three; Best Picture , Best Actor for Crawford, and Best Supporting Actress for McCambridge, making an impressive film debut.
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Universal Pictures: Release date. August 17, 1979 () [1] Running time. 113 minutes: ... Mercedes McCambridge and Martha Raye have supporting roles. Plot
A photo of young James Earl Jones, after the success of Broadway show, "The Great White Hope." ... "When Linda Blair did the girl in 'The Exorcist,' they hired Mercedes McCambridge to do the voice ...