Portrait of Judith Anderson

Acting

Judith Anderson

Career

Active from 1933 to 1983, busiest in 1959 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for Laura
Laura
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 28 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Judith Anderson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.9, average 2.2
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.6, average 1.6
  • Biographical
    0.3, average 1.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Psychological Tension 2
  • Dark Secrets 2
  • Complex Characters 2
  • Gothic Horror 2
  • Family Secrets 2
  • Suspenseful Atmosphere 2
  • Moral Corruption 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

47
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)

as actress 'Laura' (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

4 titles ยท average score 62
Impure Thoughts
Impure Thoughts (1986)

as The Sister of Purgatory (voice)

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara (1984)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Minx Lockridge

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
GoodWatch score 67

as Vulcan High Priestess

Medea
Medea (1983)

as Nurse

1970s

4 titles ยท average score 50
Inn of the Damned
Inn of the Damned (1975)
GoodWatch score 30

as Caroline Straulle

The Underground Man
The Underground Man (1974)

as Mrs. Snow

The Borrowers
The Borrowers (1973)
GoodWatch score 54

as Aunt Sophie

A Man Called Horse
A Man Called Horse (1970)
GoodWatch score 65

as Buffalo Cow Head

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 54
The File on Devlin
The File on Devlin (1969)

as Elizabeth Devlin

Elizabeth the Queen
Elizabeth the Queen (1968)

as Queen Elizabeth

The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre
The Ghost of Sierra de Cobre (1964)
GoodWatch score 59

as Paulina

Macbeth
Macbeth (1964)

as Lady Macbeth

Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

as Maggie Shoemaker

Cinderfella
Cinderfella (1960)
GoodWatch score 55

as Wicked Stepmother

1950s

15 titles ยท average score 72
Medea
Medea (1959)

as Medea

The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence (1959)

as Tiare

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
GoodWatch score 85

as Ida 'Big Mama' Pollitt

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Felizia Kingdom

DuPont Show of the Month
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

TV show ยท as Marquesa de Montemayor

The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments (1956)
GoodWatch score 81

as Memnet

Macbeth
Macbeth (1954)

as Lady Macbeth

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Rachel

Salome
Salome (1953)
GoodWatch score 54

as Queen Herodias

The Motorola Television Hour
The Motorola Television Hour (1953)

TV show ยท as Alicia

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Lady Macbeth / The Prioress

The Furies
The Furies (1950)
GoodWatch score 82

as Flo Burnett

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 72
The Red House
The Red House (1947)
GoodWatch score 74

as Ellen Morgan

Pursued
Pursued (1947)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Callum

Tycoon
Tycoon (1947)
GoodWatch score 50

as Miss Ellen Braithwaite

Specter of the Rose
Specter of the Rose (1946)
GoodWatch score 52

as Madame La Sylph

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
GoodWatch score 86

as Mrs. Ivers

Laura
Laura (1944)
GoodWatch score 90

as Ann Treadwell

All Through the Night
All Through the Night (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Madame

Kings Row
Kings Row (1942)
GoodWatch score 88

as Harriet Gordon

Lady Scarface
Lady Scarface (1941)
GoodWatch score 55

as Slade

Free and Easy
Free and Easy (1941)
GoodWatch score 63

as Lady Joan Culver

Rebecca
Rebecca (1940)
GoodWatch score 83

as Mrs. Danvers

Forty Little Mothers
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
GoodWatch score 65

as Madame Granville

1930s

1 title ยท average score 76
Blood Money
Blood Money (1933)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ruby Darling