Portrait of Judy Holliday

Acting

Judy Holliday

Career

Active from 1944 to 1960, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
9
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You
GoodWatch score86/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1951 · Won · 23rd Academy Awards

    Born Yesterday

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Judy Holliday Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Tension
    3.2, average 5.9
  • Violence
    1.4, average 4.1
  • Adrenaline
    2.4, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Quirky Characters 2
  • Sentimental 2
  • Social Satire 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

16
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 55
Too Much Johnson
Too Much Johnson (2013)
GoodWatch score 55

as (uncredited)

2000s

1 title
On Cukor
On Cukor (2000)

as Various roles (archive footage)

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

1960s

1 title · average score 63
Bells Are Ringing
Bells Are Ringing (1960)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ella Peterson

1950s

6 titles · average score 73
The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)
GoodWatch score 85

as Laura Partridge

Full of Life
Full of Life (1956)
GoodWatch score 54

as Emily Rocco

It Should Happen to You
It Should Happen to You (1954)
GoodWatch score 86

as Gladys Glover

Phffft
Phffft (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

as Nina Chapman Tracey

The Marrying Kind
The Marrying Kind (1952)
GoodWatch score 63

as 'Florrie' Keefer

Born Yesterday
Born Yesterday (1950)
GoodWatch score 85

as Billie Dawn

1940s

6 titles · average score 69
Adam's Rib
Adam's Rib (1949)
GoodWatch score 83

as Doris Attinger

She Loves Me Not
She Loves Me Not (1949)

as Curly

On the Town
On the Town (1949)
GoodWatch score 78

as Daisy (voice) (uncredited)

Winged Victory
Winged Victory (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Ruth Miller

Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village (1944)
GoodWatch score 64

as Revuer (Uncredited)

Something for the Boys
Something for the Boys (1944)
GoodWatch score 59

as Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)