Acting credits
60
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Mercedes McCambridge
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 27Series: 33
TMDB ID: 18737
IMDb ID: nm0564790
Known for: Acting
Born: March 16, 1916
Died: March 2, 2004
Age: 87
Place of birth: Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q140017
Also known as
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge
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). Read more:
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mercedes McCambridge.
6.7
The Other Side of the Wind
as Maggie Noonan
2018 Movie
Family Dog
as Miss Lestrange
1988 Movie
3.5
Echoes
as Lillian Gerben
1982 Movie
4.7
The Concorde... Airport '79
as Nelli
1979 Movie
3.0
Thieves
as Street Lady
1977 Movie
6.4
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
as Grandmother
1975 Movie
7.7
The Exorcist
as Demon (voice)
1973 Movie
6.2
The President's Plane Is Missing
as Hester Madigan
1973 Movie
6.0
The Girls of Huntington House
as Doris McKenzie
1973 Movie
3.6
Sixteen
as Mother
1972 Movie
6.0
Two for the Money
as Mrs. Castle
1972 Movie
7.0
Killer by Night
as Sister Sarah
1972 Movie
5.0
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Madame Dusbois
1969 Movie
5.4
99 Women
as Thelma Diaz
1969 Movie
The Counterfeit Killer
as Frances
1968 Movie
2.7
Run Home Slow
as Nell Hagen
1965 Movie
6.0
Angel Baby
as Sarah Strand
1961 Movie
6.0
Cimarron
as Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
1960 Movie
7.3
Suddenly, Last Summer
as Grace Holly
1959 Movie
7.8
Touch of Evil
as Gang Leader (uncredited)
1958 Movie
5.9
A Farewell to Arms
as Mrs. Van Campen
1957 Movie
7.6
Giant
as Luz Benedict
1956 Movie
7.4
Johnny Guitar
as Emma Small
1954 Movie
5.5
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Liza McStringer
1951 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mercedes McCambridge.
8.2
The Friday the 13th Murders
as Self - John Markle's Mother / Actress (archive footage) • 1 eps
2025 Series
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
as Self • 1 eps
2011 Series
7.5
Amazing Stories
as Miss Lestrange (voice) • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.0
Cagney & Lacey
1 eps
1982 Series
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Agatha Kimball • 1 eps
1980 Series
7.5
The Sacketts
as Ma Sackett • 2 eps
1979 Series
4.5
Flying High
1 eps
1978 Series
6.7
Charlie's Angels
as Norma • 1 eps
1976 Series
6.1
Medical Center
1 eps
1969 Series
6.8
The Name of the Game
1 eps
1968 Series
6.2
ABC Stage 67
1 eps
1966 Series
7.1
Lost in Space
as Sybilla • 1 eps
1965 Series
7.9
Bewitched
as Carlotta • 1 eps
1964 Series
5.7
The Dakotas
1 eps
1963 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.5
Dr. Kildare
as Sister Teresa • 3 eps
1961 Series
5.9
The Defenders
as Mildred Cochraine • 1 eps
1961 Series
6.2
Riverboat
as Jessie Quinn • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.5
Bonanza
as Matilda Curtis • 1 eps
1959 Series
7.2
Rawhide
as Mrs. Miller • 1 eps
1959 Series
6.6
Wagon Train
as Emily Rossiter • 1 eps
1957 Series
Panic!
1 eps
1957 Series
Wire Service
as Kate Wells • 35 eps
1956 Series
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Rubilee Mather • 1 eps
1955 Series