Judy Holliday (born Judith Tuvim; June 21, 1921 – June 7, 1965) was an American actress, comedian and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success as Billie Dawn in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. She was known for her performance on Broadway in the musical Bells Are Ringing, winning a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and reprising her role in the 1960 film adaptation. In 1952, Holliday was called to testify before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to answer claims she was associated with communism. Unlike other figures who lost standing, Holliday managed to get through unscathed. She continued to act on Broadway and film until her death from breast cancer in 1965. From Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2013Too Much Johnson — (uncredited)
• 2000On Cukor — Various roles (archive footage)
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1960Bells Are Ringing — Ella Peterson
• 1956Full of Life — Emily Rocco
• 1956The Solid Gold Cadillac — Laura Partridge
• 1954It Should Happen to You — Gladys Glover
• 1954Phffft — Nina Chapman Tracey
• 1952The Marrying Kind — 'Florrie' Keefer
• 1950Born Yesterday — Billie Dawn
• 1949Adam's Rib — Doris Attinger
• 1949On the Town — Daisy (voice) (uncredited)
• 1949She Loves Me Not — Curly
• 1944Greenwich Village — Revuer (Uncredited)
• 1944Something for the Boys — Defense Plant Welder (uncredited)
• 1944Winged Victory — Ruth Miller

Appearances as themselves (3)

• The Steve Allen Show — Self - Guest
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self