Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge was an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television.
21 Facts About Mercedes McCambridge
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Mercedes McCambridge provided the voice of the demon Pazuzu in The Exorcist.
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Mercedes McCambridge began her career as a radio actor during the 1930s while performing on Broadway.
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Mercedes McCambridge frequently performed feature roles on the CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and was an original cast member on Guiding Light.
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From June 22,1953, to March 5,1954, Mercedes McCambridge starred in the soap opera Family Skeleton on CBS.
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Mercedes McCambridge won the 1949 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role, while the film won Best Picture for that year.
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Mercedes McCambridge played the supporting role of Luz in the George Stevens classic Giant, which starred Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean.
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Mercedes McCambridge was nominated for another Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress but lost to Dorothy Malone in Written on the Wind.
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In 1959, McCambridge appeared opposite Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor in the Joseph L Mankiewicz film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Suddenly, Last Summer.
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Mercedes McCambridge provided the dubbed voice of Pazuzu, the demon possessing the young girl Regan in The Exorcist.
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Mercedes McCambridge returned in 1979 for El Centre's production of The Mousetrap, in which she received top billing despite her character being murdered fewer than 15 minutes into the play.
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Mercedes McCambridge starred with longtime character actor Lyle Talbot in the 1970 production of Come Back, Little Sheba in the University of North Alabama Summer Theatre Productions.
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Mercedes McCambridge was at the same time putting the finishing touches on her soon-to-be released autobiography, The Quality of Mercy: An Autobiography,.
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From 1975 to 1982, Mercedes McCambridge devoted her time to the nonprofit Livengrin Foundation of Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
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Mercedes McCambridge first served as a volunteer member of the Board of Directors, then as president and CEO, responsible for the day-to-day operations of the treatment center, which at the time was a 76-bed residential program for both male and female alcoholics.
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Mercedes McCambridge freely shared her own story of addiction and recovery as a means of reaching others in need of help.
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Mercedes McCambridge was a staunch outspoken liberal Democrat who campaigned for Adlai Stevenson.
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Mercedes McCambridge died on March 2,2004, two weeks before her 88th birthday in La Jolla in San Diego, California, of natural causes.
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Mercedes McCambridge gave Markle $604,000 to manage for her, but in the fall of 1987, the company discovered that Markle had opened a secret account in Mercedes McCambridge's name.
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Mercedes McCambridge refused to cooperate with Markle and the company in instituting a repayment scheme that would have kept the matter from becoming public, saying that she had done nothing wrong and that Stephens Inc owed her money.
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Mercedes McCambridge left a note taking responsibility for his crimes and a long, bitter letter to his mother.