Judy Davis
Acting
Biography
Judy Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress. In a career spanning over four decades of both screen and stage, she has been commended for her versatility and regarded as one of the finest actresses of her generation. Frequent collaborator Woody Allen described her as "one of the most exciting actresses in the world". Davis has received numerous accolades, including nine AACTA Awards (of which she is the most rewarded recipient), three Primetime Emmy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Judy Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: April 23, 1955
Place of Birth: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Known For
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards, 24 Christopher Awards, 11 Peabody Awards, 9 Golden Globes, and 4 Humanitas Prizes. Early seasons were a weekly live drama, eventually transitioning to videotaped and then filmed productions broadcast as occasional specials.
Dash and Lilly
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.
Kuru: The Science and the Sorcery
Australian scientist Michael Alpers dedicated over 50 years to researching Kuru, an obscure and incurable brain disease unique to the Fore people of New Guinea. Kuru was once thought to be a psychosomatic illness, an infection, a genetic disorder, even a sorcerer's curse, but Alpers' findings pointed to cannibalism as the culprit. Yet a recent discovery has proven to be even more disturbing: the malady is linked to mad cow disease and its human equivalent, variant CJD. With a decades-long incubation period, could a larger outbreak be on its way?
The Reagans
The Reagans is a 180-minute television miniseries about U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his family which CBS had planned to broadcast on November 16 and 18, 2003, during fall "sweeps", but was ultimately broadcast on November 30 of that year on cable channel Showtime due to controversy over its portrayal of Reagan.
A Woman Called Golda
The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel's prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Ratched
An origins story, beginning in 1947, which follows Ratched's journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster tracking her murderous progression through the mental health care system.
FEUD
Anthology series of famous feuds with the first season based on the legendary rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford which began early on their careers, climaxed on the set of "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" and evolved into an Oscar vendetta.
Barton Fink
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Filmography
as Rosey
as Mother
as Betsy Bucket
as Detective Emma James
as Emma James
as Hedda Hopper
as Molly Dunnage
as Jill Tankard
as G.H. Jibsen
as Narrated by
as Buffy Fletcher
as Phyllis
as Dorothy de Lascabanes
as Jill Tankard
as Self - Narrator (voice)
as Joan Cameron
as Joan McAllister
as Marilyn Dean
as Comtesse de Noailles
as Sante Kimes
as Maxine Pierce
as Nancy Reagan
as Nancy Reagan
as Dora Fingleton
as Anna Redmond
as Cassandra
as Judy Garland
as Paula
as Lillian Hellman
as Robin Simon
as Gladwyn Ritchie
as Lucy
as Self
as Gloria Russell
as Joan Fraser Welch
as Suzanne
as Katherine Witner
as Caroline Chasseur
as The Mother
as Self
as Sally
as Joan Frost
as Countess Mary Lindell
as Audrey Taylor
as Harriet Herriton
as George Sand
as Vicky
as Nina Bailley / Georgia White
as Lillie
as Narrator (voice)
as Harriet Somers
as Cleo
as Adela Quested
as Mistress Ford
as Frankie Leith
as Young Golda
as Kate Dean
as Cleo
as Sarah
as Lou
as Carrie Mazzini
as Sybylla Melvyn
as Lynn
as Self
as Mary Lindell
as Gladwyn Ritchie