
Mercedes McCambridge
Acting
Born: 1916-03-16 · Joliet, Illinois, U.S.
Died: 2004-03-02
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Mercedes McCambridge, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on
🎬 Movies (27)

The Other Side of the Wind
2018
Maggie Noonan
Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures
1983
Narrator (voice)

Echoes
1982
Lillian Gerben

The Concorde... Airport '79
1979
Nelli

Thieves
1977
Street Lady

Who Is the Black Dahlia?
1975
Grandmother

The Exorcist
1973
Demon (voice)

The Girls of Huntington House
1973
Doris McKenzie

The President's Plane Is Missing
1973
Hester Madigan

Sixteen
1972
Mother

Killer by Night
1972
Sister Sarah

Two for the Money
1972
Mrs. Castle

99 Women
1969
Thelma Diaz

Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
Madame Dusbois

The Counterfeit Killer
1968
Frances

Run Home Slow
1965
Nell Hagen

Angel Baby
1961
Sarah Strand

Cimarron
1960
Mrs. Sarah Wyatt

Suddenly, Last Summer
1959
Grace Holly

Touch of Evil
1958
Gang Leader (uncredited)

A Farewell to Arms
1957
Mrs. Van Campen

Giant
1956
Luz Benedict

Johnny Guitar
1954
Emma Small

The Scarf
1951
Connie Carter

Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
Liza McStringer

Inside Straight
1951
Ada Stritch

All the King's Men
1949
Sadie Burke
📺 TV Shows (30)

The Friday the 13th Murders
2025
Self – John's Mother / Actress, The Exorcist (archive footage)

The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
Self

Amazing Stories
1985
Miss Lestrange (voice)

Cagney & Lacey
1982

Magnum, P.I.
1980
Agatha Kimball
Hagen
1980

The Sacketts
1979
Ma Sackett

Flying High
1978

Charlie's Angels
1976
Norma

Khan!
1975

Medical Center
1969

The Name of the Game
1968

ABC Stage 67
1966

Lost in Space
1965
Sybilla

Bewitched
1964
Carlotta
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Dakotas
1963

Dr. Kildare
1961
Sister Teresa

The Defenders
1961
Mildred Cochraine

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Self

Rawhide
1959
Ma Gufler

Riverboat
1959
Jessie Quinn

Bonanza
1959
Deborah Banning

Panic!
1957

Wagon Train
1957
Emily Rossiter

Wire Service
1956
Kate Wells

Tony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee

Gunsmoke
1955
Rubilee Mather

Climax!
1954
Eliza
Summer Playhouse
1954