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Judy Holliday’s uncle was noted Jewish- American writer Joseph Gollomb, her mother taught piano in New York City, and her father was a journalist for the Yiddish- language press. 1 Holliday grew up in Sunnyside, Queens.
Mar 29, 2011 · When the Academy Award for best actress was announced on March 29, 1951, however, the Oscar went to young comedian Judy Holliday, for her performance as Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday. Holliday had created the Billie Dawn role on Broadway in 1946. On both stage and screen, Holliday played the ex-showgirl girlfriend of a corrupt tycoon who is ...
Jun 21, 2021 · The film is It Should Happen to You (1954), and Judy Holliday is Gladys Glover, average American girl. Born Judith Tuvim to Abe and Helen Tuvim in New York City on June 21, 1921, today marks Holliday’s 100th birthday. The only child of a Russian-Jewish household, Holliday had early introductions to the arts and to social causes she would ...
Jan 19, 2010 · Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing. She had a little, kewpie-doll voice and a large frame; the 5ft.10in. comedienne would have bought her gowns at the Big & Tall Ladies’ Salon. Judy Holliday was also the most dynamic, engaging musical comedy star of her generation. That makes her only movie musical, Bells Are Ringing, one to treasure.
Judy Holliday died of breast cancer in New York City on June 7, 1965 at the age of 43, three weeks before her 44th birthday. She married David Oppenheim, a musician, on January 5, 1948. She filed for a divorce in 1957 and divorced him on March 1, 1958. She had a son, Jonathan who was born on November 10, 1952.
Judy stayed a few months in Hollywood, changing her name to Holliday (“holiday” is a translation from the Hebrew “Tuvim”) and snagging two bit parts in the movies, but by March 1945 she was making a Broadway debut in Kiss Them for Me. This was to win her the first Clarence Derwent Award for the most promising new female supporting actress on Broadway.
Mar 26, 2019 · When Judy Holliday won a 1950 Oscar for her comic tour de force in “Born Yesterday,” her rivals included Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard” and Bette Davis in “All About Eve.” Not ...
