Cast & creator
Mercedes McCambridge
Best known for The Mike Douglas Show, Bonanza, Bonanza
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 Wikipedia Read more:
Also known as: Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridge
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film credits
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television credits
73
1948–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (73)
Showing 73 of 73 credits
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Bonanza
Matilda Curtis
1959Bonanza
Deborah Banning
1959
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Magnum, P.I.
Agatha Kimball
1980
Wagon Train
Emily Rossiter
1957
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Charlie's Angels
Norma
1976
Bewitched
Carlotta
1964
Climax!
Eliza
1954
The Red Skelton Show
Clara Appleby
1951
Dr. Kildare
Sister Teresa
1961Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Studio One
1948Studio One
Connie MartIn
1948
Cagney & Lacey
1982
The Defenders
Mildred Cochraine
1961
Rawhide
Mrs. Miller
1959Rawhide
Mrs. Martha Mushgrove
1959Rawhide
Ada Randolph
1959Rawhide
Ma Gufler
1959
The Name of the Game
1968
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Medical Center
1969
Gunsmoke
Rubilee Mather
1955
Amazing Stories
Miss Lestrange (voice)
1985
The Oscars
Self
1953
Lost in Space
Sybilla
1965
The Exorcist
Demon (voice)
1973Lux Video Theatre
Marie
1950Lux Video Theatre
Chris
1950
Riverboat
Jessie Quinn
1959
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
The Dakotas
Jay French
1963
ABC Stage 67
1966
Touch of Evil
Gang Leader (uncredited)
1958
Flying High
1978
Letter to Loretta
Cissy Brackett
1953
Panic!
1957
Wire Service
Kate Wells
1956
Giant
Luz Benedict
1956
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
Self
2011
The Sacketts
Ma Sackett
1979
All the King's Men
Sadie Burke
1949
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Summer Playhouse
1954
The Concorde... Airport '79
Nelli
1979
A Farewell to Arms
Mrs. Van Campen
1957
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Madame Dusbois
1969
Suddenly, Last Summer
Grace Holly
1959
Khan!
1975Hagen
1980
The Other Side of the Wind
Maggie Noonan
2018
Cimarron
Mrs. Sarah Wyatt
1960
Johnny Guitar
Emma Small
1954
99 Women
Thelma Diaz
1969
The Friday the 13th Murders
Self – John's Mother / Actress, The Exorcist (archive footage)
2025
Who Is the Black Dahlia?
Grandmother
1975
The President's Plane Is Missing
Hester Madigan
1973
Thieves
Street Lady
1977
Amazing Stories: The Movie III
Miss Lestrange (voice)
1998
Two for the Money
Mrs. Castle
1972
Inside Straight
Ada Stritch
1951
The Girls of Huntington House
Doris McKenzie
1973
The Counterfeit Killer
Frances
1968
Lightning Strikes Twice
Liza McStringer
1951
Killer by Night
Sister Sarah
1972
Sixteen
Mother
1972
The Scarf
Connie Carter
1951
Angel Baby
Sarah Strand
1961
Echoes
Lillian Gerben
1982Lyman H. Howe's High Class Moving Pictures
Narrator (voice)
1983
Run Home Slow
Nell Hagen
1965