Mercedes McCambridge
A Biography and Career Record
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About the Book
American actress Mercedes McCambridge is an Academy Award-winning star of radio, television, film, and the stage, active in all four entertainment mediums between 1936 and 1991. Publicly, she was active in politics, a lecturer at several colleges, and an important activist in the fight against alcoholism; privately, she suffered from divorces, miscarriages, suicide attempts, the death of her only child, and a hard-won battle with her own alcoholism. From roles on such radio shows as Lights Out! at 19 to her starring role in Neil Simon’s play Lost in Yonkers at 75, this biography both reveals her personal life and career and gives insight into an important period of show business history.
Part I is a full biography from McCambridge’s birth in Illinois in 1916 to her 1998 appearance at the Academy Awards. Part II gives McCambridge’s radio, television, film, and theatre performances, each entry listing the name of the show, name of the character, dates, other performers, directors, and an indication of which were sustained short- or long-running roles and which single performances on a radio or television series. Research is drawn from books, periodicals, and personal interviews with McCambridge’s peers.
About the Author(s)
Bibliographic Details
Ron Lackmann
Format: softcover (7 x 10)
Pages: 189
Bibliographic Info: 72 photos, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2005
pISBN: 978-0-7864-1979-1
eISBN: 978-0-7864-8382-2
Imprint: McFarland
Table of Contents
Preface 1
Introduction 3
PART I: HER LIFE AND TIMES
1. The Early Years 7
2. The Thirties and Forties 25
3. The Fifties and Sixties 74
4. The Seventies and After 111
5. Afterword 136
PART II: HER PERFORMANCES
Radio, Television, Film and Theater Log 141
1936–1941. 141
1939–1942. 147
1942–1949. 149
1950–1959. 157
1960–1969. 162
1970–1979. 165
1980–1997. 168
Bibliography 171
Index 175
