Want to know the best Judy Holliday movies? How about the worst Judy Holliday movies? Curious about Judy Holliday box office grosses or which Judy Holliday movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Judy Holliday movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which ones got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place…. because we have all of that information and much more.
Judy Holliday (1921-1965) was a Oscar® winning American actress, comedian, and singer. She began her career as part of a nightclub act before working in Broadway plays and musicals. Her success in the 1946 stage production of Born Yesterday as Billie Dawn led to her being cast in the 1950 film version for which she won an Oscar® for Best Actress.
Her IMDb page shows 16 acting credits from 1938-1960. This page will rank 9 Judy Holliday movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television appearances, shorts, and bit parts were not included in the rankings.
Judy Holliday Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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ABSOLUTELY LOVE JUDY HOLLIDAY!!! Seen all nine of her films and she was basically BRILLIANT in all of them. Yes, I know some folks think she should of won her Oscar for either THE MARRYING KIND or SOLID GOLD CADILLAC as opposed to BORN YESTERDAY but , at least, she deserved to win an Oscar and thus didn’t get screwed over in the long run like Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, John Garfield, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland, and Doris Day did by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, imho. My personal favorite of Miss Holliday’s movies is SOLID GOLD CADILLAC. I also think Judy and Jack Lemmon made for an excellent onscreen duo in such movies as PHFFT and IT SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU. Personally, I would have loved it if Judy and Jack had made more movies together. Thanks, UMR, for doing this page on Judy Holliday because she truly was one of the silver screen’s all time greats.
Hey Greg…..I really enjoyed your comment on Judy Holliday. After reading your glowing thoughts on Solid Gold Cadillac….I have added that to my list of must watch movies. I imagine more Lemmon/Holliday movies would have happened if her untimely passing had not occurred. Always glad to see when true fans of one of our subjects find our page that they like those pages. Glad Solid Gold Cadillac got a spot in our Top 4 movies. Good stuff.
My thoughts exacty! Judy and Jack had chemistry and should have been teamed up in more movies.
I thought Judy Holiday was a very good actress, she was so good in Born Yesterday and Adam’s Rib. It is a shame that she died so young. Thanks for the site, interesting as always.
Hey BERN1960…..thanks for sharing your thoughts on Judy Holliday. Born Yesterday and Adam’s Rib are the movies that launched her legacy. I agree with you 100%….it is a shame that she passed away so you. Good feedback.
“Judy Holliday almost didn’t become Billie Dawn in Born Yesterday — twice. She was a last-minute replacement for Jean Arthur on stage, and Harry Cohn at Columbia was dead set against her when the film was scheduled to be made. Fortunately for audiences, she triumphed both times and created what is still the definitive “dumb blonde” stock character.”
Our Judy Holliday 4 Star Judy Holliday Movie Performances
1949’s Adam’s Rib
1950’s Born Yesterday
1954’s Phffft
1956’s The Solid Gold Cadillac
1957’s Full Of Life
“Her death in 1965 robbed the motion picture and theatrical world of a giant talent that was just beginning to reach her full potential.”
Hey Joel….always good to get your thoughts on the website.
Hi Cthulhu
Although Judy’s career especially as a top movie star was short it was one of the last of the big female careers of theClassic Era so I am delighted to see this new page which gets a lensman vote up fro me.
In my music collection I have a recording of Judy and Sydney Chaplin son of the Great One singing Long Before I Knew You from the 1957 stage play Bells are Ringing. It is one of my own top20 all time fave recordings and was a big hit generally. Judy and Sydney won Tony awards for their performances and young Chaplin had a fine singing voice.
Sydney of course appeared with The Great Mumbler in his fathers ill fatedCountess from Hong Kong and the Holliday, Chaplin family, Mumbles link extends slightly further in vintage Dan like fashion for in the movie Bells Are Ringing Judys telephone operator character has a phone conversation with an actor who tries to emulate Mr Mumbles. Dino played the Chaplin junior part in the movie and for some reason the fantastic hit song. Long before I Knew You was excluded. That’s Hollywood for you, they know better than music lovers!
Anyway this page is another fine addition to the Cogerson massive catalogue so good on you and well done to you and W o C for seemingly getting shot of the Spammers at least for now.
Hey Bob…thanks for the thoughts on Judy Holliday. I was unaware of her and Sydney Chaplin until reading your comment….then I was reading from Joel’s book Rating the Movie Stars…and he says Sydney and Judy had a personal relationship that Charlie did not approve off. Good information.
Hi Bruce
Not surprised at the personal relationship as I found Judy sexy and Sydney was a good looking guy.
Mary Pickford would probably have thought Charlie had a cheek disapproving of ANY relationship in view of the trouble she had to take to keep him away from underaged girls at their high society parties that he allegedly gatecrashed. I have already mentioned that according toMumbles Charlie treated Syd very badly o the set ofCountessfrom HK.
Indeed Chaplin strikes me as bein a kindred spirit of Tracy AndW C Fields. Who seemed to hate everything and anybody who moved. Perhaps Charlie wanted Judy for himself!