Oskar Werner

Sadly, both his decline as an actor and eventually his death of a heart attack in 1984 were caused by many years of excessive drinking. Anderson was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1959 and thereafter was often billed as Dame Judith Anderson. Werner also played the murderer opposite Peter Falk in an episode of the Columbo TV series entitled "Playback" (1975). She also loved the city of Santa Barbara, California and spent the remainder of her life there, dying of pneumonia in 1992. Other starring roles were in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Fahrenheit 451, and The Shoes of the Fisherman. In 1984 she appeared in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and the same year commenced a three year stint as matriarch Minx Lockridge on the popular soap opera Santa Barbara of which she had professed to be a fan. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1965 for Ship of Fools. In her later years she played two more prominent roles in productions that took her as far away from her Shakespearean origins as possible.

In 1961 he starred in François Truffaut's Jules et Jim, and became an international star as a result. Her stage and film work continued and by the 50s she was also appearing in television productions. In 1951 he starred in the English language movie Decision Before Dawn, in which he played a German prisoner of war who spies for his captors. She holds the unusual distinction of winning two separate Emmy Awards for playing the same role - Lady MacBeth - in two separate productions of MacBeth. Born Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer in Vienna, he was an Austrian stage actor, starring in the William Shakespeare repertoire, until his film debut in Der Engel mit der Posaune in 1948. She continued returning to the New York stage, playing the role of Lady Macbeth twice and winning a Tony Award in 1948 for her role in Medea. Oskar Werner (November 13, 1922 - October 23, 1984) was an Austrian actor. This led to several film appearances during the 40s in such films as Kings Row (1943), Laura (1944), The Diary of a Chambermaid and And Then There Were None (both 1946).

As the housekeeper Mrs Danvers, Anderson was required to mentally torment a young bride played by Joan Fontaine, even encouraging her to commit suicide and the character is widely considered to be one of the screen's most memorable female villains. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. Preferring the stage, she did not appear in many films, and in Hollywood she was considered a character actress who was difficult to cast because of her striking features. She established herself as a dramatic actress of note making several appearance in the plays of William Shakespeare.

Born Frances Margaret Anderson-Anderson in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, Anderson began acting in Australia before moving to New York in 1918. Judith Anderson (February 10, 1897 - January 3, 1992) was a stage and film actress. 27. "Dame Judith Anderson Dies at 93; An Actress of Powerful Portrayals." The New York Times. January 4, 1992.

Eric Pace.