Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004), nicknamed Mercy, was an American film actress, also known for her acting in radio dramas. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress."
McCambridge was born in Joliet, Illinois, the daughter of Irish American Catholic parents Marie (née Mahaffry) and John Patrick McCambridge. She graduated from Mundelein College in Chicago before embarking on a career.
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Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge (March 16, 1916 – March 2, 2004), nicknamed Mercy, was an American film actress, also known for her acting in radio dramas. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress."
McCambridge was born in Joliet, Illinois, the daughter of Irish American Catholic parents Marie (née Mahaffry) and John Patrick McCambridge. She graduated from Mundelein College in Chicago before embarking on a career.
She began her career as a radio actor during the 1940s while also performing on Broadway. Her radio work in this period included her portrayal of Rosemary Levy on Abie's Irish Rose and various characters on the radio series I Love A Mystery in both its West Coast and East Coast incarnations (most notably as "Charity Martin" in The Thing That Cries in the Night, "Nasha" and "Laura" in Bury Your Dead, Arizona, "Sunny Richards" in both The Million Dollar Curse and The Temple of Vampires and "Jack 'Jacqueline' Dempsey Ross" in The Battle of the Century)....
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