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Judith Malina

Acting

Born June 4, 1926 · Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Died April 10, 2015

Also known as Jody Malin

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Biography

Judith Malina was a German-born American theater and film actress, writer and director. With her husband, Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prominence in New York City and Paris during the 1950s and 60s.

Awards & recognition

  • Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) · 2007
  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 1985
  • Obie Award

Filmography19 titles

The Many Miracles of Household Saints

2024as Self

ER

1994as June Allyson

Awakenings

1990as Rose

Dog Day Afternoon

1975as Mother

Radio Unnameable

2012as Herself

Miami Vice

1984as Sunrise Hotel Clerk

Diaries Notes and Sketches

1968as Self

The Addams Family

1991as Granny

Radio Days

1987as Mrs. Waldbaum

Looking for Richard

1996as Self

Household Saints

1993as Carmela Santangelo

The Secret of My Success

1987as Mrs. Meacham

Enemies, a Love Story

1989as Masha's Mother

China Girl

1987as Mrs. Monte

When in Rome

2010as Umberto's Grandma

Music from Another Room

1998as Clara Klammer

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

1989

Candy

1968as Woman (uncredited)

Snow Days

1999as Grammy