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Judy Holliday

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Judy Holliday · Arts & Literature

What

A brilliant actress and comedian, Judy Holliday won an Academy Award for her performance as the not-so-dumb blonde in Born Yesterday and performed thousands of times on Broadway.

When

21 June 1921

Biography

Judy Holliday is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — A brilliant actress and comedian, Judy Holliday won an Academy Award for her performance as the not-so-dumb blonde in Born Yesterday and performed thousands of times on Broadway.

How & why

A brilliant actress and comedian, Judy Holliday won an Academy Award for her performance as the not-so-dumb blonde in Born Yesterday and performed thousands of times on Broadway. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Irene G. Dash, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Irene G. Dash

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A brilliant actress and comedian, Judy Holliday won an Academy Award for her performance as the not-so-dumb blonde in Born Yesterday and performed thousands of times on Broadway.

1921

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Irene G. Dash