Biography
Proficient at acting, singing and dancing, Holm was a natural for the movies and signed with 20th Century Fox in 1946, making her film debut in "Three Little Girls in Blue" (1946) before winning an Oscar for her supporting role in "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947). From there, she did especially fine work in "Come to the Stable" (1949) and "All About Eve" (1950), but Holm returned to the stage with "Affairs of State" (1950-52) and as a …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Announced retirement from big screen roles |
2005 | Appeared in the romantic comedy "Alchemy," starring Tom Cavanagh and Sarah Chalke |
2000 | Returned to the stage as co-star of "Don Juan in Hell" at off-Broadway's Irish Repertory Theater |
2000 | Appeared in recurring role on the UPN police drama "The Beat" |
1997 | Again made one-shot return to films as Brendan Fraser's grandmother in "Still Breathing" |
1996 | Played mother of Gerald McRaney on the CBS series "Promised Land"; also made appearances in the same role on CBS' "Touched By and Angel" |
1991 | Returned to Broadway in "I Hate Hamlet" |
1990 | Reprised role of Miss Snow in "Polly Comin' Home!" (NBC) |
1989 | Landed role of Miss Snow in "Polly," the NBC remake of "Pollyanna" |
1989 | Portrayed Jaclyn Smith's mom on the TV series "Christine Cromwell" (ABC) |
1987 | Made one-shot return to films after a decade in "Three Men and a Baby" |
1986 | Briefly joined the cast of the ABC soap opera "Loving"; co-starring her fourth husband Wesley Addy |
1979 | Cast as First Lady Florence Harding in "Backstairs at the White House" (NBC); earned Emmy nomination |
1979 | Returned to stage musicals in the Broadway flop "The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall" |
1977 | First played writer Janet Flanner in the one-woman show "Paris Was Yesterday" at the George Street Playhouse in New Jersey; reprised role briefly off-Broadway in 1979 |
1977 | Last film for ten years, "The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover" |
1976 | Portrayed a nun in the NBC miniseries "Captains and the Kings" |
1975 | Returned to Broadway as part of the American cast of the British hit "Habeas Corpus" |
1973 | Resumed feature film career after six year absence, playing Aunt Polly in the musical "Tom Sawyer" |
1972 | Played a regular role on the ABC series "The Delphi Bureau" |
1970 | Played the press secretary of the First Lady on the NBC sitcom "Nancy" |
1968 | Earned an Emmy nomination for an appearance on the syndicated religious-themed program "Insight" |
1966 | Succeeded Angela Lansbury in the title role of the Broadway musical "Mame"; toured in the part from 1967 until 1969 |
1966 | Co-starred in the ABC adaptation of the musical "Meet Me in St. Louis" |
1965 | Starred alongside Lesley Ann Warren as the Fairy Godmother in the CBS television production of "Cinderella" |
1956 | Supported Sinatra, Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby in the musical "High Society"; last film for six years |
1956 | Co-starred in a TV production of "Jack and the Beanstalk" (NBC) |
1955 | Offered a fine supporting turn in "The Tender Trap"; first of two films with Frank Sinatra |
1954 | Starred in the CBS series "Honestly, Celeste!" |
1952 | Played the role of Anna in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "The King and I" |
1950 | Returned to the Broadway stage with "Affairs of State" |
1950 | Played a supporting role in the classic film "All About Eve"; received third Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination |
1949 | Portrayed a French nun opposite Loretta Young in "Come to the Stable"; earned a Best Supporting Oscar nomination |
1948 | Co-starred with Olivia de Havilland in "The Snake Pit" |
1948 | Voiced Addie Ross, the unseen woman who authored the title letter in "A Letter to Three Wives" |
1947 | Received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in "Gentleman's Agreement" |
1946 | Made film debut in "Three Little Girls in Blue" |
1946 | Signed to a movie contract under 20th Century Fox |
1944 | Starred in the Broadway production of "Bloomer Girl" |
1943 | Originated the role of Ado Annie in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" |
1940 | Landed featured role in the Broadway play "The Time of Your Life" opposite fellow newcomer Gene Kelly |
1938 | Made Broadway debut in "Glorianna" |
1936 | First professional role was in a production of "Hamlet," starring Leslie Howard |
Awards
1979 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress In a Limited Series or a Special in Backstairs at the White House |
1950 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in All About Eve |
1949 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Come to the Stable |
1947 | Academy Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Gentleman's Agreement |