The Resume

(June 12, 1919-January 14, 2004)
Acted in 'The Other (1972),' 'The Boys From Brazil (1978)' and 'Reversal of Fortune (1990)'
Starred on Broadway in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf,' 'The Country Girl,' 'Othello,' 'A Streetcar Named Desire,' 'Saint Joan,' 'The Seagull,' 'The Cherry Orchard' and 'You Never Can Tell'
Married to actor José Ferrer (1938-1948)
Married to actor Herbert Berghof (1957-1990)

Why she might be annoying:

She made her professional acting debut playing Ophelia opposite a female Hamlet.
She was passed over for the film versions despite all her stage successes.
Her daughter is called 'Lefty.'
She was politically outspoken.
Critics universally reviled the play that she made her final appearance in.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was blacklisted.
She won three Tony Awards.
Her book 'Respect for Acting' is one of the most influential acting textbooks ever written.
She was a great acting teacher whose students included Geraldine Page, Jason Robards and Jack Lemmon.

Credit: Professor Moriarty

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Blacklisted
• Grammy for Best Spoken Word Album (Ranked: 1964)
• Guest Voices on King of the Hill
• I Died in 2004 (Ranked: 84)
• I Portrayed Blanche DuBois (from A Streetcar Named Desire)
• I Portrayed Lady Macbeth
• Paul Robeson’s Leading Ladies
• Professor Moriarty's Profiles [Series 2]
• Profiles 12251-12500 (Ranked: 12399)
• Referenced in 'La Vie Boheme' [Rent]
• Shares Anne Frank's Birthday [June 12th] (Ranked: 1919)
• Tony Award: Best Actress in a Play (Ranked: 1963)
• Tony Award: Best Actress in a Play (Ranked: 1951)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 18 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 68 Votes: 57.35% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 13 Votes: 38.46% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 25 Votes: 56.00% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 88 Votes: 38.64% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 77 Votes: 46.75% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 107 Votes: 50.47% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 202 Votes: 47.03% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 86 Votes: 43.02% Annoying