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Mercedes McCambridge

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Most people call me Mercy. I like it.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#i #like #me #mercy #most

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?


— Mercedes McCambridge


#explains #how #i #lights #look

My only true harmony lies deep within my soul, wherever that is. I know that somehow I am in tune with the universe.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#deep #harmony #i #i am #know

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#had #lot #marriage #second

Neiman-Marcus is one thing, and the Dallas Cowboys are another.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#cowboys #dallas #dallas cowboys #one thing #thing

One of the cruelest judgments sustained against me is that I have spoken out as a recovered alcoholic to stimulate my acting career.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#against #alcoholic #career #cruelest #i

Only a certain breed of actor should ever even try to work for Orson Welles. I'm glad I'm one of that breed.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#breed #certain #even #ever #glad

So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#die #help #i #i think #many

The great people I've met always have time for the niceties.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#great #great people #i #met #niceties

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it.


— Mercedes McCambridge


#believe #disease #many #people #say






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Did you know about Mercedes McCambridge?

During the marriage and afterward McCambridge battled alcoholism often being hospitalized after episodes of heavy drinking. In the mid-1970s McCambridge briefly took a position as director of Livingrin a Pennsylvania rehabilitation center for alcoholics. In 1954 the actress co-starred with Joan Crawford and Sterling Hayden in the offbeat western drama Johnny Guitar now regarded as a cult classic.

Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress. Carlotta Mercedes McCambridge (March 16 1916 – March 2 2004) was an Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe-winning American actress of radio stage film and television.

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