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milestones
Year
Milestone
1915
Stage debut in "A Royal Divorce" at the Theater Royal in Sydney, Australia
Toured Australia with an American stock company
1918
Went to Hollywood with a letter of introduction to Cecil B DeMille, who rejected her for the movies
1918
New York stage debut (Broadway stock) at the 14th Street Theatre
1924
Broadway debut in "The Cobra"
1933
Film debut, "Blood Money"
1937
London stage debut, "Macbeth" at the Old Vic
Entertained US Armed Forces overseas during WWII
1947
Starred on Broadway in landmark production of "Medea" (which ran 214 performances), adapted specifically for Anderson from Euripides's drama by poet Robinson Jeffers; followed Broadway run with an eight-month coast to coast tour
1949
Returned to Broadway to star as "Medea" at the City Center
1954
Appeared on TV's "Light's Diamond Jubilee"
1954
Played Lady Macbeth on "Hallmark Hall of Fame"
1960
Again played Lady Macbeth on a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" broadcast
1971
Starred on stage in title role of "Hamlet" at Carnegie Hall in New York
1982
Played the nurse in a Broadway revival of "Medea"; production broadcast on PBS (1983)
1984
Featured in a regular role on TV soap opera, "Santa Barbara"
1984
Former Lion Theater on West 42nd Street in New York (Theater Row) renamed the Judith Anderson Theater
1986
Narrated feature, "Impure Thoughts"
1991
Hospitalized in Santa Barbara with a stroke (August)
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