Judy Holliday Death Cause and Date

Judy Holliday's Death

Born (Birthday) June 21, 1921

Death Date June 7, 1965

Age of Death 43 years

Cause of Death Breast Cancer

Place of Death New York, New York, United States

Place of Burial Westchester Hills Cemetery-Stephen Wise Free Synagogue Cemetery, New York, United States

Profession Movie Actress

The movie actress Judy Holliday died at the age of 43. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Actress who starred in It Should Happen to You and gave an Oscar and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of Billie Dawn in the film Born Yesterday.

She reportedly had a genius-level IQ of 172.

She was married to conductor David Oppenheim from 1948 to 1958.

Death

The blonde actress had been ill for several years and underwent surgery for cancer in 1961.

Holliday died on June 7, 1965, at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital from metastatic breast cancer, two weeks before her 44th birthday.

Arnold R. Krakower, her attorney, who announced the death, said “To the very end she put up a gallant fight to live . . . In her passing the world has lost a great, beautiful talent, and those who knew her have lost an irreplaceable friend.”

Burial

She was interred in the Westchester Hills Cemetery in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

The footstone at her grave reads “Beloved Mother, Dear Daughter.”

Judy Holliday grave
The grave of Holliday in Westchester Hills Cemetery and the footstone

Quotes

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"If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything."

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"Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way?"

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"I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes."

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"We were wavering around like a ship without a sail."

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"I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable."

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