Mercedes McCambridge
Mercedes McCambridge
Carlotta Mercedes Agnes McCambridgewas an American actress of radio, stage, film, and television. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress." She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for All the King's Menand was nominated in the same category for Giant. She also provided the voice of Pazuzu in The Exorcist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth16 March 1916
CityJoliet, IL
CountryUnited States of America
My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.
I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.
I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.
My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.
I was taught to be anti-Jewish.
I think The Exorcist was the hardest work I've ever done
I have always had a lot more trouble with my truths than with my deceits
I have no use for people who hunt for what they call sport
So many people have really wanted to die. They seem ashamed to say so. I think it would help if they would say so
I've always had bronchitis. I've been administered the Sacrament of Death three times for it
My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect ends and the poisoning begins ... This is my sixth year of sobriety. Overcoming alcoholism has been my greatest challenge and my greatest reward.
I lose all control after two drinks of anything
It is a remarkably beautiful piece of home furnishing, the Oscar. I used to keep it up in front of a mirror so that it looked like two
There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it