Anjelica Huston is an American actress, director and model with an extensive career in film and television. She has received multiple accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three British Academy Film Awards and six Primetime Emmy Awards. The daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston, she reluctantly made her big screen debut in her father's A Walk with Love and Death (1969). Huston moved from London to New York City, where she worked as a model throughout the 1970s. She decided to actively pursue acting in the early 1980s, and subsequently, had her breakthrough with her performance as a mobster moll in Prizzi's Honor (1985), also directed by her father, for which she became the third generation of her family to receive an Academy Award, when she won Best Supporting Actress, joining both John and Walter Huston in this recognition. She achieved further critical and popular recognition for playing a mistress in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), a long-vanished wife in Enemies, A Love Story (1989), a con artist in The Grifters (1990), the Grand High Witch in The Witches (1990), Morticia Addams in the Addams Family films (1991–93), and an adventurous writer in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). Huston directed the films Bastard Out of Carolina (1996) and Agnes Browne (1999); collaborated with director Wes Anderson in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004), and The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Filmography
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Film
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | A Walk with Love and Death | Claudia | |
| 1976 | The Last Tycoon | Edna | |
| 1981 | The Postman Always Rings Twice | Madge Gorland | |
| 1982 | Rose for Emily | Miss Emily Grierson | |
| Frances | Mental patient | ||
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap | Polly Deutsch | |
| The Ice Pirates | Maida | ||
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | Maerose Prizzi | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress winner |
| 1986 | Captain EO | The Supreme Leader | |
| 1987 | Gardens of Stone | Samantha Davis | |
| The Dead | Gretta Conroy | ||
| 1988 | Mr. North | Persis Bosworth-Tennyson | |
| A Handful of Dust | Mrs. Rattery | ||
| 1989 | Crimes and Misdemeanors | Dolores Paley | |
| Enemies, A Love Story | Tamara Broder | ||
| 1990 | The Witches | Grand High Witch | |
| The Grifters | Lilly Dillon | ||
| 1991 | The Addams Family | Morticia Addams | |
| 1992 | The Player | Herself | |
| 1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Marcia Fox | |
| Addams Family Values | Morticia Addams | ||
| 1995 | The Perez Family | Carmela Perez | |
| The Crossing Guard | Mary | ||
| 1996 | Bastard Out of Carolina | — | Director |
| 1998 | Phoenix | Leila | |
| Ever After | Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent | ||
| Buffalo '66 | Jan Brown | ||
| 1999 | Agnes Browne | Agnes Browne | Also director and producer |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Fanny Assingham | |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields | Jennifer Adler | |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Etheline Tenenbaum | ||
| 2002 | Barbie as Rapunzel | Gothel | Voice |
| Blood Work | Dr Bonnie Fox | ||
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care | Miss Harridan | |
| Kaena: The Prophecy | Queen of the Selenites | English version | |
| 2004 | The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou | Eleanor Zissou | |
| 2006 | Art School Confidential | Art History Teacher | |
| Covert One: The Hades Factor | President Castilla | ||
| Material Girls | Fabiella Du Mont | ||
| Seraphim Falls | Madame Louise | ||
| These Foolish Things | Lottie Osgood | ||
| 2007 | The Darjeeling Limited | Patricia Whitman | |
| 2008 | Choke | Ida Mancini | |
| Tinker Bell | Queen Clarion | Voice | |
| 2009 | Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | ||
| 2010 | A Cat in Paris | Claudine | Voice |
| When in Rome | Celeste | ||
| 2011 | 50/50 | Diane Lerner | |
| The Big Year | Annie Auklet | ||
| Horrid Henry: The Movie | Miss Battle-Axe | ||
| Pixie Hollow Games | Queen Clarion | Voice | |
| 2012 | Secret of the Wings | ||
| 2014 | The Pirate Fairy | ||
| 2015 | Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | ||
| 2016 | The Cleanse | Lily | |
| 2017 | Thirst Street | Narrator | |
| Trouble | Maggie | Also executive producer | |
| 2018 | Isle of Dogs | (Mute) Poodle | Credit only |
| 2019 | John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum | The Director | |
| Arctic Dogs | Magda | Voice | |
| 2020 | Waiting for Anya | Widow Horcada | |
| Breaking the Chain | — | Documentary; executive producer | |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Narrator | Voice |
| 2025 | John Wick Presents: Ballerina † | The Director | Post-production |
| TBA | The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana † | Befana | Pre-production[1] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982–1983 | Laverne & Shirley | Geraldine Miss Paris |
2 episodes |
| 1986 | Saturday Night Live | Co-host | Episode: "Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic" |
| 1988 | Lonesome Dove | Clara Allen | 4 episodes |
| 1992 | Rabbit Ears: Rip Van Winkle [2] | Storyteller | |
| 1993 | Family Pictures | Lainey Eberlin | Television film |
| And The Band Played On | Dr. Betsy Reisz | ||
| 1995 | Buffalo Girls | Calamity Jane | Television miniseries |
| 2001 | The Mists of Avalon | Viviane, Lady of the Lake | |
| 2002 | Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star | Narrator | Documentary |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Carrie Chapman Catt | Television film |
| 2005 | Riding the Bus with My Sister | — | Television film; director |
| 2006 | Huff | Dr. Lena Markova | 4 episodes |
| 2008–2009 | Medium | Cynthia Keener | 8 episodes |
| 2011–2023 | American Dad! | Superintendent Ellen Riggs (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2012–2013 | Smash | Eileen Rand | 32 episodes |
| 2014, 2020 | BoJack Horseman | Angela Diaz (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2015–2016 | Transparent | Vikki | 7 episodes |
| 2016 | All Hail King Julien | Julienne (voice) | 5 episodes |
| 2016–2018 | Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia | Queen Usurna (voice) | 15 episodes |
| 2017 | The Watcher in the Woods | Mrs. Aylwood | Television film |
| Anjelica Huston on James Joyce | Herself | Documentary | |
| 2018 | Angie Tribeca | Anna Summour | Episode: "Just the Fat, Ma'am" |
| 2023 | Star Wars: Visions | Sith Mother (voice) | Episode: "Screecher's Reach" |
| 2024 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Lady Isa Durand (voice) | Episode: "Paths Unknown" |
| TBA | Towards Zero † | Lady Tressilian | Three-part limited series |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lang, Jamie (September 6, 2024). "Anjelica Huston to Lead Hybrid Feature 'The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
- ^ "Rip van Winkle - Rabbit Ears". www.rabbitears.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved October 19, 2022.