Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 3, 1991-1993, pages 17-19. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
Dame Judith Anderson was awarded the A.C. (Companion of the Order of Australia) on June 10, 1991 for her services to drama.
It is said that conductor Arturo Toscanini was so carried away by her performance in the title role of Medea on Broadway that he nearly fell out of his stage box applauding.
Made her TV soap opera debut in 1984 as the grande dame, Minx Lockridge, in "Santa Barbara" (1984) (which happens to be her home town).
Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1986.
She was awarded a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1960 Queen's new Years Honours List for her services to the performing arts.
The first and perhaps the only actress to win two Emmy Awards for playing the same role (Lady MacBeth) in two separate television productions of the same play, the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth" on Macbeth (1954) (TV) and Macbeth (II) (1960) (TV), with the same leading actor, Maurice Evans.
Won Broadway's 1948 Tony Award as best actress-dramatic for playing the title role in Medea -- an award shared with Katharine Cornell for Antony and Cleopatra, and Jessica Tandy for A Streetcar Named Desire. In 1959, she repeated the same role on television. In 1982, she received a Tony nomination as best actress-featured role-play for playing the supporting role of the Nurse in Medea, repeating that performance in a 1983 telecast of the play.
Won the 1948 Tony award for best actress in a dramatic play for her performance as Medea. In 1959, she reprised the role on television, and in a 1983 telecast of the play, she played the supporting role of the nurse.