Interviews

Mercedes McCambridge

Recorded October 29th, 1976 - 30 min

Actress who appeared on hundreds of radio dramas in a career that spanned the radio days.  She was heard on programs created by Orson Welles, Carlton E. Morse, Arch Oboler and Himan Brown. Her broadcast work led her to the movies and the theater. She was born March 17, 1918 and was 58 at the time of our visit backstage at the Drury Lane Theatre in Evergreen Park,  a Chicago suburb.  She died March 2, 2004 at age 87.