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Anjelica Huston

Anjelica Huston

Acting

Born: July 8, 1951Santa Monica, California, USA

Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She is the daughter of director John Huston and granddaughter of actor Walter Huston. After reluctantly making 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 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. Huston received Academy Award nominations for Enemies, A Love Story (1989) and The Grifters (1990), for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively, BAFTA nominations for Best Supporting Actress for the Woody Allen films Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical for starring as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel Addams Family Values (1993). She also received acclaim for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in Roald Dahl's film adaptation The Witches (1990). Huston has frequently worked with director Wes Anderson, starring in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Her other notable credits include The Dead (1987), Ever After (1998), Buffalo '66 (1998), Daddy Day Care (2003), 50/50 (2011) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019). She has lent her voice to several animated films, mainly the Tinker Bell franchise (2008–2015). On television, Huston has had recurring roles on Huff (2006), Medium (2008–2009), and Transparent (2015–2016). She won a Gracie Award for her portrayal of Eileen Rand on Smash (2012–2013). Huston made her directorial debut with the film Bastard Out of Carolina (1996). This was followed by Agnes Browne (1999), in which she also starred. She has written the memoirs A Story Lately Told (2013) and Watch Me (2014).

Known For
Filmography
Ballerina

Ballerina

The Director

2025
Wick Is Pain

Wick Is Pain

Self

2025
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Narrator (voice)

2021
Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

Horcada

2020
Arctic Dogs

Arctic Dogs

Magda (voice)

2019
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage

Self

2019
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies

Narrator (voice)

2019
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

The Director

2019
Trouble

Trouble

Maggie

2018
Always at The Carlyle

Always at The Carlyle

Self

2018
The Cleanse

The Cleanse

Lily

2018
Isle of Dogs

Isle of Dogs

Mute Poodle (voice)

2018
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street

Self - Host / Actress

2017
The Watcher in the Woods

The Watcher in the Woods

Mrs. Aylwood

2017
Thirst Street

Thirst Street

Narrator (voice)

2017
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

Self

2017
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

Self

2016
Unity

Unity

Narrator (voice)

2015
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Queen Clarion (voice)

2014
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

Queen Clarion (voice)

2014
Pixie Hollow Bake Off

Pixie Hollow Bake Off

Queen Clarion (Voice)

2013
Pablo

Pablo

Self

2012
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Self

2012
Secret of the Wings

Secret of the Wings

Queen Clarion (voice)

2012

Burma: A Human Tragedy

Narrator (voice)

2012
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage)

2012
Pixie Hollow Games

Pixie Hollow Games

Queen Clarion (voice)

2011
The Big Year

The Big Year

Annie Auklet

2011
50/50

50/50

Diane Lerner

2011
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston

Self

2011
Horrid Henry: The Movie

Horrid Henry: The Movie

Miss Battleaxe

2011
When in Rome

When in Rome

Celeste

2010
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Queen Clarion (voice)

2009
Choke

Choke

Ida J. Mancini

2008
Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell

Queen Clarion (voice)

2008
The Kreutzer Sonata

The Kreutzer Sonata

Elinore

2008
Martian Child

Martian Child

Mimi

2007
The Darjeeling Limited

The Darjeeling Limited

Patricia

2007
Seraphim Falls

Seraphim Falls

Madame Louise

2007
Material Girls

Material Girls

Fabiella

2006
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

Art History Teacher

2006
These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things

Lottie Osgood

2006
This Is an Adventure

This Is an Adventure

Self

2005
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal

Self

2005
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'

Self / Eleanor Zissou

2005
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Eleanor Zissou

2004
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild

Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

2004
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

Carrie Chapman Catt

2004
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Self

2003
Daddy Day Care

Daddy Day Care

Miss Gwyneth Harridan

2003
Barbie as Rapunzel

Barbie as Rapunzel

Gothel (voice)

2002
Blood Work

Blood Work

Dr. Bonnie Fox

2002
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star

Narrator (voice)

2002
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

Self (archival footage)

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

Etheline Tenenbaum

2001
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

Jennifer Adler

2001
The Golden Bowl

The Golden Bowl

Fanny Assingham

2000
Agnes Browne

Agnes Browne

Agnes Browne

1999
Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power

Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power

Narrator (voice)

1999
Phoenix

Phoenix

Leila

1998
EverAfter

EverAfter

Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent

1998
Buffalo '66

Buffalo '66

Jan Brown

1998
Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories

Narrator (voice)

1996
The Perez Family

The Perez Family

Carmela Perez

1995
Buffalo Girls

Buffalo Girls

Calamity Jane

1995
The Crossing Guard

The Crossing Guard

Mary

1995
Addams Family Values

Addams Family Values

Morticia Addams

1993
And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

Dr. Betsy Reisz

1993
Manhattan Murder Mystery

Manhattan Murder Mystery

Marcia Fox

1993
The Player

The Player

Anjelica Huston

1992

The Making of "The Addams Family"

Self

1991
The Addams Family

The Addams Family

Morticia Addams

1991
Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle

Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle

Narrator (voice)

1991
The Grifters

The Grifters

Lilly Dillon

1990
The Witches

The Witches

Miss Eva Ernst

1990
Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

Tamara Broder

1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors

Crimes and Misdemeanors

Dolores Paley

1989
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Self

1988
Mr. North

Mr. North

Persis Bosworth-Tennyson

1988
A Handful of Dust

A Handful of Dust

Mrs. Rattery

1988
The Dead

The Dead

Gretta Conroy

1987
Gardens of Stone

Gardens of Stone

Samantha Davis

1987
Captain EO

Captain EO

Witch

1986
The Making of Captain EO

The Making of Captain EO

Self

1986
Good to Go

Good to Go

Charlemaigne

1986
Prizzi's Honor

Prizzi's Honor

Maerose Prizzi

1985
The Cowboy and the Ballerina

The Cowboy and the Ballerina

1984
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Marguerite

1984
The Ice Pirates

The Ice Pirates

Maida

1984
This Is Spinal Tap

This Is Spinal Tap

Polly Deutsch

1984
A Rose for Emily

A Rose for Emily

Miss Emily Grierson

1983
The Nightingale

The Nightingale

Primrose

1983
Frances

Frances

Mental Patient

1982
The Postman Always Rings Twice

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Madge

1981
The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

Edna

1976
Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

Woman of Dark Visage

1976
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)

1975
The Most Glamorous Women

The Most Glamorous Women

Self

1972

Ride This Way Grey Horse

Claudia

1970
Hamlet

Hamlet

Court Lady

1969
A Walk with Love and Death

A Walk with Love and Death

Claudia

1969
Sinful Davey

Sinful Davey

(uncredited)

1969
Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited)

1967