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Judith Malina

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Actress

The Resume

    (June 4, 1926-April 10, 2015)
    Born in Kiel, Germany
    Actress and theater director
    With husband Julian Beck, co-founded the Living Theatre (1947)
    Appeared in the films 'Dog Day Afternoon' (1975), 'Enemies: A Love Story' (1989), 'Awakenings' (1990), 'The Addams Family' (1991), 'Household Saints' (1993) and 'When in Rome' (2010)
    Inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame (2003)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a self-proclaimed anarchist who declared, 'I'm in the theater because I'm a revolutionary.'
    She likened herself to a Biblical prophet.
    She and nine other members of the Living Theatre were arrested for indecent exposure after a performance at Yale (1968).
    She continued staging theatrical events like a 60s 'happening' well into the new millennium.
    It ticked her off that she was best known to the public for playing Grandma in the 'Addams Family' movie.

Why she might not be annoying:

    The Living Theatre was famed for breaking down the barriers between the performers and the audience.
    When she and Beck were arrested by the ruling military junta during a tour of Brazil (1971), it drew protests from the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre and Susan Sontag.
    Asked what she did for fun, she replied, 'I like to make love.'
    She won seven Obie Awards (the off-Broadway equivalent of the Tonys).
    Al Pacino said, 'Judith Malina is the fire, the courage, the soul of theater art.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 30 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 99 Votes: 52.53% Annoying