---
name: "Judith Malina"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/judith-malina"
fi1m_id: "judith-malina"
imdb_id: "nm0539652"
tmdb_id: 119864
wikidata_id: "Q213844"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 June 1926"
died: "10 April 2015"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T19:57:24.857126+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Judith Malina

## Identity

Judith Malina

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/judith-malina
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** judith-malina
- **IMDb ID:** nm0539652
- **TMDB ID:** 119864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q213844
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Malina, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119864

Actor. Born 4 June 1926 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Died 10 April 2015.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 June 1926, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- **Died:** 10 April 2015
- **Active:** 1963–1991
- **Also known as:** Jody Malin
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 90 (1), 1980s 62 (1), 1990s 75 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 64 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $411m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Malina, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213844, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539652/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/119864

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Addams Family*](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md) (77)

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## Biography

Judith Malina (4 June 1926 – 10 April 2015) was a German-born American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck she co-founded the radical political theatre company The Living Theatre in New York in 1947.

She appeared in films from the mid-1970s onwards, including *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), *Awakenings* (1990) and *The Addams Family* (1991) as Granny. Other screen credits include *The Secret of My Success* (1987), *Radio Days* (1987), *Looking for Richard* (1996) and *When in Rome* (2010). She also appeared in episodes of *Miami Vice*, *ER* and *The Sopranos*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Addams Family* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Granny — [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Awakenings* (1990), Fi1m 73, as Rose — [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), Fi1m 62, as Mrs. Meacham — [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), Fi1m 90, as Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)

## Complete filmography (36)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Brig* (2015), Director
- *The Living Theatre - a video retrospective* (2013), Actor
- *Over/Under* (2013), as Catherine
- *Seven Meditations on Political Sado-Masochism* (2011), Writer
- *New York Memories* (2010), Actor
- *When in Rome* (2010), as Umberto's Grandma
- *Let It Snow* (1999), as Grammy
- *Music from Another Room* (1998), as Clara Klammer
- *The Deli* (1997), as Vincenza Amico
- *ER* (1994), series, as June Allyson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Men Lie* (1994), Actor
- *Household Saints* (1993), as Carmela Santangelo
- *The Addams Family* (1991), as Granny — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/the-addams-family.md)
- *Awakenings* (1990), as Rose — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/awakenings.md)
- *No Picnic* (1990), Actor
- *Enemies, a Love Story* (1989), as Masha's Mother
- *American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy* (1989), Actor
- *China Girl* (1987), as Mrs. Monte
- *The Secret of My Success* (1987), as Mrs. Meacham — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-secret-of-my-success.md)
- *Radio Days* (1987), as Mrs. Waldbaum
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Old Woman
- *Miami Vice* (1984), series, as Sunrise Hotel Clerk — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/miami-vice.md)
- *The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man* (1981), Actor
- *Visa de censure n° X* (1976), as (uncredited)
- *Dog Day Afternoon* (1975), as Mother — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/dog-day-afternoon.md)
- *Paradise Now* (1970), Actor
- *Rite of Guerrilla Theater* (1969), Actor
- *Love and Anger* (1969), as (segment "Agonia")
- *Paradise Now: The Living Theater in Amerika* (1969), Actor
- *Candy* (1968), as Woman (uncredited)
- *Wheel of Ashes* (1968), as Crazy Woman Preaching
- *Après la Passion selon Sade* (1968), Actor
- *J. & J. & Co.* (1967), Actor
- *Amore, amore* (1966), Actor
- *Flaming Creatures* (1963), as The Fascinating Woman
- *Narcissus* (1957), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Judith Malina's book of poems "Love & Politics" top of title page with inscription to Jay Dobkin, her dramaturge at The Living Theatre: "For Jay, who knows  (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/79701/gallery-17a366abe06e.jpg) Judith Malina's book of poems "Love & Politics" top of title page with inscription to Jay Dobkin, her dramaturge at The Living Theatre: "For Jay, who knows  (2019) — Jay Dobkin, CC BY-SA 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/%22Love_and_Politics%22_signed_by_Judith_Malina.jpg/1280px-%22Love_and_Politics%22_signed_by_Judith_Malina.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Judith Malina in Englewood NJ c. 2014](https://film.one/media/person/79701/gallery-dbdde1f2b071.jpg) Judith Malina in Englewood NJ c. 2014 — Jay Dobkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Judith_Malina_on_the_grounds_of_the_Actors_Fund_Home_in_Englewood_NJ_circa_2014_photographed_by_Jay_Dobkin.jpeg/1280px-Judith_Malina_on_the_grounds_of_the_Actors_Fund_Home_in_Englewood_NJ_circa_2014_photographed_by_Jay_Dobkin.jpeg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Julian Beck e Judith Malina, fondatori del Living Theatre di New York (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/79701/gallery-17fc41fd556e.jpg) Julian Beck e Judith Malina, fondatori del Living Theatre di New York (1983) — Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Living_Theatre_04.jpg/1280px-Living_Theatre_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Judith Malina, fondatrice del Living Theatre di New York (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/79701/gallery-aad515007f8b.jpg) Judith Malina, fondatrice del Living Theatre di New York (1983) — Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Living_Theatre_05.jpg/1280px-Living_Theatre_05.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Judith Malina, fondatrice del Living Theatre di New York (1983)](https://film.one/media/person/79701/gallery-2347e1a78631.jpg) Judith Malina, fondatrice del Living Theatre di New York (1983) — Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Living_Theatre_06.jpg/1280px-Living_Theatre_06.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) 2007: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (won)
- Guggenheim Fellowship 1985: Guggenheim Fellowship (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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