Judy Holliday had a genius IQ of 172 but, ironically, made her name playing dumb blondes, and doing it very well. She made her name in 1949 in the role of Doris Attinger in the highly successful George Cukor movie 'Adam's Rib', starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. She then won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1951 for her performance as 'Billie' Dawn in 'Born Yesterday'. She also won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for the same performance. At the very peak of her career, Judy developed breast cancer and died in 1965 aged just 43.
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