Anjelica Huston
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
American Dad!
Superintendent Ellen Riggs (voice)
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
BoJack Horseman
Angela Diaz (voice)
2014
Series
Medium
Cynthia Keener
2005
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Omnibus
Self
1967
Series
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Series
Intimate Portrait
Narrator (voice)
1993
Series
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Queen Usurna (voice)
2016
Film
Ballerina
The Director
2025
Series
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Isa Durand (voice)
2021
Film
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)
1975
Series
All Hail King Julien
Julienne (voice)
2014
Series
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Series
Star Wars: Visions
Sith Mother (voice)
2021
Series
Laverne & Shirley
1976
Film
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
The Director
2019
Series
The Mighty Nein
Deirta (voice)
2025
Series
Angie Tribeca
Anna Summour
2016
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest
2005
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Smash
Eileen Rand
2012
Film
Addams Family Values
Morticia Addams
1993
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest
2004
Series
Transparent
Vicki
2014
Film
The Addams Family
Morticia Addams
1991
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
Primrose
1982
Series
Faerie Tale Theatre
Marguerite
1982
Film
Isle of Dogs
Mute Poodle (voice)
2018
Film
Secret of the Wings
Queen Clarion (voice)
2012
Film
The Royal Tenenbaums
Etheline Tenenbaum
2001
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self - Guest
2001
Series
The Adventures of Disney Fairies
Queen Clarion (voice)
2010
Film
Tinker Bell
Queen Clarion (voice)
2008
Film
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Queen Clarion (voice)
2014
Film
50/50
Diane Lerner
2011
Film
The Darjeeling Limited
Patricia
2007
Series
Lonesome Dove
Clara Forsythe Allen
1989
Film
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Narrator (voice)
2021
Series
Towards Zero
Lady Tressilian
2025
Film
Barbie as Rapunzel
Gothel (voice)
2002
Film
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
Queen Clarion (voice)
2014
Film
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Queen Clarion (voice)
2009
Film
This Is Spinal Tap
Polly Deutsch
1984
Film
EverAfter
Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
1998
Series
Huff
2004
Film
Daddy Day Care
Miss Gwyneth Harridan
2003
Film
Casino Royale
Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited)
1967
Film
The Witches
Miss Eva Ernst
1990
Film
Pixie Hollow Games
Queen Clarion (voice)
2011
Film
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Eleanor Zissou
2004
Film
The Player
Anjelica Huston
1992
Film
When in Rome
Celeste
2010
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film
Buffalo '66
Jan Brown
1998
Film
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Dolores Paley
1989
Film
Arctic Dogs
Magda (voice)
2019
Film
Seraphim Falls
Madame Louise
2007
Film
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Madge
1981
Film
Wick Is Pain
Self
2025
Film
Choke
Ida J. Mancini
2008
Film
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Marcia Fox
1993
Film
The Big Year
Annie Auklet
2011
Film
The Grifters
Lilly Dillon
1990
Film
The Man from Elysian Fields
Jennifer Adler
2001
Film
Art School Confidential
Art History Teacher
2006
Series
Family Pictures
Lainey Eberlin
1993
Film
Gardens of Stone
Samantha Davis
1987
Film
Blood Work
Dr. Bonnie Fox
2002
Film
The Crossing Guard
Mary
1995
Series
The Mists of Avalon
Vivianne
2001
Film
Material Girls
Fabiella
2006
Film
And the Band Played On
Dr. Betsy Reisz
1993
Film
Waiting for Anya
Horcada
2020
Film
Prizzi's Honor
Maerose Prizzi
1985
Film
The Ice Pirates
Maida
1984
Series
Covert One: The Hades Factor
Mrs. President
2006
Film
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Miss Battleaxe
2011
Film
The Dead
Gretta Conroy
1987
Film
Martian Child
Mimi
2007
Film
The Last Tycoon
Edna
1976
Film
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
(archive footage)
2012
Film
A Handful of Dust
Mrs. Rattery
1988
Film
Mr. North
Persis Bosworth-Tennyson
1988
Film
Frances
Mental Patient
1982
Film
Iron Jawed Angels
Carrie Chapman Catt
2004
Film
Pixie Hollow Bake Off
Queen Clarion (Voice)
2013
Film
The Perez Family
Carmela Perez
1995
Film
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Self
1988
Film
Always at The Carlyle
Self
2018
Film
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2003
Film
Phoenix
Leila
1998
Film
Unity
Narrator (voice)
2015
Film
Enemies, a Love Story
Tamara Broder
1989
Film
The Golden Bowl
Fanny Assingham
2000
Film
Swashbuckler
Woman of Dark Visage
1976
Film
The Cleanse
Lily
2018
Film
These Foolish Things
Lottie Osgood
2006
Film
Captain EO
Witch
1986
Film
Buffalo Girls
Calamity Jane
1995
Film
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Self / Eleanor Zissou
2005
Film
Sinful Davey
(uncredited)
1969
Film
The Watcher in the Woods
Mrs. Aylwood
2017
Film
Agnes Browne
Agnes Browne
1999
Film
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Self
2005
Film
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Self
2019
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
The Kreutzer Sonata
Elinore
2008
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Film
Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation
2009
Film
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Self
2012
Film
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Self
2016
Film
The Nightingale
Primrose
1983
Film
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film
This Is an Adventure
Self
2005
Film
Hamlet
Court Lady
1969
Film
The Making of Captain EO
Self
1986
The Making of "The Addams Family"
Self
1991
Film
The Most Glamorous Women
Self
1972
Film
Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories
Narrator (voice)
1996
Film
Beauty and the Beast
Marguerite
1984
Film
A Walk with Love and Death
Claudia
1969
Film
Trouble
Maggie
2018
Film
Pablo
Self
2012
Film
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Self
2011
Film
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Self - Host / Actress
2017
Film
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self (archival footage)
2001
Film
Thirst Street
Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana
Befana
Film
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Self
2017
Film
A Rose for Emily
Miss Emily Grierson
1983
Film
Good to Go
Charlemaigne
1986
Film
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
1984
Film
Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Narrator (voice)
2019
Burma: A Human Tragedy
Narrator (voice)
2012
Legacy
Ruth
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Film
Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle
Narrator (voice)
1991
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Claudia
1970