Anjelica Huston
Acting • Born 1951-07-08
Biography
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
140 credits
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Movie • 2004
Eleanor Zissou
Prizzi's Honor
Movie • 1985
Maerose Prizzi
The Cowboy and the Ballerina
Movie • 1984
The Witches
Movie • 1990
Miss Eva Ernst
The Ice Pirates
Movie • 1984
Maida
Material Girls
Movie • 2006
Fabiella
The Player
Movie • 1992
Anjelica Huston
Daddy Day Care
Movie • 2003
Miss Gwyneth Harridan
Addams Family Values
Movie • 1993
Morticia Addams
Manhattan Murder Mystery
Movie • 1993
Marcia Fox
And the Band Played On
Movie • 1993
Dr. Betsy Reisz
The Darjeeling Limited
Movie • 2007
Patricia
The Addams Family
Movie • 1991
Morticia Addams
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Movie • 1981
Madge
Martian Child
Movie • 2007
Mimi
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Movie • 1989
Dolores Paley
Daughters of the Troubles: Belfast Stories
Movie • 1996
Narrator (voice)
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
Movie • 2009
Queen Clarion (voice)
The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie • 2001
Etheline Tenenbaum
EverAfter
Movie • 1998
Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent
Blood Work
Movie • 2002
Dr. Bonnie Fox
Art School Confidential
Movie • 2006
Art History Teacher
The Crossing Guard
Movie • 1995
Mary
Seraphim Falls
Movie • 2007
Madame Louise
Tinker Bell
Movie • 2008
Queen Clarion (voice)
When in Rome
Movie • 2010
Celeste
Phoenix
Movie • 1998
Leila
50/50
Movie • 2011
Diane Lerner
Gardens of Stone
Movie • 1987
Samantha Davis
Choke
Movie • 2008
Ida J. Mancini
Swashbuckler
Movie • 1976
Woman of Dark Visage
The Golden Bowl
Movie • 2000
Fanny Assingham
Hamlet
Movie • 1969
Court Lady
Barbie as Rapunzel
Movie • 2002
Gothel (voice)
Agnes Browne
Movie • 1999
Agnes Browne
The Last Tycoon
Movie • 1976
Edna
The Perez Family
Movie • 1995
Carmela Perez
The Man from Elysian Fields
Movie • 2001
Jennifer Adler
Pablo
Movie • 2012
Self
A Handful of Dust
Movie • 1988
Mrs. Rattery
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Movie • 2011
Miss Battleaxe
Iron Jawed Angels
Movie • 2004
Carrie Chapman Catt
The Grifters
Movie • 1990
Lilly Dillon
The Dead
Movie • 1987
Gretta Conroy
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Movie • 2011
Self
The Big Year
Movie • 2011
Annie Auklet
Secret of the Wings
Movie • 2012
Queen Clarion (voice)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Movie • 2001
Self (archival footage)
Mr. North
Movie • 1988
Persis Bosworth-Tennyson
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Movie • 2012
(archive footage)
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Movie • 2019
The Director
Pixie Hollow Games
Movie • 2011
Queen Clarion (voice)
A Walk with Love and Death
Movie • 1969
Claudia
Buffalo Girls
Movie • 1995
Calamity Jane
Frances
Movie • 1982
Mental Patient
Enemies, a Love Story
Movie • 1989
Tamara Broder
Matthew Gray Gubler's Life Aquatic Intern Journal
Movie • 2005
Self
The Kreutzer Sonata
Movie • 2008
Elinore
Joan Crawford: The Ultimate Movie Star
Movie • 2002
Narrator (voice)
Buffalo '66
Movie • 1998
Jan Brown
The Cleanse
Movie • 2018
Lily
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
Movie • 2014
Queen Clarion (voice)
The Making of Captain EO
Movie • 1986
Self
A Rose for Emily
Movie • 1983
Miss Emily Grierson
Ballerina
Movie • 2025
The Director
Unity
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Movie • 1975
Woman in Crowd on Pier (uncredited)
These Foolish Things
Movie • 2006
Lottie Osgood
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self
Burma: A Human Tragedy
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Movie • 2016
Self
Casino Royale
Movie • 1967
Agent Mimi's Hands (uncredited)
Arctic Dogs
Movie • 2019
Magda (voice)
This Is Spinal Tap
Movie • 1984
Polly Deutsch
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy
Movie • 2014
Queen Clarion (voice)
The Nightingale
Movie • 1983
Primrose
Beauty and the Beast
Movie • 1984
Marguerite
Cleopatra: The First Woman of Power
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)
Trouble
Movie • 2018
Maggie
Thirst Street
Movie • 2017
Narrator (voice)
This Is an Adventure
Movie • 2005
Self
The Watcher in the Woods
Movie • 2017
Mrs. Aylwood
Isle of Dogs
Movie • 2018
Mute Poodle (voice)
Always at The Carlyle
Movie • 2018
Self
Waiting for Anya
Movie • 2020
Horcada
On the Set: 'The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou'
Movie • 2005
Self / Eleanor Zissou
Anjelica Huston on James Joyce: A Shout in the Street
Movie • 2017
Self - Host / Actress
Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies
Movie • 2019
Narrator (voice)
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Movie • 2019
Self
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
Movie • 2012
Self
Ride This Way Grey Horse
Movie • 1970
Claudia
The Christmas Witch Trial of La Befana
Movie
Befana
Rabbit Ears - Rip Van Winkle
Movie • 1991
Narrator (voice)
The Making of "The Addams Family"
Movie • 1991
Self
Jack Nicholson: The Joker Is Wild
Movie • 2004
Self(archive footage) (uncredited)
Wick Is Pain
Movie • 2025
Self
Captain EO
Movie • 1986
Witch
Sinful Davey
Movie • 1969
(uncredited)
Good to Go
Movie • 1986
Charlemaigne
Legacy
Movie
Ruth
Pixie Hollow Bake Off
Movie • 2013
Queen Clarion (Voice)
Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Movie • 2017
Self
ABC's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Movie • 2003
Self
The Most Glamorous Women
Movie • 1972
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self - Guest
Huff
TV • 2004
The View
TV • 1997
Self
Laverne & Shirley
TV • 1976
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Primrose
Covert One: The Hades Factor
TV • 2006
Mrs. President
The Mists of Avalon
TV • 2001
Vivianne
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
Star Wars: Visions
TV • 2021
Sith Mother (voice)
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Smash
TV • 2012
Eileen Rand
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Lonesome Dove
TV • 1989
Clara Forsythe Allen
All Hail King Julien
TV • 2014
Julienne (voice)
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Angela Diaz (voice)
Transparent
TV • 2014
Vicki
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV • 1982
Marguerite
The Reichen Show
TV • 2005
Self - Guest
Angie Tribeca
TV • 2016
Anna Summour
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
TV • 2021
Isa Durand (voice)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Superintendent Ellen Riggs (voice)
The Adventures of Disney Fairies
TV • 2010
Queen Clarion (voice)
Towards Zero
TV • 2025
Lady Tressilian
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Medium
TV • 2005
Cynthia Keener
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Self
Family Pictures
TV • 1993
Lainey Eberlin
The Mighty Nein
TV • 2025
Deirta (voice)