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Judith O'Dea

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Judith O'Dea at an event for Land of the Dead (2005)
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Judith O'Dea is an American actress. She is best known for the 1968 George A. Romero film Night of the Living Dead.

In the 1980s she put her acting career aside to found her coaching company O'Dea Communications and raise her family.

She reappeared again as an actress on 2003 in the horror film Claustrophobia. In 2017 she reprised the role of Barbra Hamilton in the film Night of the Living Dead: Genesis.
BornApril 20, 1945
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Judith O'Dea in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Judith O'Dea and Russell Streiner in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Judith O'Dea and Russell Streiner in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Judith O'Dea in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, and Keith Wayne in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Marilyn Eastman and Judith O'Dea in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Virgin Megastore Signing Event in West Hollywood for SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT (2004). February 13, 2004. Director Jason Paul Collum standing on right with his Scream Queen subjects and Producer J.R. Bookwalter.
Judith O'Dea at an event for Land of the Dead (2005)
(L-R) Brinke Stevens ("Nancy"), Jason Paul Collum (writer/director), Julie King (I) ("Reporter Parker Lown"), and Judith O'Dea ("Emily Hamilton") on the set of NOVEMBER SON (2007) (V), a sequel to OCTOBER MOON (2005) (V). July 2006.
Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Night of the Living Dead
7.8
  • Barbra
  • 1968
Night of the Living Dead: Genesis
Night of the Living Dead: Genesis
  • Barbra Hamilton (Older)
    October Moon 2: November Son (2008)
    October Moon 2: November Son
    4.3
    • Emily Hamilton
    • 2008
    They Came from the Ether (2014)
    They Came from the Ether
    5.1
    • Miss Clara
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Actress

    • Ed Gein: D.D.S.
      • (rumored)
      • Completed
    • Nightmare City
      • (rumored)
      • In Development
    • Kill Giggles (2020)
      Kill Giggles
    • Karen Dilloo, Judith O'Dea, Tina Ona Paukstelis, Brinke Stevens, Darcey Vanderhoef, Sy Stevens, Christopher D. Harder, Jerod Howard, Brian Vanderhoef, Doug Despin, Frank Anderson, Josh Greytak, and Keith McLeod in Safe Inside (2017)
      Safe Inside
    • Carlos Ramirez in Abandoned Dead (2015)
      Abandoned Dead
    • Hole in the Wall (2014)
      Hole in the Wall
    • They Came from the Ether (2014)
      They Came from the Ether
    • Karen Dilloo, Felissa Rose, Brinke Stevens, Darcey Vanderhoef, James Peck, Greg North, Frank Anderson, Margeaux Reed, Chris Segedy, Dana Ignarski, Josh Greytak, and Liz Salvato in Shy of Normal: Tales of New Life Experiences (2011)
      Shy of Normal: Tales of New Life Experiences
    • Women's Studies (2010)
      Women's Studies
    • Timo Rose's Beast (2009)
      Timo Rose's Beast
    • October Moon 2: November Son (2008)
      October Moon 2: November Son
    • October Moon (2005)
      October Moon
    • Laugh Track: Night of the Living Dead
    • Claustrophobia (2003)
      Claustrophobia
      • (as Judy O'Dea)
    • Christopher Lee, Jeff Corey, and Franco Nero in The Pirate (1978)
      The Pirate
    • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
      Night of the Living Dead
    • Habit Patterns (1954)
      Habit Patterns
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Videos4

    Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
    Trailer 1:04
    Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
    Abandoned Dead
    Trailer 1:50
    Abandoned Dead
    Night of the Living Dead
    Trailer 1:49
    Night of the Living Dead
    November Son
    Trailer 3:34
    November Son

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      • O'Dea Communications
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      • April 20, 1945
      • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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      • 1 Pictorial

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