Judy Matheson

Born: 1945-08-27

Elegant, charismatic, and beautiful, Judy Matheson is one of the most iconic ladies to have featured in Hammer films. Judith C. Matheson was born in Thurrock, Essex, England. She began her career near the end of the swinging sixties after drama school. She first worked for the Bristol Old Vic Theatre Company, with which she toured the United States; this included a season on Broadway. She also made appearances in three prestigious Shakespeare productions, with the most prominent being Sir Tyrone Guthrie's production of Measure for Measure. She got her big break starring alongside a culturally diverse cast in the horror art house film The Exquisite Cadaver (1969). Her bold and groundbreaking performance skyrocketed her career, and soon she became a big hit among the horror film scene in Great Britain (particularly for Hammer). She made memorable appearances in a string of horror films such as Twins of Evil (1971), Lust for a Vampire (1971), Crucible of Terror (1971), The Flesh and Blood Show (1972), and more. She also made several appearances on televisions shows throughout the 1970s, including Blake's 7 (1978), Episode #1.2818 (1977), Harriet's Back in Town (1972), and more. She left the acting business at the end of the 1970s and has since married and had children. With her iconic status as a Hammer Girl, she still makes occasional appearances at film conventions meeting fans and signing autographs. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Foster Hitchman


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Twins of Evil

as Woodman's Daughter
Released: 1971-10-03

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into...

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Lust for a Vampire

as Amanda
Released: 1971-01-17

In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the...

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Confessions of a Window Cleaner

as Elvie
Released: 1974-08-16

Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that...

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The Haunting of Margam Castle

as uncredited
Released: 2020-09-01

A team of American parapsychologists travel to Wales to conduct a study of Margam Castle, one of...

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The Flesh and Blood Show

as Jane
Released: 1972-10-01

Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.

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The House That Vanished

as Lorna Collins
Released: 1973-12-07

A young model, Valerie, and her petty thief boyfriend witness a murder in a backwoods manor....

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The Exquisite Cadaver

as Esther
Released: 1969-08-25

A publisher of novels begins to receive packets containing macabre: members of a female corpse....

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Crucible of Terror

as Marcia
Released: 1972-04-13

An obsessed sculptor kills a young women to make a perfect bronze sculpture of her. Years later...

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Percy's Progress

as Maria
Released: 1974-08-01

Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in...

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Peter Cushing: In His Own Words

as Herself
Released: 2020-02-08

A long thought lost radio interview with Peter Cushing is accompanied by comments from friends...

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Saucy! - Secrets of the British Sex Comedy

as Self
Released: 2024-07-28

Director Simon Sheridan's exhaustive examination of British sexploitation movies, made during...

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Walker's Women

as Jane (archive footage)
Released: 2023-09-22

Veteran British filmmaker Pete Walker remembers the female stars of his 1970s' horror films.

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Peter Cushing: Behind the Camera

as Self
Released: 2022-05-26

Celebrating the birthday of one of our finest actors Peter Cushing. This documentary mixes...

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Frankula

as Vera Vomit
Released: 2017-02-16

It is almost half a century ago since Mummy's little soldier, Frankie Abbott (David Barry), was...

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The Professionals

as Mandy Mitchell
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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The Sweeney

as Kibber's Girlfriend
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Z-Cars

as Terri
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Blake's 7

as Mutoid
First aired: 1978-01-02

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...

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Citizen Smith

as Caroline Haydon
First aired: 1977-04-12

Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...

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The Adventurer

as Claire Adams
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...

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