1952
MARCH: Judy, Burl Ives, Sam Levenson, and Phillip Loeb are subpoenaed to appear before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee to give testimony about their alleged ties to Communism.
MARCH 14: Columbia releases "The Marrying Kind". The film stars Judy as "Florence Keefer" and Aldo Ray co-stars. Movie theaters showing the film are picketed by several anti-Communist groups who object to Judy Holliday.
MARCH 26: Judy appears in Washington, D.C. to answer her subpoena and give testimony. The closed-door hearing begins at 10:30am and ends 1:10pm.
SEPTEMBER 25: The government releases a transcript Judy's March 26 testimony to the public. The committee failed to find her guilty of any serious offenses.
NOVEMBER 11: Judy gives birth to her first and only child, a son named Jonathan Lewis Oppenheim. The birth takes place at Doctor's Hospital in New York City.
1953
MAY 1: Judy begins work on her third film for Columbia, "It Should Happen To You".
1954
JANUARY: Columbia releases "It Should Happen To You". The film stars Judy as "Gladys Glover". Jack Lemmon (debut) and Peter Lawford co-star.
FEBRUARY 14: Judy makes her first major TV appearance in "The Huntress". The half-hour drama is an installment of NBC's "Goodyear Television Playhouse" and co-stars Tony Randall.
MARCH 28: A full-page color photo of Judy appears on the the "cover" of the New York Sunday News.
SPRING: Judy begins filming her 4th film for Columbia Studios, simply entitled "Phffft!".
OCTOBER 10: Judy appears with Steve Allen and Dick Shawn (debut) in the NBC TV special "Sunday In Town". This 90 minute show is one of several "color spectaculars" directed by Max Liebman.
NOVEMBER 22: Judy appears on the cover of LIFE magazine.
DECEMBER: Columbia releases the second Judy Holliday-Jack Lemmon film called "Phffft!" Judy stars as "Nina Tracey". Lemmon, Jack Carson and Kim Novak round out the cast.
1955
FEBRUARY: Judy appears on the cover of "Jewish-American World News" magazine.
FEBRUARY 26: Judy appears on the cover of "TV Guide" along with Steve Allen. Inside is a story on Judy and her career.
MARCH: An article written by Judy appears in "Coronet" magazine entitled "Judy Holliday's Greenwich Village". In it, she describes the sights, sounds and soul of the neighborhood she calls home.
FALL: Judy begins filming her 5th film for Columbia Studios, called "Solid Gold Cadillac".
DECEMBER: Columbia releases "Solid Gold Cadillac". The film stars Judy as "Laura Partridge". The supporting cast includes Paul Douglas and Fred Clark.
1956
WINTER: Judy and husband David Oppenheim
separate.
SPRING: Judy begins filming her 6th (and what would be her final) film for Columbia Studios, called "Full of Life".
APRIL: While in Hollywood shooting "Full of Life", Judy is introduced to Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin).
JUNE: Judy finshes shooting "Full of Life" and returns to New York to begin work on a new play.
OCTOBER: The play "Bells Are Ringing" begins "tryout" performances in New Haven, CT.
NOVEMBER 29: "Bells Are Ringing" starring Judy Holliday and Sydney Chaplin, makes it's Broadway debut at the Shubert Theater.
DECEMBER 2: Judy and the rest of the cast from "Bells Are Ringing" record the entire original cast album of the play.
1957
MARCH 1: Judy's divorce from David Oppenheim is finalized.
MARCH: Judy appears on the cover of "Theatre Arts" magazine. Inside is an article about Judy and "Bells Are Ringing".
SPRING: Judy wins a Tony award for her performance as "Ella Peterson" in "Bells Are Ringing".
MAY 17: Judy makes out what will be her final will.
SEPTEMBER: While on vacation together in Europe, Judy and Sydney Chaplin have a falling out. Their personal relationship comes to an end.
SEPTEMBER: Judy appears on the cover of "Family Circle" Magazine.
1958
JANUARY: Judy's father, Abe Tuvim, dies after a protracted battle with stomach cancer.
FEBRUARY: Harry Cohn, head of Columbia Studios, dies. In the wake of his death, it is decided that neither the studio nor Judy will persue the final remaining film of her 1950 contract. She is released from her contract with Columbia.
MARCH 17: Judy has the first of three recording sessions for her first solo album called "Trouble Is A Man". It is during this session that she records the songs "What'll I Do?", "What I Was Warned About", "Lonely Town" and "Confession".
MARCH 24: Judy has the second of three recording sessions for her first solo album called "Trouble Is A Man". It is during this session that she records the songs "I Got Lost In His Arms", "An Ocassional Man" and "Ride On A Rainbow".
MARCH 31: Judy has the third and final recording session for her first solo album called "Trouble Is A Man". It is during this session that she records the songs "How About Me?", "Trouble Is A Man", "Am I Blue?", "Where Have You Been?" and "I'm One Of God's Chldren".
APRIL: LIFE magazine conducts a photo shoot at Judy's apartment. It is a pictorial that features actresses dressed up in the role they most want to play. Judy picks "Laurette Taylor". Judy also allows LIFE to photograph Marilyn Monroe in the apartment for that same pictorial.
SPRING: While at a party, Judy meets jazz musician Gerry Mulligan.
JUNE: Hal Linden replaces Sydney Chaplin
in "Bells Are Ringing" after Chaplin opts not to renew his contract.
1959
MARCH 7: After 924 performances, "Bells Are Ringing" ends it's Broadway engagement.
APRIL 20: Judy begins a limited tour of "Bells Are Ringing". The first show of which is at the Philharmonic in Los Angeles, CA.
OCTOBER 8: Judy begins shooting her second film for MGM, the big screen version of "Bells Are Ringing".
DECEMBER 24: Filming on "Bells Are Ringing" is completed.
1960
JANUARY: It is announced that Judy will play the role of Laurette Taylor in the upcoming Broadway play "Laurette".
MAY: MGM releases the film version of "Bells Are Ringing". It stars Judy in the role of "Ella Peterson". Other cast members include Dean Martin, Jean Stapleton, Frank Gorshin and Fred Clark.
SUMMER: Actor Roddy McDowall photographs Judy for the "Laurette" theatre posters. It's McDowell's first professional job as a photographer.
SEPTEMBER 26: "Laurette" begins "tryout" performances in New Haven, CT.
OCTOBER 1: "Vogue" magazine has an article on Judy called "People Are Talking About.... Judy Holliday." The article is accompanied with a photograph of Judy taken by Roddy McDowall.
OCTOBER 7: As "Laurette" shifts to Philadelphia, PA for more "tryout" performances, Judy takes ill. Upon further examination, a lump is discovered in Judy's left breast. Without revealing the true nature of the cancellation, the play is temporarily shut down and ultimately folds.
OCTOBER 12: The lump is found to be malignant and a mastectomy is performed to stop the cancer from spreading. Newspapers report that Judy had a benign tumor
removed from her throat.
NOVEMBER 3: Judy is released from the hospital.
1961
JANUARY: Just three months after the surgery, Judy makes a guest appearance on Perry Como's TV show.
APRIL 10: For the next seven days, Judy and Gerry Mulligan record the album "Holliday With Mulligan" at Olmsted Studios in New York City. It features some songs that were co-written by the pair.
1962
ON-GOING: Judy goes into a semi-retirement from show business, staying out of the public eye for almost 2 years. She chooses to spend her time with her son, her mother and Gerry Mulligan. Mounting bills and dwindling finances force Judy to go back to work. She chooses the play "Hot Spot" as her comeback vehicle.
1963
JANUARY: Judy begins rehearsing "Hot Spot".
APRIL 19: After 58 "preview" performances, "Hot Spot" makes it's official Broadway premiere at the Majestic Theater.
SUMMER: After just 43 performances, "Hot Spot" closes. It would be the last time Judy would perform publicly.
1964
ON-GOING: After the demise of "Hot Spot", Judy goes back into retirement. As time goes by, her physical health deteriorates. Unknown to her, the cancer spreads and becomes inoperable. Her friends and family do what they can to make her as comfortable and happy as possible under the circumstances. Sadly, the medical prognosis is that she has less than a year to live.
1965
MAY 26: As her condition nears the end, Judy is admitted to Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. There she drifts in and out of consciousness for several days before lapsing into a coma.
JUNE 7: At 5:00am, cancer claims the life of Judy Holliday. She passes away two weeks shy of what would have been her 44th birthday.
1976
DECEMBER: Lee Israel writes an 8 page article about Judy for "Ms." magazine. One the of topics explored is the Communist scandal the effect it had on her career.
1980
SUMMER: 19 years after the tracks were originally recorded, DRG Records releases the album "Holliday With Mulligan". Gerry Mulligan has a hand in re-mixing the song "Lazy".
1982
UNKNOWN: 2 biographies about the life and career of Judy Holliday are released. One is written by Gary Carey and the other by Will Holtzman.
1996
DECEMBER 27: The Museum Of Modern Art in New York City holds a week-long, complete retrospective of Judy's film career. The festival includes restored prints of some of her films.
1998
MARCH 15: This web site is officially launched with the goal of becoming the most comprehensive resource available for information pertaining to Judy Holliday.
JULY 6: The Seattle Art Museum of Seattle, Washington begins a summer-long Judy Holliday film festival.
AUGUST 6: The Stanford theater in Palo Alto, California begins a 5 day Judy Holliday film festival.
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