Editing Celeste Holm

{{short description|American stage, film and television actress (1917–2012)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}}

{{Infobox person
|image         = Studio publicity Celeste Holm.jpg
|caption       = Holm in 1947
|birth_name    =
|birth_date    = {{birth date|1917|04|29}}
|birth_place   = [[New York City]], U.S.
|death_date    = {{death date and age|2012|07|15|1917|04|29}}
|death_place   = New York City, U.S.
|children      = 2, including [[Ted Nelson]]
|alma_mater    = [[University of Chicago]]
|awards        = [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]<br>[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]
|occupation    = {{flatlist|
* Actress
* singer
}}
|years_active  = 1937–1999
|spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Ralph Nelson]]|1936|1939|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Francis Davies|1940|1945|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|A. Schuyler Dunning|1946|1953|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Wesley Addy]]|1961|1996|end=died}}
* {{marriage|Frank Basile|2004}}
}}
}}

'''Celeste Holm''' (April 29, 1917 – July 15, 2012) was an American actress.<ref name=obit/> Holm won an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for her performance in [[Elia Kazan]]'s ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' (1947), and was nominated for her roles in ''[[Come to the Stable]]'' (1949) and ''[[All About Eve]]'' (1950). She also is known for her performances in ''[[The Snake Pit]]'' (1948), ''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]'' (1949), and ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'' (1956). She is also known for originating the role of [[Ado Annie]] in the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (1943).<ref name="obit" />

==Early life==
Born and raised in Manhattan, Holm was an only child. Her mother, Jean Parke, was an American portrait artist and author. Her father, Theodor Holm, was a Norwegian businessman whose company provided marine adjustment services for [[Lloyd's of London]].<ref name=today/> Because of her parents' occupations, she traveled often during her youth and attended various schools in the Netherlands, France and the United States. She began high school at the [[University School for Girls]] in Chicago, and then transferred to the [[Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)]] where she performed in many school stage productions and graduated as a member of the class of 1935. She then studied drama at the [[University of Chicago]] before becoming a stage actress in the late 1930s.<ref name=obit/>

==Career==
[[File:Celeste Holm-1955.jpg|thumb|left|Celeste Holm in 1955]]
Holm's first professional theatrical role was in a production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' starring [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]]. She first appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in a small part in ''Gloriana'' (1938), a comedy which lasted for only five performances, but her first major part on Broadway was in [[William Saroyan]]'s revival of ''[[The Time of Your Life]]'' (1940) as Mary L. with fellow newcomer [[Gene Kelly]]. The role that got her the most recognition from critics and audiences was as Ado Annie in the premiere production of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' in 1943.

After she starred in the Broadway production of ''[[Bloomer Girl]]'', [[20th Century Fox]] signed Holm to a movie contract in 1946. She made her film debut that same year in ''[[Three Little Girls in Blue]]'', making a startling entrance in a "[[Technicolor]] red" dress singing "Always a Lady," a belting Ado Annie-type song, although the character was different—a lady. For her role in ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' (1947), she won an Oscar and Golden Globe for [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9401824/Celeste-Holm.html Obituary: Celeste Holm], London: ''The Daily Telegraph'', July 15, 2012</ref> However, after another supporting role in ''[[All About Eve]]'', Holm realized she preferred live theater to movie work, and only accepted a few select film roles over the next decade. The most successful of these were the comedy ''[[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]]'' (1955) and the musical ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'' (1956), both of which co-starred [[Frank Sinatra]]. She starred as a professor-turned-reporter in New York City in the [[Columbia Broadcasting Company|CBS]] television series ''[[Honestly, Celeste!]]'' (fall 1954) and was thereafter a panelist on ''Who Pays?'' (1959). She also appeared [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] ''[[The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pat Boone Chevy Showroom: November 28, 1957 |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/pat-boone-chevy-showroom/episodes/ |website=[[TV.com]] |access-date=January 6, 2020}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=January 2020}}

[[File:Charlotte Sheffield, Maria Schell, Celeste Holm.jpg|thumb|left|[[Charlotte Sheffield]], [[Maria Schell]], and Celeste Holm entertain guests at a dinner to-night, 1958]]
In 1958, she starred as a reporter in an unsold television pilot called ''The Celeste Holm Show'', based on the book ''No Facilities for Women''. In 1965, she played the Fairy Godmother alongside [[Lesley Ann Warren]] in the CBS production of ''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)#1965 version|Cinderella]]''. In 1970–71, she was featured on the [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] sitcom ''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]''.
[[File:Honestly Celeste 1954.JPG|thumb|Holm with [[Scott McKay (actor)|Scott McKay]]]]
During the 1970s and 1980s, Holm did more screen acting, with roles in films such as ''[[Tom Sawyer (1973 film)|Tom Sawyer]]'' and ''[[Three Men and a Baby]]'', and in television series (often as a guest star) such as ''[[Columbo]]'', ''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]'', ''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]'' and ''[[Falcon Crest]]''. In 1979, she played the role of First Lady Florence Harding in the television mini-series, ''[[Backstairs at the White House]]''. Holm also starred in the musical ''[[The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall]],'' which flopped after a single performance (and seven previews) on Broadway''.'' In December 1981 Holm appeared in the lead role in the British premiere of [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[Lady in the Dark]]'' at the [[Nottingham Playhouse]].<ref>Theatre programme: ''Lady in the Dark'', Nottingham Playhouse, UK, December 9, 1981.</ref> She was a regular on the ABC soap opera ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'', appearing first in 1986 in the role of Lydia Woodhouse and again as Isabelle Dwyer Alden #2 from 1991 to 1992. She last appeared on television in the [[CBS]] television series ''[[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]]'' (1996–99).

==Honors==
[[Image:Celeste Holm and Oscar from Gentleman's Agreement trailer.jpg|thumb|Accepting her Academy Award for ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]'' (1947)]]
A life member of [[Actors Studio|The Actors Studio]],<ref>{{cite book |first=David |last=Garfield |title=A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio |url=https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf |url-access=registration |year=1980 |publisher=MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. |location=New York |isbn=978-0025426504 |page=[https://archive.org/details/playersplacestor00garf/page/278 278] |chapter=Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980}}</ref> Holm received numerous honors during her lifetime, including the 1968 [[Sarah Siddons Award]] for distinguished achievement in [[Chicago theatre]]; she was appointed to the National Arts Council by then-President [[Ronald Reagan]], appointed Knight, First Class of the [[Order of St. Olav]] by [[Olav V of Norway|King Olav of Norway]] in 1979, and inducted into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]] in 1992.<ref name=today/> She remained active for social causes as a spokesperson for [[UNICEF]], and for occasional professional engagements. From 1995 she was Chairman of the Board of Arts Horizons, a not-for-profit arts-in-education organization. In 1995, Holm was inducted into the [[Scandinavian-American Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SAHF Inductees |url=http://hostfest.com/sahf/sahf-inductees/ |website=hostfest.com |publisher=Norsk Høstfest |access-date=January 11, 2016}}</ref>

In 2006, Holm was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the SunDeis Film Festival at [[Brandeis University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandeis.edu/sundeis/welcome.html |title=SunDeis 2006 |access-date=October 29, 2007 |website=SunDeis Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910155056/http://www.brandeis.edu/sundeis/welcome.html |archive-date=September 10, 2006}}</ref>

Holm was a guest at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in [[Aberdeen, Maryland]]. Some of the movies in which she appeared were screened at the festival, and the unaired television pilot for ''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]'' was shown. She received an honorary award during the dinner banquet at the close of the event.

==Personal life==
Holm's first marriage was at age 19 to [[Ralph Nelson]] in 1936.<ref name=superior>{{cite web |url=http://www.superiorpics.com/celeste_holm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911050148/http://www.superiorpics.com/celeste_holm |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |title=Profile: Celeste Holm profile |website=Superiorpics |access-date=January 6, 2020 }}</ref> The marriage ended in 1939. Their son is Internet pioneer and sociologist [[Ted Nelson]].<ref name=holmandbasile>{{cite news |first=John |last=Leland |author-link=John Leland (journalist) |title=Love and Inheritance: A Family Feud |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/nyregion/love-and-inheritance-celeste-holms-family-feud.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 2, 2011 |access-date=July 4, 2011}}</ref>

Holm married Francis Emerson Harding Davies, an English auditor, on January 7, 1940. Davies was a [[Roman Catholic]], and she was received into the Roman Catholic Church for the purposes of their 1940 wedding; the marriage was dissolved on May 8, 1945.<ref name=superior/>

From 1946 to 1952, Holm was married to airline public relations executive A. Schuyler Dunning, with whom she had a second son, businessman Daniel Dunning.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Births, deaths, marriages, divorces |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806408,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312035138/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,806408,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 12, 2009 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=May 12, 1952 |access-date=May 15, 2008}}</ref>

In 1961, Holm married actor [[Wesley Addy]]. The couple lived together on her family farm in [[Washington Township, Morris County, New Jersey]]. He died in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/entertainment-general/index.ssf/2012/07/celeste_holm_oscar-winning_act.html |title=Celeste Holm, Oscar-winning actress, dies at 95 |newspaper=[[The Express-Times]] |location=Easton, PA |date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2015 |quote=Celeste Holm married her fourth husband, actor Robert Wesley Addy, in 1966. The couple lived in Washington Township., Morris County, N.J.}}</ref><ref>[http://www.morrisplanning.org/divisions/PresTrust/Farmland/Farm79Summary.pdf Summary of Preserved Farms – EG Jewett / Holm Farm]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Morris County Agriculture Development Board, October 12, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2015. "Owned since 1922 by the family of actress Celeste Holm, this large farm atop Schooley's Mountain is in wheat and tree fruit production."</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newjerseyhills.com/actress-farm-to-be-saved-from-bulldozer/article_69b56b77-702e-57e3-b465-6954041fa18b.html|title=Actress' farm to be saved from bulldozer|website=New Jersey Hills|date=July 17, 2003 |language=en|access-date=January 25, 2020}}</ref>
[[File:Celeste Holm 1999.jpg|thumb|Holm in 1999]]
On April 29, 2004, her 87th birthday, Holm married opera singer Frank Basile, who was 41 years old.<ref>{{cite news |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |title=December Bride: Shocking Guests, Celeste Holm Marries Beau at 85th Birthday Party |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/december-bride-shocking-guests-celeste-holm-marries-beau-at-85th-birthday-p-119461 |work=[[Playbill]] |date=April 30, 2004}}</ref> The couple had met in October 1999 at a fundraiser for which Basile had been hired to sing. Soon after their marriage, Holm and Basile sued to overturn the irrevocable trust that was created in 2002 by Daniel Dunning, Holm's younger son. The trust was ostensibly set up to shelter Holm's financial assets from taxes though Basile contended the real purpose of the trust was to keep him away from her money. The lawsuit began a five-year battle, which cost millions of dollars, and according to an article in ''The New York Times'', left Holm and her husband with a "fragile hold" on their apartment, which Holm had purchased for $10,000 cash in 1953 from her film earnings, and which in 2011 was believed to be worth at least $10,000,000.<ref name="holmandbasile"/>

==Health and death==
According to Frank Basile, Holm had been treated for memory loss since 2002, suffered skin cancer, bleeding ulcers and a collapsed lung, and had hip replacements and pacemakers.<ref name=holmandbasile/>

In June 2012, Holm was admitted to New York's [[Roosevelt Hospital]] with dehydration, where she suffered a heart attack on July 13, 2012; she died two days later at her [[Central Park West]] apartment, aged 95.<ref name=obit>{{cite news |first=Anita |last=Gates |title=Celeste Holm, Witty Character Actress, Is Dead at 95 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/theater/celeste-holm-witty-character-actress-dies-at-95.html |quote=Celeste Holm, the New York-born actress who made an indelible Broadway impression as an amorous country girl in Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!", earned an Academy Award as the knowing voice of tolerance in "Gentleman's Agreement" and went on to a six-decade screen and stage career, frequently cast as the wistful or brittle sophisticate, died early Sunday at her apartment in Manhattan. She was 95. Her death was announced by Amy Phillips, a great-niece. Ms. Holm had a heart attack at Roosevelt Hospital in New York last week while being treated there for dehydration, but she was taken home on Friday. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name=today>{{cite news |url=http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12752807-oscar-winning-actress-celeste-holm-dies-at-95?lite |title=Oscar-winning actress Celeste Holm dies at 95 |date=July 15, 2012 |series=[[Today (American TV program)|Today]] |work=[[NBC]] |last=Kennedy |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717053656/http://todayentertainment.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/15/12752807-oscar-winning-actress-celeste-holm-dies-at-95?lite |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=OP>{{cite news |url=https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/fire-at-de-niro-s-new-york-apartment-no-injuries/article_25f2c2e7-bdbd-551a-87e4-d56a7ed9e0c6.html |newspaper=[[The Oakland Press]] |title=Fire At Robert De Niro's NYC Apartment; No Injuries |date=June 8, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727183300/https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/fire-at-de-niro-s-new-york-apartment-no-injuries/article_25f2c2e7-bdbd-551a-87e4-d56a7ed9e0c6.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Work ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1946
|''[[Three Little Girls in Blue]]''
|Miriam Harrington
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1947
|''[[Carnival in Costa Rica]]''
|Celeste
|
|-
|''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]''
|Anne Dettrey
|''Oscar: Best Supporting Actress''
|-
|rowspan="2"|1948
|''[[The Snake Pit]]''
|Grace
|
|-
|''[[Road House (1948 film)|Road House]]''
|Susie Smith
|
|-
|rowspan="4"|1949
|''[[Chicken Every Sunday]]''
|Emily Hefferan
|
|-
|''[[A Letter to Three Wives]]''
|Addie Ross (voice)
|Uncredited
|-
|''[[Come to the Stable]]''
|Sister Scholastica
|
|-
|''[[Everybody Does It]]''
|Doris Blair Borland
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|1950
|''[[Champagne for Caesar]]''
|Flame O'Neill
|
|-
|''[[All About Eve]]''
|Karen Richards
|
|-
|1955
|''[[The Tender Trap (film)|The Tender Trap]]''
|Sylvia Crewes
|
|-
|1956
|''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]''
|Liz Imbrie
|
|-
|1961
|''[[Bachelor Flat]]''
|Helen Bushmill
|
|-
|1963
|''Hailstones and Halibut Bones''
|Narrator (voice)
|Short film
|-
|1967
|''[[Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding!]]''
|Louise Halloran
|
|-
|1973
|''[[Tom Sawyer (1973 film)|Tom Sawyer]]''
|Aunt Polly
|
|-
|1976
|''[[Bittersweet Love]]''
|Marian Lewis
|
|-
|1977
|''[[The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover]]''
|Florence Hollister
|
|-
|1987
|''[[Three Men and a Baby]]''
|Mrs. Holden
|
|-
|1989
|''Nora's Christmas Gift''
|Nora Richards
|Direct-to-video
|-
|1997
|''[[Still Breathing (film)|Still Breathing]]''
|Ida, Fletcher's grandmother
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Alchemy (film)|Alchemy]]''
|Iris
|
|-
|2012
|''Driving Me Crazy''
|Mrs. Ginsberg
|
|-
|2013
|''College Debts''
|Grandma GG
|Final film role
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1950
|''[[Four Star Revue|All Star Revue]]''
|Guest Actress
|Episode "1.6"
|-
|1951
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Eliza<br>Margaret Best
|Episode: "The Pacing Goose"<br>Episode: "Second Sight"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1952
|''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|Schlitz Playhouse]]''
| Lettie Morgan
|Episode: "Four's a Family"
|-
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Katherine Case
|Episode: "The Bargain"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1953
|''[[Lux Video Theatre]]''
|Miss Prynne
|Episode: "Lost Sunday"
|-
|''[[Hollywood Opening Night]]''
|
|Episode: "Mrs. Genius"
|-
|''[[Your Jeweler's Showcase]]''
|
|Episode: "Heart's Desire"
|-
|1954
|''[[Honestly, Celeste!]]''
|Celeste Anders
|8 episodes
|-
|1955
|''[[The United States Steel Hour]]''
|Madge Collins
|Episode: "The Bogey Man"
|-
|rowspan="4"|1956
|''[[Climax!]]''
|Mary Miller
|Episode: "The Empty Room Blues"
|-
|''[[Sneak Preview (TV series)|Sneak Preview]]''
|Carolyn Daniels
|Episode: "Carolyn"
|-
|''[[The Steve Allen Show]]''
|Mad Meggie
|Episode: "2.8"
|-
|''[[Producers' Showcase]]''
|Mad Meggie
|Episode: "Jack and the Beanstalk"
|-
|rowspan="4"|1957
|''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars|Schlitz Playhouse]]''
|Lettie Morgan
|Episode: "The Wedding Present"
|-
|''[[Goodyear Television Playhouse|Goodyear Playhouse]]''
|Maggie Travis
|Episode: "The Princess Back Home"
|-
|''[[Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre|Zane Grey Theater]]''
|Sarah Kimball
|Episode: "Fugitive"
|-
|''The Yeoman of the Guard''
|Phoebe Meryll
|TV movie
|-
|rowspan="2"|1960
|''[[The Art Carney Special]]''
|
|Episode: "The Man in the Dog Suit"
|-
|''[[The Christophers]]''
|
|Episode: "Women of the Bible"
|-
|1961
|''[[The Play of the Week|Play of the Week]]''
|Virginia
|Episode: "A Clearing in the Woods"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1962
|''Follow the Sun''
|Miss Bullfinch
|Episode: "The Irresistible Miss Bullfinch"
|-
|''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]''
|Laraine Whitman
|Episode: "So Beats My Plastic Heart"
|-
|''[[Alcoa Premiere]]''
|Laura Bennett
|Episode: "Cry Out in Silence"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1963
|''[[Dr. Kildare (TV series)|Dr. Kildare]]''
|Nurse Jane Munson
|Episode: "The Pack Rat and Prima Donna"
|-
|''[[Burke's Law (1963 TV series)|Burke's Law]]''
|Helen Forsythe
|Episode: "Who Killed the Kind Doctor?"
|-
|1964
|''[[The Eleventh Hour (1962 TV series)|The Eleventh Hour]]''
|Billie Hamilton
|Episode "How Do I Say I Love You?"
|-
|rowspan="5"|1965
|''[[Mr. Novak]]''
|Rose Herrod
|Episode: "An Elephant Is Like a Tree"
|-
|''[[Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)#1965 version|Cinderella]]''
|Fairy Godmother
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Run for Your Life (TV series)|Run for Your Life]]''
|Margot Horst
|Episode: "The Cold, Cold War of Paul Bryan"
|-
|''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]''
|Mrs. Fuller
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
|Flo Hagerman
|Episode: "The Old Man Picked a Lemon"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1966
|''[[The Long, Hot Summer (TV series)|The Long Hot Summer]]''
|Libby Rankin
|Episode: "Face of Fear"
|-
|''[[Meet Me in St. Louis]]''
|Mrs. Smith
|TV movie
|-
|rowspan="4"|1967
|''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]''
|Pearl Patton
|Episode: "Concrete Evidence"
|-
|''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]''
|Flo Clementi
|Episode: "The Executioners: Part 1"<br>Episode: "The Executioners: Part 2"
|-
|''Cosa Nostra, Arch Enemy of the FBI''
|Flo Clementi
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
|Mrs. Berns
|Episode: "Fat Hands and a Diamond Ring"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1970
|''[[The Name of the Game (TV series)|The Name of the Game]]''
|Irene Comdon
|Episode: "The Brass Ring"
|-
|''[[Swing Out, Sweet Land]]''
|Nancy Lincoln
|TV movie
|-
|1970–71
|''[[Nancy (TV series)|Nancy]]''
|Abigail
|17 episodes
|-
|1972
|''[[The Delphi Bureau]]''
|Sybil Van Loween
|Episode: "Pilot"
|-
|1973
|''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
|Dr. Linda Wilson
|Episode: "No Margin for Error"
|-
|rowspan="5"|1974
|''[[Medical Center (TV series)|Medical Center]]''
|Geraldine Stern
|Episode: "Web of Intrigue"
|-
|''[[The Streets of San Francisco]]''
|Mrs. Shaninger
|Episode: "Crossfire"
|-
|''[[The Underground Man (1974 film)|The Underground Man]]''
|Beatrice Broadhurst
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Death Cruise]]''
|Elizabeth Mason
|Television Movie
|-
|''[[The Manhunter]]''
|Clara Calvert
|Episode: "The Truck Murders"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1976
|''The American Woman: Portraits of Courage''
|[[Elizabeth Cady Stanton]]
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Captains and the Kings (miniseries)|Captains and the Kings]]''
|Sister Angela
|TV miniseries
|-
|''[[Columbo]]''
|Mrs. Brandt
|Episode: "Old Fashioned Murder"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1977
|''[[List of The Love Boat episodes|The Love Boat II]]''
|Eva McFarland
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|The Wonderful World of Disney]]''
|Deirdre Wainwright
|Episode: "[[The Bluegrass Special]]"
|-
|''[[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Wonder Woman]]''
|Dolly Tucker
|Episode: "I Do, I Do"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1978
|''[[Lucan (American TV series)|Lucan]]''
|
|Episode: "You Can't Have My Baby"
|-
|''[[Fantasy Island]]''
|Mabel Jarvis
|Episode: "The Beachcomber/The Last Whodunnit"
|-
|rowspan="4"|1979
|''[[Fantasy Island]]''
|Sister Veronica
|Episode: "The Look Alikes/Winemaker"
|-
|''[[Backstairs at the White House]]''
|Mrs. Florence Harding
|TV miniseries
|-
|''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|Claudia
|Episode: "The Shattered Image"
|-
|''[[The Love Boat]]''
|Estelle Castlewood
|2 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1981
|''Midnight Lace''
|Sylvia Randall
|TV movie
|-
|''[[As the World Turns]]''
|Lauren Roberts
|TV series
|-
|1981–83
|''[[Archie Bunker's Place]]''
|Estelle Harris
|5 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1982
|''[[American Playhouse]]''
|Celebrity
|Episode: "The Shady Hill Kidnapping"
|-
|''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]''
|Lillie Townsend
|Episode: "Don't Rain on My Charade"
|-
|1983
|''This Girl for Hire''
|Zandra Stoneham
|TV movie
|-
|1984
|''[[Jessie (1984 TV series)|Jessie]]''
|Molly Hayden
|6 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1985
|''[[Matt Houston]]''
|Katherine Hershey
|Episode: "Company Secrets"
|-
|''[[Falcon Crest]]''
|Anna Rossini
|6 episodes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1987
|''Murder by the Book''
|Claire
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''
|Abigail Baldwin
|Episode: "The Love That Lies"
|-
|1988
|''[[Spenser: For Hire]]''
|Rose
|Episode: "Haunting"
|-
|rowspan="2"|1989
|''[[CBS Summer Playhouse]]''
|Samantha Orbison
|Episode: "Road Show"
|-
|''[[Polly (film)|Polly]]''
|Miss Snow
|TV movie
|-
|1989–90
|''[[Christine Cromwell]]''
|Samantha Cromwell
|4 episodes
|-
|1990
|''[[Polly (film)|Polly: Comin' Home!]]''
|Miss Snow
|TV movie
|-
|1991–92
|''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]''
|Isabelle Alden
|52 episodes
|-
|1992
|''[[Cheers]]''
|Grandmother Gaines
|Episode: "No Rest for the Woody"
|-
|1995
|''[[Great Performances]]''
|
|Episode: "Talking With"
|-
|rowspan="3"|1996
|''Home of the Brave''
|Hattie Greene
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Once You Meet a Stranger]]''
|Clara
|TV movie
|-
|''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
|Hattie Greene
|Episode: "Promised Land"
|-
|1996–99
|''[[Promised Land (1996 TV series)|Promised Land]]''
|Hattie Greene
|67 episodes
|-
|1997
|''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
|Hattie Greene
|2 episodes
|-
|1998
|''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
|Hattie Greene
|Episode: "Vengeance Is Mine: Part 1"
|-
|2000
|''[[The Beat (TV series)|The Beat]]''
|Frances Robinson
|13 episodes
|-
|2002
|''[[Third Watch]]''
|Florence
|Episode: "Transformed"
|-
|2004
|''[[Whoopi (TV series)|Whoopi]]''
|Diana
|Episode: "The Squatters"
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Venue
|-
|1938
|''Gloriana''
|Lady Mary
|[[Helen Hayes Theatre|Little Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1940
|''[[The Time of Your Life]]''
|Mary L
|[[Booth Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1940
|''Another Sun''
|Maria
|rowspan=2|[[National Theatre (New York)|National Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1940
|''The Return of the Vagabond''
|His Daughter
|-
|1941
|''Eight O'Clock Tuesday''
|Marcia Godden
|[[Henry Miller's Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1941
|''My Fair Ladies''
|Lady Keith-Odlyn
|[[Hudson Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1942
|''Papa Is All''
|Emma
|[[Guild Theatre (Manhattan)|Guild Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1942
|''All the Comforts of Home''
|Fifi Oritanski
|[[Longacre Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1942
|''[[The Damask Cheek]]''
|Calla Longstreth
|[[Playhouse Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1943
|''[[Oklahoma!]]''
|Ado Annie Carnes
|[[St. James Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1944
|''[[Bloomer Girl]]''
|Evalina
|[[Shubert Theatre (New York City)|Shubert Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1950
|''[[Affairs of State]]''
|Irene Elliott
|[[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1951
|''[[The King and I]]''
|Anna Leonowens <br /> (replacement)
|[[St. James Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1952
|''[[Anna Christie]]''
|Anna Christopherson
|[[Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)|Lyceum Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1954
|''His and Hers''
|Maggie Palmer
|[[48th Street Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1958
|''Interlock''
|Mrs. Price
|[[ANTA Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1958
|''Third Best Sport''
|Helen Sayre
|[[Ambassador Theatre (New York City)|Ambassador Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1960
|''Invitation to a March''
|Camilla Jablonski
|[[Music Box Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1967
|''[[Mame (musical)|Mame]]''
|Mame Dennis <br /> (replacement)
|[[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1970
|''[[Candida (play)|Candida]]''
|Candida
|[[Longacre Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1973
|''[[The Irregular Verb To Love (play)|The Irregular Verb To Love]]''
|Hedda Rankin
|[[The Pocono Playhouse]], PA
|-
|1975
|''[[Light Up The Sky (play)|Light Up The Sky]]''
|
|[[Ford's Theatre]], Washington, DC
|-
|1975
|''[[Habeas Corpus (play)|Habeas Corpus]]''
|Lady Rumpers
|[[Martin Beck Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1979
|''[[The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall]]''
|Julia Faysle
|[[Mark Hellinger Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1983
|''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]''
|Judith Bliss
|[[Ahmanson Theatre]], Los Angeles
|-
|1988
|''[[The Show Off]]''
|Mrs. Fisher
|[[Williamstown Theatre Festival|Williamstown Theatre]], MA
|-
|1990
|''[[The Cocktail Hour]]''
|
|[[Philadelphia Theatre Company]]
|-
|1991
|''[[I Hate Hamlet]]''
|Lilian Troy
|[[Walter Kerr Theatre]], Broadway
|-
|1994
|''[[Allegro (musical)|Allegro]]''
|Grandma Taylor
|[[New York City Center]]
|-
|1994
|''[[Love Letters (play)|Love Letters]]''
|Melissa Gardner
|[[Williamstown Theatre Festival|Williamstown Theatre]], MA
|}

===Radio===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! Ref.
|-
|1946
|''[[The Bob Crosby Show (radio program)|The Bob Crosby Show]]''
| Guest
| <ref>{{cite news |title=Celeste Holm on Bob Crosby Show |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2374032/harrisburg_telegraph/ |newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |date=January 26, 1946 |page=15 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=May 7, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
|1950
|''[[Everybody Does It]]''
|Episode of ''[[Screen Guild Theater]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |title=On The Air |newspaper=The Gazette and Daily |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2375001/the_gazette_and_daily/ |agency=The Gazette and Daily |location=York, PA |date=March 2, 1950 |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}</ref>
|-
|1952
|''[[Up in Central Park]]''
|Episode of ''Music In the Air''
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Dial Chatter |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2374953/the_la_crosse_tribune/ |newspaper=The La Crosse Tribune |date=May 11, 1952 |page=18 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1952
|''Foreign Affairs''
|Episode of ''[[Screen Guild Theater]]''
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Programs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2374092/the_decatur_daily_review/ |newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |date=May 4, 1952 |page=50 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 8, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1953
|''[[Cluny Brown]]''
|Episode of ''Star Playhouse''
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kirby |first1=Walter |title=Better Radio Programs for the Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2765499/the_decatur_daily_review/ |newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review |date=November 15, 1953 |page=50 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|1976
|''Afterward''
|Episode of ''[[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]]''
| <ref>{{cite news |title=CBS Radio Mystery Theater |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2374004/santa_ana_register/ |newspaper=Santa Ana Register |date=February 26, 1976 |page=19 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Nominated work
! Result
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| [[20th Academy Awards|1947]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Academy Awards]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| ''[[Gentleman's Agreement]]''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948 |title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 18, 2011 |website=Oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[22nd Academy Awards|1949]]
| ''[[Come to the Stable]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1950 |title=The 22nd Academy Awards (1950) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 18, 2011 |website=Oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[23rd Academy Awards|1950]]
| ''[[All About Eve]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1951 |title=The 23rd Academy Awards (1951) Nominees and Winners |access-date=August 18, 2011 |website=Oscars.org}}</ref>
|-
| [[14th Daytime Emmy Awards|1987]]
| [[Daytime Emmy Awards]]
| [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series]]
| ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]''
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000206/1987/1 |title=Daytime Emmy Awards (1987) |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date= April 5, 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[20th Primetime Emmy Awards|1968]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]
| Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming – Individuals
| ''[[Insight (American TV series)|Insight]]''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/celeste-holm |title=Celeste Holm |website=Emmys.com |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[31st Primetime Emmy Awards|1979]]
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special]]
| ''[[Backstairs at the White House]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[5th Golden Globe Awards|1947]]
| [[Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| rowspan="2"| ''Gentleman's Agreement''
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/celeste-holm |title=Celeste Holm – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[1947 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|1947]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1947 |title=1947 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=January 10, 2023}}</ref>
|}

In 1960, Holm received two stars on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]], one for her work in Motion Pictures located at 1500 Vine Street, and the other for her work on Television at the location 6821 Hollywood Blvd.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://walkoffame.com/celeste-holm/ |title=Celeste Holm |website=[[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] |date=October 25, 2019 |access-date=December 18, 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327093635/http://sargentportraits.com/professionals/loving2.htm Portrait of Celeste Holm and Wesley Addy] by [[Margaret Holland Sargent]]
* [https://archive.today/20130416092218/http://welovesoa.ps/Holm95 Obituary at We Love Soaps]

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