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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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BornApril 20, 1945
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      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Known for

    Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Night of the Living Dead
    7.8
    • Barbra
    • 1968
    Vampire Zombies... From Space! (2024)
    Vampire Zombies... From Space!
    7.4
    • Vampira
    • 2024
    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
      4.1
      • Emily Hamilton
      • 2008

      Credits

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      • Ed Gein: D.D.S.
        • Augusta Gein (rumored)
        • Completed



      • Karen Dilloo, Judith O'Dea, Tina Ona Paukstelis, Brinke Stevens, Darcey Vanderhoef, Christopher D. Harder, and Michael Thomas Determan in Safe Inside 2 (2025)
        Safe Inside 2
        • Crystal Lake
        • 2025
      • Vampire Zombies... From Space! (2024)
        Vampire Zombies... From Space!
        7.4
        • Vampira
        • 2024
      • Synthwave Horror: Night of the Living Dead (2024)
        Synthwave Horror: Night of the Living Dead
        • Barbara
        • 2024
      • Kill Giggles (2020)
        Kill Giggles
        5.2
        • Deborah di Prima
        • 2020
      • 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
        5.0
        • Crystal Lake
        • 2017
      • Carlos Ramirez in Abandoned Dead (2015)
        Abandoned Dead
        2.8
        • Doctor Pamela Myers
        • 2015
      • Hole in the Wall (2014)
        Hole in the Wall
        4.2
        • Augusta Gein
        • 2014
      • They Came from the Ether (2014)
        They Came from the Ether
        4.8
        • Miss Clara
        • 2014
      • 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
        5.8
        • Actress on TV
        • 2011
      • Women's Studies (2010)
        Women's Studies
        5.6
        • Senator Gayle Hamlin
        • 2010
      • Timo Rose's Beast (2009)
        Timo Rose's Beast
        3.7
        • Boomer's Mother
        • 2009
      • October Moon 2: November Son (2008)
        October Moon 2: November Son
        4.1
        • Emily Hamilton
        • 2008
      • October Moon (2005)
        October Moon
        4.8
        Video
        • Mrs. Hamilton (Elliot's Mom)
        • 2005
      • Laugh Track: Night of the Living Dead
        Video
        • Britney Spears look-a-like
        • 2003
      • Claustrophobia (2003)
        Claustrophobia
        3.3
        • Alena Gray (as Judy O'Dea)
        • 2003

      Additional Crew



      • Here Come the Puppets! (1981)
        Here Come the Puppets!
        TV Movie
        • intern: Kennedy Center (as Judith O'Dea Morr)
        • 1981

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      Videos4

      Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
      Trailer 1:04
      Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated
      Abandoned Dead
      Trailer 1:50
      Abandoned Dead
      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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      • Alternative names
        • Judith O'Dea Morr
      • Height
        • 5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
      • Born
        • April 20, 1945
        • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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