Judith O'Dea
Biography
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.
81years old
Turns 82 on April 20in 160 days
- Born Pittsburgh
- Star sign: TaurusFirst day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 57 years1968 to 2025
Every film, newest first
- 2025CoyotesIMDb rating 4.8
- 2022Night of the British DeadIMDb rating 6.2
- 2014Doc of the DeadIMDb rating 6.4
- 1968Night of the Living DeadIMDb rating 7.8
Genres
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Judith O'Dea movies on Netflix
Coyotes
Night of the British Deadas Barbra
Doc of the Deadas Himself
Night of the Living Deadas Barbra
Most often with
Five actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.






Films together
George A. Romero2 films together, 1968 to 2014
George A. Romero's page Doc of the Dead2014IMDb rating 6.4O'Dea as HimselfRomero as Himself
Night of the Living Dead1968IMDb rating 7.8O'Dea as BarbraRomero as Washington Reporter
Duane Jones2 films together, 1968 to 2022
Duane Jones's page Night of the British Dead2022IMDb rating 6.2O'Dea as BarbraJones as Ben
Night of the Living Dead1968IMDb rating 7.8O'Dea as BarbraJones as Ben
Marilyn Eastman2 films together, 1968 to 2022
Marilyn Eastman's page Night of the British Dead2022IMDb rating 6.2O'Dea as BarbraEastman as Helen Cooper
Night of the Living Dead1968IMDb rating 7.8O'Dea as BarbraEastman as Helen Cooper
Karl Hardman2 films together, 1968 to 2022
Karl Hardman's page Night of the British Dead2022IMDb rating 6.2O'Dea as BarbraHardman as Harry Cooper
Night of the Living Dead1968IMDb rating 7.8O'Dea as BarbraHardman as Harry Cooper
Keith Wayne2 films together, 1968 to 2022
Keith Wayne's page Night of the British Dead2022IMDb rating 6.2O'Dea as BarbraWayne as Tom
Night of the Living Dead1968IMDb rating 7.8O'Dea as BarbraWayne as Tom
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.
