A Passage to India (film) Best Picture, Best Director for Lean, and Best Actress for Judy Davis for her portrayal as Adela Quested. Peggy Ashcroft won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal as Mrs Moore, making her, at 77, the oldest actress to win the award, and Maurice Jarre won his third Academy Award for Best Original Score. Adela Quested (Judy Davis) is sailing from England to British Raj India with Mrs Moore (Peggy Ashcroft), the latter the mother of her intended bridegroom, Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers); Mrs Moore's son from her first marriage. He is the Collector and the City
Judy Davis in the title role, as charismatic and commanding on stage as she is in film." In 2011, she portrayed the role of fading actress Irina Arkadina in Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull" at Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre. Paul Chai of ""Variety"" praised her performance as Irina, writing, "Davis manages to instill Irina with not only a diva’s haughty air and crafty manipulation but also with the right hint of fragility, as evidenced in her concern about being upstaged by the youthful and beautiful Nina." Judy Davis Judith Davis (born 23 April 1955) is an Australian actress known for her work in