Her film appearances include The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Birth (2004), and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011).
[2] Caldwell's mother often took some of the neighbourhood kids to the Elizabethan Theatre in Richmond where they could go backstage and watch rehearsals and performances.
[citation needed] A life member of the Actors Studio,[6] Caldwell won four Tony Awards for her performances on Broadway in Tennessee Williams' Slapstick Tragedy, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Medea and Master Class.
Caldwell directed the Broadway production of Othello in the late 1970s with James Earl Jones, Christopher Plummer, and Dianne Wiest.
[citation needed] Caldwell also performed on film, most notably as an imperious dowager in Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo.
[9] Caldwell graduated from Methodist Ladies' College, Kew and, much later, received an honorary degree from the University of Melbourne.