Judith Light
Judith Light was born in Trenton, New Jersey, United States on February 9th, 1949 and is the TV Actress. At the age of 75, Judith Light biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.
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Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress, producer, and activist. Light made her professional debut in 1970 before appearing in the A Doll's House's 1975 revival.
Karen Wolek appeared in One Life to Live, an ABC daytime soap opera from 1977 to 1983, where she appeared as Karen Wolek.
She received two separate Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for this role.
Angela Bower appeared in the long-running ABC sitcom Who's the Boss? He appeared in many other television sitcoms, dramas, and films from 1984 to 1992.
Elizabeth Donnelly appeared in the NBC legal crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2002–2010), and she also appeared Claire Meade in the ABC comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007. In 2011, she received her first nomination for a Tony Award for her role in Lombardi's original Broadway play.
Light received two consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2012 and 2013 for her appearances in Other Desert Cities and The Assembled Parties.
Light starred in the TNT drama series Dallas from 2013 to 2014.
Shelly Pfefferman debuted in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios dark comedy-drama series Transparent in 2014, receiving Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Critics' Choice Television Award nominations. Light is a well-known LGBTQ+ and HIV/AIDS activist.
She began volunteering in the early 1980s, in the earliest days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Early life
In Trenton, New Jersey, a light was born to a Jewish family. Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model, and Sidney Light, an accountant, are the nieces of Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model and an accountant. Light graduated from high school in 1966 at St. Mary's Hall-Doane Academy in Burlington, New Jersey. She earned a degree in drama from Carnegie Mellon University. She recalled graduating with a class of 15 actors who were with her for four years. "It was a very rigorous program, and I thank God for it because it was an amazing training program," she said. In 1970, she made her professional debut on stage in Richard III at the California Shakespeare Festival.
Personal life
Since 1985, Light has been married to television actor Robert Desiderio. Both the woman and the guy are divorced: she lives in New York City and he lives in Southern California. She has a home in Beverly Hills, California, and a home in Aspen, Colorado. She is Jewish and believes herself religious, but not in a sense tied to a particular faith. Kundalini yoga has been a part of her life for 20 years.
Career
In 1975, Light made her Broadway debut in A Doll's House. She appeared in the 1976 Broadway play Herzl. Light appeared at such theatre companies as the Milwaukee Repertory Theatre and the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Light went through a real crisis in the late 1970s after a period of not landing any parts. Broke was almost out of theater because she felt she was not contributing to the company, not acting.
Light, her agent, called Light to invite her to audition for an understudy role in the ABC soap opera One Life to Live in 1977. She initially refused to be tied to a soap opera or a sitcom until she was told her daily salary would be $350. "The style catches a lot of people" at the audition. She could "make a difference" and "make money" at the same time. She was recast in the role of Karen Wolek, a role that had previously been played by actresses Kathryn Breech and Julia Duffy, rather than landing an understudy role. Light's role as a housewife was extremely lucrative for Light and spawned one of the show's most remembranced storylines; Light's protagonist became an alcoholic prostitute after she became dissatisfied with her life as a housewife. Karen kept her friend, Viki Lord Riley (Erika Slezak), from being convicted of murdering Karen's pimp, Marco Dane (Gerald Anthony), by announcing that she was a prostitute to the entire community, including her faithful husband, Dr Larry Wolek (Michael Storm).
Light's portrayal of Karen earned the show critical acclaim and is credited with a series of One Life to Live ratings from the late 1970s to the early 1980s. The light's spectacular, confessional courtroom appearance of a housewife-turned-prostitute on the witness stand is considered one of the most memorable moments in television by TV Guide. This was her first Daytime Emmy Award for "Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series" in 1980, and the scene in which she confessed to her innocence in court has been used in acting classes to the present day. "I was afraid before those courtroom scenes," the light recalled. I was afraid to put myself out that much. I couldn't help but let her spew out of her as the agony of pulling it out piece by piece and having the prosecutor stick the knife in her gut. In 1981, Light earned another Emmy in the role.
She appeared in a St. Germain episode. Elsewhere in its first season, "Dog Day Hospital," a housewife who was pregnant for the ninth time while her husband claimed he had a vaping operation. She took an operating room hostage in an attempt to discipline the doctor who botched the job, but it was later revealed that her husband did not have the procedure.
Angela Bower, the ABC's top market executive, landed the leading role on daytime television. Who's the Boss? Tony Danza, co-starring Tony Danza, who appeared in her housekeeper (and eventual boyfriend), appeared on the program from 1984 to 1992. The series was well-received in the ratings, consistently ranked in the top ten in the final primetime ratings from 1985 to 1989, and has since continued in syndication.TV Guide ranked Who's the Boss?
The 109th best sitcom of all time. She appeared in several television films, including Stamp of a Killer (1987) alongside Jimmy Smits; and The Ryan White Story (1989), in which she played HIV/AIDS-positive teenager Ryan White.Light appeared in Wife, Mother, Murderer (1991), in which she portrayed Audrey Marie Hilley. Light appeared in another ABC sitcom, Phenom, from 1993 to 1994 before being cancelled. Who is the Boss? The Simple Life on CBS, a short-lived sitcom, starred in 1998. She appeared in made-for-TV and feature films including Men Don't Tell and 1997's Too Close to Home, which co-starred Ricky Schroder, for the majority of the 1990s. Light returned to the stage in 1999 in the off-Broadway performance of Pulitzer Prize-winning play Wit. She received high praise for her portrayal of Vivian Bearing, a university professor battling ovarian cancer, and she returned to the national tour for the first time. Light shaved her head for the role in the play.
Judge Elizabeth Donnelly's recurring role in the NBC legal crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2002 brought light back to television. She appeared on 25 episodes of the series from 2002 to 2010. The Stones, another short-lived CBS sitcom, starred in 2004. Light appeared on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty as Claire Meade, Alexis' mother and Daniel. During the first season, she appeared on television commercials and was promoted to series regular as of the second. Lights appeared in the show until the series's end in 2010. In 2007, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series, and for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series in 2008 for her role in the show.
Light appeared in a number of films in the 2000s. In the 2006 romantic comedy film Ira & Abby, she co-starred opposite Chris Messina and Jennifer Westfeldt. In the independent film Save Me, Light starred as a young Christian woman in 2007. The light's character, Gayle Williams, heads Genesis House, a Christian ministry that works to help gay men recover from their 'affliction.' Mark, an ill gay man who reminds Gayle of her deceased, homosexual son, and the film chronicles the challenges of the two as they learn to love each other as they are.
Light appeared on Broadway from 2010 to 2011. Marie Lombardi, the sardonic alcoholic, received a Tony Award for her Best Performance by an Actress in a Play. Silda Grauman in Other Desert Cities from 2011 to 2012, earning her first Tony Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play and the 2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play. Light appeared in two television pilots, ABC's More People's Kids, and USA Network's drama Eden, both in 2011, and none of which were allowed to continue.
Light appeared in the 2013 play The Assembled Parties, winning her second Tony Award for Featured Actress in a Play for her performance. She appeared in TNT's sequel to the television show Dallas as Judith Brown Ryland, Harris Ryland's villainous mother (despite being only three years older than Mitch Pileggi who plays her television son). She received praise for her role in Dallas, with Entertainment Weekly naming her as the series's "scene-stealer" of the series.
She appeared alongside Jeffrey Tambor in Jill Soloway's critically acclaimed Amazon Studios dark comedy-drama film Transparent. Shelly Pfefferman, the ex-wife of Tambor's transgender character, is played by Shelly Pfefferman. The pilot episode premiered on February 6, 2014, and later episodes premiered on September 26, 2014. Light received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series or Television Film for her appearance.
Light appeared opposite Patricia Clarkson in the 2014 rom-com Last Weekend, as the mother of Melanie Lynskey's character in a comedy-drama film We'll Never Have Paris the same year. Madame Raquin, Helen Edmundson's version of Thérèse Raquin, appeared opposite Keira Knightley and Matt Ryan, who returned to Broadway in 2015. Light was on display in the American Theatre Wing's Working in the Theatre series on solo performance in 2017.
Light's portrayal of Marilyn Miglin in 2018's The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Novel, a mini-series on FX, garnered a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Light appeared in The Politician, a Netflix series, in 2019. She co-starred with Bette Midler in the second season of the series, which premiered in June 2020. On September 12, 2019, she was named as a guest on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Light played Rosa Stevens in the biographical musical drama film Tick, Tick... Boom! Lin-Manuel Miranda's film was directed. She appeared in The Menu, a comedy-thriller. She appeared in Down Low, the comedy-drama, and Kiersey Clemons' comedy The Young Wife. Light appeared in Courteney Cox's mother in the Starz horror comedy series Shining Vale and Blanche Knopf in the HBO Max series Julia, both having premiered in 2022.