Judith Light

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Judith Light (2007)

Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949 in Trenton , New Jersey ) is an American actress .

Life

Judith Light was born in 1949 to a Jewish family in Trenton, New Jersey , of accountant Sidney Light and his wife Pearl Sue Hollander . In 1971 she graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh . From 1977 she first played the role of Karen Wolek in the soap opera One Life to Live for a few years . This brought Light two Daytime Emmy Awards and made her well known in the USA. In her role, she was initially a housewife who eventually began to work as a prostitute out of boredom . She also had guest appearances on other television series such as Kojak - Deployment in Manhattan and Remington Steele .

In 1983, Light got the lead female role in the sitcom Who's the Boss? . She played Angela Bower , a successful advertising manager and single mother who is looking for a new housekeeper and instead hires Tony Micelli ( Tony Danza ), who moves in with her teenage daughter Samantha ( Alyssa Milano ). From 2002 to 2010, she played the judge Elizabeth Donnelly in around two dozen episodes of the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit . All in all, her oeuvre includes nearly 60 film and television productions.

In 1985, Light married her colleague Robert Desiderio , whom she already knew from One Life to Live . After the end of Who's the Boss? in 1992 she took on various other roles and since then has also played theater again and again , e.g. B. on Broadway. She also supported her fellow actor Danny Pintauro , who appeared in Who's the Boss? mimed her son after this 1997, his coming-out had. Since then she has repeatedly campaigned for the rights of homosexuals and is involved in relevant interest groups.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Judith Light  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Judith Light Biography (1949-) biography at filmreference.com
personal data
SURNAME Light, Judith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Light, Judith Ellen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Trenton , New Jersey, United States