Judith Light
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)
- 1977–1983: Love, Lie, Passion ( One Life to Live , TV series)
- 1984: Remington Steele (TV series, episode 2x19)
- 1984–1992: Who's the boss here? ( Who's the Boss?, TV series, 196 episodes)
- 1987: In the web of death (Stamp of a Killer)
- 1989: Hey-la, Hey-la, the bouffants are here ( My Boyfriend's Back )
- 1989: The Ryan White Story
- 1993: men do not tell (Men Do not Tell)
- 1995: The Lady Killer (Lady Killer)
- 1996: Murder at My Door
- 1998: Virus X - The Deadly Trap (Carriers)
- 2002–2010: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, 25 episodes)
- 2006–2010: Everything Betty! ( Ugly Betty , TV series, 54 episodes)
- 2008: Save Me
- 2012, 2015: The Exes (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2013–2014: Dallas (TV series, 18 episodes)
- 2014: Last Weekend
- 2014–2019: Transparent (TV series, 33 episodes)
- 2018: American Crime Story (TV series, 2 episodes)
- since 2019: The Politician (TV series, 8 episodes)
Awards
- 1980: Emmy for One Life to Live
- 1981: Emmy for One Life to Live
- 2007: Emmy nomination for Alles Betty!
- 2007: TV Land Award nomination for Who's the Boss?
- 2008: Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Everything Betty!
- 2008: TV Land Award nomination for Who's the Boss Here?
- 2012: Tony Award for Other Desert Cities
- 2018: Emmy nomination for The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Web links
- Judith Light in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Judith Light Biography (1949-) biography at filmreference.com
personal data | |
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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 |