- Birth Date:February 9th, 1949 - Trenton, New Jersey, USA
- Credits: Acting
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Though she is normally recognized as Angela Bower, the prissy, executive counterpart to Tony Danza's rough-hewn Italian nanny on the long-running television series Who's the Boss?, Judith Light considers her crowning achievement to be her activism in the fight against AIDS and gender discrimination. Born in Trenton, NJ, Light discovered her passion for the performing arts at a Pennsylvania summer camp at 12 years old. Light's high school drama teacher later encouraged her to attend the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, and the young actress found herself with a role in a Broadway production of A Doll's House by the mid-'70s. Despite her initial success, however, Light still found herself extraordinarily poor, at one point living on only ten dollars per week. Rather than holding her back, though, poverty not only increased Light's determination to act, but to use it as a tool in the fight against all forms of bigotry.
Light's big break came in the form of One Life to Live, the Emmy-winning soap opera, which offered the aspiring actress a role that brought with it a steady paycheck until the inception of Who's the Boss? in 1983. In addition to her sitcom performances, Light starred with great success in The Ryan White Story, a docudrama concerning the real-life fight of a hemophiliac who contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion. In addition to having established herself as one of the first celebrity activists in the battle against HIV and AIDS, Light also became a passionate volunteer for a variety of charitable organizations including Heart Strings and Project Angel Food.
In 1998, after a long, successful stint in the television-movie world, Light flexed her comedy muscles again for The Simple Life, a short-lived television series featuring Light as a big-shot businesswoman whose move to the country is far from what she had expected. A year later, Light immersed herself in Wit, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolving around a brash, no-nonsense cancer victim's slow acceptance of her own mortality. In 2004, Light starred in The Stones, a CBS television series. ~ Tracie Cooper
Light's big break came in the form of One Life to Live, the Emmy-winning soap opera, which offered the aspiring actress a role that brought with it a steady paycheck until the inception of Who's the Boss? in 1983. In addition to her sitcom performances, Light starred with great success in The Ryan White Story, a docudrama concerning the real-life fight of a hemophiliac who contracted the AIDS virus through a blood transfusion. In addition to having established herself as one of the first celebrity activists in the battle against HIV and AIDS, Light also became a passionate volunteer for a variety of charitable organizations including Heart Strings and Project Angel Food.
In 1998, after a long, successful stint in the television-movie world, Light flexed her comedy muscles again for The Simple Life, a short-lived television series featuring Light as a big-shot businesswoman whose move to the country is far from what she had expected. A year later, Light immersed herself in Wit, the Pulitzer Prize-winning play revolving around a brash, no-nonsense cancer victim's slow acceptance of her own mortality. In 2004, Light starred in The Stones, a CBS television series. ~ Tracie Cooper
ACTING CREDITS
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Tony Awards TV (1 episode)
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The 65th Annual Tony Awards
...Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
Jun 12, 2011
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The 65th Annual Tony Awards
...Herself - Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Play
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit TV (24 episodes) -
Ugly Betty TV (60 episodes)-
Hello Goodbye
...Claire Meade
Apr 14, 2010 -
The Past Presents the Future
...Claire Meade
Apr 7, 2010 -
London Calling
...Claire Meade
Mar 31, 2010 -
Million Dollar Smile
...Claire Meade
Mar 24, 2010 -
All the World's a Stage
...Claire Meade (credit only)
Mar 17, 2010 -
Fire and Nice
...Claire Meade
Mar 10, 2010
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Hello Goodbye
...Claire Meade
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Save Me (2008) ...Gayle
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The Stones TV (6 episodes)
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Road Not Taken
...Barbara Stone
Nov 13, 2007 -
The Lawyer Trap
...Barbara Stone
Mar 31, 2004 -
Seamus on You
...Barbara Stone
Mar 24, 2004 -
Pilot
...Barbara Stone
Mar 17, 2004 -
Romancing the Stones
...Barbara Stone
(no date) -
She Ain't Heavy, She's My Sister
...Barbara Stone
(no date)
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Road Not Taken
...Barbara Stone
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Ira & Abby (2007) ...Arlene Black
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