Judith Light : Biography, Pictures, Photos, Trivia, Address, Filmography (Who's the Boss ?, Ugly Betty)
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Judith Light - Trivia
Trivia
. Attended Carnegie Mellon University, graduated 1971.
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Attended St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, NJ
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One of her performances on "One Life to Live" (1968) - "Karen Wolek on the Stand" - was so powerful and is remembered so vividly that, to this day, it is used as a model in acting classes throughout the nation. Additionally, it was recently honored as being one of TV Guide's "100 Most Memorable Moments on Television."
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While on "One Life to Live" (1968) Judith won two Emmys, two Soapy Awards and a Soap Opera Hall of Fame Award.
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For her outstanding performance in the off-Broadway tour of "Wit", Judith received the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, DC, as well as the Elliot Norton Award in Boston.
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Shaved her head completely to star as Vivian Bearing (a literary academic dying of ovarian cancer) in the off-Broadway show, "Wit", in 1999.
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Met her husband Robert Desiderio when they were both on the soap opera "One Life to Live" (1968).
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She stated the reason she never had children wasn't because she didn't want them, it was because if she wanted to have children she wanted to be a full-time mother and with an acting career she wouldn't have been able to do that.
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Strong supporter of Gay rights
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