Judith Light

Q: Has Judith Light won any major awards?

Yes, Judith Light has won two Daytime Emmy Awards and received a Tony Award for her performance in 'Other Desert Cities.' She has also been nominated for multiple awards throughout her career, including the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Q: What was Judith Light's first film?

Judith Light's first film was 'The Last Time I Saw Paris,' released in 1954. However, her early career was primarily focused on television and theatre before she became widely recognized in film.

Q: Which films are considered Judith Light's most successful?

Some of Judith Light's most successful films include 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon,' 'The Twilight Zone,' and 'The Art of Getting By.' She is also known for her role in the acclaimed series 'Transparent.'

Q: What can you tell me about Judith Light's personal life?

Judith Light has been married to actor Robert Desiderio since 1985. She is known for her advocacy work and is actively involved in various charitable organizations, particularly those focusing on LGBTQ+ rights.

Q: What is Judith Light's estimated net worth?

Judith Light's estimated net worth is approximately $6 million. This wealth has been accumulated through her extensive career in television, film, and theatre.

Q: What are some notable milestones in Judith Light's filmography?

Notable milestones in Judith Light's filmography include her Emmy-winning role in 'One Life to Live,' her Tony Award-winning performance in 'Other Desert Cities,' and her acclaimed role in 'Transparent,' which earned her several nominations.

Q: Is Judith Light involved in any social causes?

Yes, Judith Light is deeply involved in social causes, particularly LGBTQ+ advocacy. She uses her platform to raise awareness and has received several awards for her activism and support of equality.

Known for

The Menu (2022)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

2022 / Comedy, Horror / 107mins

A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking...

Tick, Tick… Boom! (2021)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

2021 / Comedy, Drama / 121mins

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

Name

Judith Light

Height

5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)

Born

9 February 1949, Trenton, New Jersey, USA

Spouses

Robert Desiderio (1985–present)

Children

Parents

Elizabeth Light, Sidney Light

Estimated Net Worth

$6 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	Movie The Punisher: One Last Kill As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.	Ma	TMDB 8.3 / 10
2026	TV The Terror: Devil in Silver Wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, one man faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, and something even worse …	Dorry	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2025	TV All's Fair A team of female divorce attorneys leave a male-dominated firm to open their own powerhouse practice. Fierce, brilliant, and emotionally...	Sheila Baskin	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2024	TV Before After tragically losing his wife, child psychiatrist Dr. Eli Adler encounters a troubled young boy who seems to have a...	Lynn	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2024	TV Kite Man: Hell Yeah! Lovable loser Kite Man and his new squeeze Golden Glider moonlight as criminals to support their foolish purchase of Noonan's,...	Helen Villigan (voice)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2024	Movie Out of My Mind Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is...	Mrs. V.	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2023	Movie The Young Wife On her wedding day, all that stands between a young woman and marital bliss with her soon-to-be husband is surviving...	Cookie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2023	Movie Down Low A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.	Sandy	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2023	TV Poker Face Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road...	Irene Smothers	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2022	Movie The Menu A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a...	Anne	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2022	Movie The Same Storm Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.	Shirlee Salt	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	TV Julia Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history –...	Blanche Knopf	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2022	TV Shining Vale A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken...	Joan	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2021	Movie tick, tick... BOOM! On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great...	Rosa Stevens	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	TV American Horror Stories An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.	Virginia Mellon	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	Movie Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage --...	Self	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2020	TV Stars in the House In the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic and theatres across the world closing their curtains indefinitely, SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky...	Self - Special Guest	Not rated
2019	TV The Politician Payton has known since childhood that he's going to be president. First he'll have to navigate the most treacherous political...	Dede Standish	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2019	Movie Transparent: Musicale Finale When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face...	Shelly Pfefferman	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2019	Movie Before You Know It A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap...	Sherrell Ghearhardt	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2019	Movie Ms. White Light Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented...	Val	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2019	Movie Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the...	Matron Grady	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie Hot Air A right-wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16-year-old niece comes crashing into his life.	Judith Montefiore-Salters	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2017	TV Manhunt Inspired by actual events, this true crime anthology series takes a deep dive into the dark, twisted minds of terrorists...	Bobi Jewell	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	TV The Good Fight Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam...	Deirdre Quinn	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2016	Movie You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh A film portrayal of a pioneering aviator and best-selling author whose extraordinary public life had a deep impact on her...	Narrator	Not rated
2016	TV American Crime Story An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.	Susan Carpenter-McMillan	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2016	TV American Crime Story An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.	Marilyn Miglin	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2015	Movie Digging for Fire Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood...	Grandma	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2014	TV Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero Penn Zero is not your average kid - every day, he's zapped into another dimension with his friends to save...	Mrs. Wright (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie We'll Never Have Paris Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control....	Jean	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2014	TV Transparent An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets...	Shelly Pfefferman	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2014	Movie Last Weekend When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed...	Veronika Goss	TMDB 4.3 / 10
2014	TV Trailblazer Honors One-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.	Self - Speaker	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie Scrooge & Marley A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2012	Movie Rhymes with Banana A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and hone their craft....	Judith Light	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	TV The Exes A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also...	Marjorie	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2011	Movie Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players....	Herself	Not rated
2010	Movie 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure...	(archive footage)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2009	TV Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen Bravo network executive Andy Cohen discusses pop culture topics with celebrities and reality show personalities.	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	TV Nurse Jackie Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie...	Maureen Cooper	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	Movie Save Me A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him...	Gayle	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2006	TV Twenty Good Years Twenty Good Years is a short-lived American sitcom created by Michael J. Leeson and Marsh McCall, and starring John Lithgow...	Gina	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2006	TV Ugly Betty Wannabe writer Betty Suarez is a plain girl from Queens, who is smart, hardworking and savvy but lacks a fashionable...	Claire Meade	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2006	Movie Ira & Abby A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works...	Arlene Black	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2004	TV The Tony Danza Show The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was...	Self - Guest	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2004	TV The Stones The Stones is a sitcom television series that starred Robert Klein, Judith Light, Lindsay Sloane and Jay Baruchel as the...	Barbara Stone	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2000	Movie Joseph: King of Dreams In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his...	Zuleika (voice)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Elizabeth Donnelly	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	TV Family Guy Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and...	Judith Light (voice)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1998	Movie Carriers A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.	Maj. Carmen Travis	TMDB 5.2 / 10
1998	TV The Simple Life The Simple Life is an American sitcom television series that aired from June 3 until July 8, 1998.	Sara Campbell	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1997	TV Cow and Chicken Follows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by...	Nurse (voice)	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1997	TV I Am Weasel The adventures of the noble, generous, intelligent and good-at-everything I.M. Weasel, who must compete once again with his arch-enemy, the...	Nurse (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	Movie Too Close to Home A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in order...	Diana Donahue	TMDB 5.6 / 10
1997	Movie Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born...	Self	TMDB 2.8 / 10
1996	Movie A Step Toward Tomorrow A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.	Anna Lerner	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1996	Movie Murder at My Door In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder...	Irene McNair	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1996	TV Spin City Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed...	Christine	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1996	TV The Rosie O'Donnell Show The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell....	Self - Guest	TMDB 4.1 / 10
1996	Movie A Husband, a Wife and a Lover When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.	Lisa McKeever	TMDB 3.6 / 10
1995	Movie Lady Killer Married woman has brief affair with younger man who turns violent when she breaks it off.	Janice Mitchell	TMDB 3.7 / 10
1994	Movie Against Their Will Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For...	Alice Needham	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1994	TV Duckman Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be...	Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1994	Movie Betrayal of Trust A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected...	Barbara Noël	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	TV Intimate Portrait Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews...	Self	TMDB 4.5 / 10
1993	TV Phenom A teenage tennis prodigy tries to balance a social life with her ambition for stardom, under constant pressure from her...	Dianne Doolan	TMDB 5.3 / 10
1993	Movie Men Don't Tell This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and...	Laura MacAffrey	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1991	Movie Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to...	Marie Hilley	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1990	Movie In Defense of a Married Man When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with,...	Laura Simmons	TMDB 4.7 / 10
1989	Movie My Boyfriend's Back A female singing group from the '60s reunites for a TV special.	Vickie Vine	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1989	Movie The Ryan White Story The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this...	Jeanne White	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1988	TV American Experience TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world...	Narrator (voice)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1987	Movie Stamp of a Killer A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.	Cathy Proctor	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1984	TV Who's the Boss? A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to...	Angela Bower	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1983	Movie Intimate Agony Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort....	Marsha	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1982	TV St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May...	Barbara Lonnicker	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1982	TV Remington Steele Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman,...	Clarissa Custer	TMDB 7.1 / 10
1982	TV Family Ties Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest...	Stacey Hughes	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1978	Movie Rush It A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.	Unknown character	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1973	TV Kojak A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.	Laetitia Pomerantz	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1973	TV Kojak A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1968	TV One Life to Live One Life to Live is an American soap opera broadcast on television for more than 43 years on the ABC...	Karen Wolek	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1962	TV The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1956	TV Tony Awards The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway...	Self - Nominee	Not rated
TBA	Movie The Sham A workaholic Brit employed at an upscale New York hotel needs a wife for appearances, so he strikes a deal...	Unknown character	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
1996	Movie A Husband, a Wife and a Lover When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.	Co-Executive Producer Production	TMDB 3.6 / 10

The Punisher: One Last Kill

2026 / TMDB 8.3

Out of My Mind

2024 / TMDB 7.8

The Young Wife

2023 / TMDB 5.4

Down Low

2023 / TMDB 5.3

The Menu

2022 / TMDB 7.2

The Same Storm

2022 / TMDB 8.0

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Judith Light's career highlights include her acclaimed performances in 'Who's the Boss?' and 'Transparent,' where she received critical praise. She has also starred in numerous Broadway productions, solidifying her reputation as a versatile actress.

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