Judith Light

Judith Light

1949-02-09 Trenton, New Jersey, USA 41 Credits

Biography

Judith Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include One Life to Live, Who's the Boss?, Ugly Betty and Law & Order Special Victims Unit.

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Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind

2024

as Mrs. V.

7.9
Acting

Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not g...

The Young Wife

The Young Wife

2023

as Cookie

5.5
Acting

On her wedding day, all that stands between a young woman and marital bliss with her soon-to-be husband is surviving the chaos and expectations of fam...

Down Low

Down Low

2023

as Sandy

5.2
Acting

A repressed gay man develops an unlikely friendship with a young masseur who teaches him to embrace life.

The Menu

The Menu

2022

as Anne

7.2
Acting

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

The Same Storm

The Same Storm

2022

as Shirlee Salt

8.0
Acting

Snapshots of the tumults of the COVID-19 pandemic.

tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as Rosa Stevens

7.6
Acting

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

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall

2020

as Self

7.8
Acting

Backed by a full band and a ready wit, actor Ben Platt opens up a very personal songbook onstage -- numbers from his debut LP, "Sing to Me Instead."

Transparent: Musicale Finale

Transparent: Musicale Finale

2019

as Shelly Pfefferman

6.7
Acting

When the Pfeffermans face a life-changing loss, they begin a journey hilarious and melancholy, brazen and bold. As they face this new transition, they...

Before You Know It

Before You Know It

2019

as Sherrell Ghearhardt

4.7
Acting

A pair of sisters find out that the mother they thought was dead is alive and starring on a soap opera.

Ms. White Light

Ms. White Light

2019

as Val

6.6
Acting

Lex Cordova is a young woman who counsels terminally ill clients that have trouble letting go. While proving uniquely talented in her ability to conne...

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story

2019

as Matron Grady

7.5
Acting

An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lun...

Hot Air

Hot Air

2018

as Judith Montefiore-Salters

4.9
Acting

A right-wing talk show host's life takes a sudden turn when his 16-year-old niece comes crashing into his life.

You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh

2016

as Narrator

Acting

A film portrayal of a pioneering aviator and best-selling author whose extraordinary public life had a deep impact on her inner world.

Digging for Fire

Digging for Fire

2015

as Grandma

5.1
Acting

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood Hills is complicated by Tim's discovery of a bone and ...

We'll Never Have Paris

We'll Never Have Paris

2014

as Jean

4.8
Acting

Quinn, a neurotic man, is diagnosed with a harmless eye condition and soon after his life spirals out of control. He second-guesses his plans to propo...

Last Weekend

Last Weekend

2014

as Veronika Goss

4.3
Acting

When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend b...

Scrooge & Marley

Scrooge & Marley

2012

as Narrator (voice)

4.4
Acting

A modern day, queer variation on Charles Dickens' classic story of the holidays, "A Christmas Carol." On Christmas Eve, Ben Scrooge, the man who hates...

Rhymes with Banana

Rhymes with Banana

2012

as Judith Light

6.0
Acting

A satire about two struggling actresses who escape into a fantasy world to cope with rejection and hone their craft. Convinced their mysterious new ne...

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS

2011

as Herself

Acting

Heart of Broadway goes inside Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for an in-depth look at the organization and its key players. Since 1988, they have ra...

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift

2010

as (archive footage)

6.4
Acting

The team of smart-talkin' toddlers known as Everything Is Terrible! have once again emerged from their VHS cocoons to conjure a jam on culture so cult...

Save Me

Save Me

2009

as Gayle

6.2
Acting

A sex and drug addicted young man who is forced into a Christian-run ministry in an attempt to cure him of his "gay affliction", where instead he is f...

Ira & Abby

Ira & Abby

2006

as Arlene Black

5.6
Acting

A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the P...

Joseph: King of Dreams

Joseph: King of Dreams

2002

as Zuleika (voice)

6.9
Acting

In this animated retelling of the story from the Bible's Book of Genesis, Joseph's gift of dream interpretation and his brilliantly colored coat inspi...

Carriers

Carriers

1998

as Maj. Carmen Travis

4.2
Acting

A military woman and a worried mother travel overseas and to New Mexico to investigate a deadly virus.

Too Close to Home

Too Close to Home

1997

as Diana Donahue

5.2
Acting

A mother is so consumed with a possessive love for her son that she may have committed murder in order to keep him by her side. When the son's new wif...

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End

1997

1.0
Acting

Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massach...

A Step Toward Tomorrow

A Step Toward Tomorrow

1996

as Anna Lerner

3.7
Acting

A divorcee moves her family cross-country to take her paralyzed son to a pioneer neurosurgeon.

Murder at My Door

Murder at My Door

1996

as Irene McNair

2.4
Acting

In a quiet neighborhood, a suburban family is shocked when their son is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of a neighbor's daughter.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

1996

as Lisa McKeever

2.3
Acting

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

A Husband, a Wife and a Lover

1996

Co-Executive Producer

2.3
Producing

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

Lady Killer

Lady Killer

1995

as Janice Mitchell

3.2
Acting

Married woman has brief affair with younger man who turns violent when she breaks it off.

Against Their Will

Against Their Will

1994

as Alice Needham

5.5
Acting

Behind prison walls, corruption, sex and power make criminals out of the guards and heroes out of the guarded. For more than a decade, the lawless gua...

Betrayal of Trust

Betrayal of Trust

1994

as Barbara Noël

6.0
Acting

A woman has been to a psychiatrist for years for drug and alcohol addiction, and whose treatment includes being injected with a drug that knocks her o...

Men Don't Tell

Men Don't Tell

1993

as Laura MacAffrey

6.8
Acting

This movie shows another side to spousal abuse that not too many people thought is possible--the husband being abused and the wife the abuser.

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story

1991

as Marie Hilley

5.6
Acting

Based on the true story of an Alabama woman who was convicted of killing her first husband and attempting to poison her daughter. Out on bail, she fle...

In Defense of a Married Man

In Defense of a Married Man

1990

as Laura Simmons

4.8
Acting

When a defense lawyer's adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. ...

My Boyfriend's Back

My Boyfriend's Back

1989

as Vickie Vine

6.7
Acting

A female singing group from the '60s reunites for a TV special.

The Ryan White Story

The Ryan White Story

1989

as Jeanne White

6.3
Acting

The story of Ryan White, a 13-year-old haemophiliac who contracted AIDS from factor VIII, which was used to control this disorder.

Stamp of a Killer

Stamp of a Killer

1987

as Cathy Proctor

5.0
Acting

A pregnant mother and her young son become the target of a killer.

Intimate Agony

Intimate Agony

1983

as Marsha

4.3
Acting

Anthony Geary (General Hospital) stars as a compassionate doctor who must treat an STD outbreak at an upscale vacation resort. Judith Light (Law & Or...

Rush It

Rush It

1978

2.0
Acting

A female bicycle messenger is looking for love in New York City and becomes involved with two very different men.