Judith Light

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.

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

September 20, 1999

tick, tick... BOOM!

November 11, 2021

Joseph: King of Dreams

American Horror Stories

Acting roles

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
2024	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Helen Villigan (voice)
2024	Out of My Mind	Mrs. V.
2024	Before	Lynn
2023	Poker Face	Irene Smothers
2023	Down Low	Sandy
2023	The Young Wife	Cookie
2022	The Menu	Anne
2022	Shining Vale	Joan
2022	Julia	Blanche Knopf
2022	The Same Storm	Shirlee Salt
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	Rosa Stevens
2021	American Horror Stories	Virginia Mellon
2020	Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall	Self
2020	Stars in the House	Self - Special Guest
2019	The Politician	Dede Standish
2019	Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story	Matron Grady
2019	Transparent: Musicale Finale	Shelly Pfefferman
2019	Before You Know It	Sherrell Ghearhardt
2019	Ms. White Light	Val
2018	Hot Air	Judith Montefiore-Salters
2017	Manhunt	Bobi Jewell
2017	The Good Fight	Deirdre Quinn
2016	American Crime Story	Susan Carpenter-McMillan
2016	American Crime Story	Marilyn Miglin
2016	You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh	Narrator
2015	Digging for Fire	Grandma
2014	Transparent	Shelly Pfefferman
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Jean
2014	Last Weekend	Veronika Goss
2014	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Mrs. Wright (voice)
2014	Trailblazer Honors	Self - Speaker
2012	Scrooge & Marley	Narrator (voice)
2012	Rhymes with Banana	Judith Light
2011	The Exes	Marjorie
2011	Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS	Herself
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	archival footage
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2009	Save Me	Gayle
2006	Ugly Betty	Claire Meade
2006	Ira & Abby	Arlene Black
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2004	The Stones	Barbara Stone
2000	Joseph: King of Dreams	Zuleika (voice)
1999	Family Guy	Judith Light (voice)
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Elizabeth Donnelly
1998	Carriers	Maj. Carmen Travis
1998	The Simple Life	Sara Campbell
1997	Cow and Chicken
1997	Too Close to Home	Diana Donahue
1997	Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1996	Spin City	Christine
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest
1996	Murder at My Door	Irene McNair
1996	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Anna Lerner
1996	A Husband, a Wife and a Lover	Lisa McKeever
1995	Lady Killer	Janice Mitchell
1994	Duckman
1994	Against Their Will: Women in Prison	Alice Needham
1994	Betrayal of Trust	Barbara Noël
1993	Men Don't Tell	Laura MacAffrey
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self
1993	Phenom	Dianne Doolan
1991	Wife, Mother, Murderer: The Marie Hilley Story	Marie Hilley
1990	In Defense of a Married Man	Laura Simmons
1989	The Ryan White Story	Jeanne White
1989	My Boyfriend's Back	Vickie Vine
1988	American Experience	Narrator (voice)
1987	Stamp of a Killer	Cathy Proctor
1984	Who's the Boss?	Angela Bower
1983	Intimate Agony	Marsha
1982	Family Ties	Stacey Hughes
1982	Remington Steele	Clarissa Custer
1982	St. Elsewhere
1978	Rush It
1973	Kojak
1973	Kojak	Laetitia Pomerantz
1968	One Life to Live	Karen Wolek
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee

Credits

Year	Movie / TV show / Other	Role
1996	A Husband, a Wife and a Lover	Co-Executive Producer