- 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 through the nation. Additionally, it was recently honored as being one of TV Guide's "100 Most Memorable Moments on Television".
- Born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey, her parents nurtured her interest in acting through her childhood and supported her decision to study in a summer program at Carnegie-Mellon University between her junior and senior years of high school. This experience prompted her to enroll in that institution where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
- Shaved her head completely to star as Vivian Bearing (a literary academic dying of ovarian cancer) in the off-Broadway show "Wit" (1999).
- She stated the reason she never had children was not because she did not 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 would not have been able to do that.
- For her outstanding performance in the off-Broadway tour of "Wit", Judith received the Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D.C., as well as the Elliot Norton Award in Boston.
- Judith Light met her husband Robert Desiderio when they were both on the soap opera One Life to Live (1968).
- She played Jeanne White in the television movie The Ryan White Story (1989). She also spoke at the 20th anniversary of Ryan's death at Clowes Hall.
- While on One Life to Live (1968), Judith received two Emmy Awards, two Soapy Awards and a Soap Opera Hall of Fame Award.
- Nominated for the 2013 Tony Award as Best Featured Actress for her role in Richard Greenberg's drama, "The Assembled Parties", on stage at the Samuel E. Friedman Theatre/Manhattan Theatre Club in New York City.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on September, 12, 2019.
- As a strong supporter of gay rights, she and husband Robert Desiderio honored with the Matthew Shepard Foundation's 1st Annual "Making a Difference" Award for their Longstanding Commitment to Erase Hate.
- Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category for her role as Marilyn Miglin in American Crime Story (2016), but lost to Merritt Wever from Godless (2017).
- Attended and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University (1971).
- She has Austrian Jewish ancestry.
- For three straight years, she has been nominated for Broadway's Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play, and has won twice for "Other Desert Cities" (2012) and "The Assembled Parties" (2013).
- Although she is only three years older than Mitch Pileggi, she played his mother in Dallas (2012).
- Attended St. Mary's Hall in Burlington, New Jersey.
- Alumna of the College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); School of Drama, class of 1970.
- Judith is one of 6 performers who received acting Tony Awards in back-to-back years. She won in 2012 for "Desert Cities" and in 2013 for "The Assembled Parties", both in the category of Featured Actress in a Play. The others are Shirley Booth (1949/50), Gwen Verdon (1958/59), Sandy Dennis (1963/64), Stephen Spinella (1993/94), and Laurie Metcalf (2017/18).
- Friends with Jill Eikenberry and Tony Danza.
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