Judith Light

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Judith Light
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February 9, 1949 in Trenton, NJ
Biography:Though she is normally recognized as Angela Bower, the prissy, executive counterpart to Tony Danza's rough-hewn Italian nanny on the long-running television series Who's the Boss?, Judith Light considers her crowning achievement to be her activism in the fight against AIDS and gender discrimination. Born in Trenton, NJ, Light discovered her passion for the performing arts at a Pennsylvania summer camp at 12 years old. Light's high school drama teacher later encouraged her to attend the prestigious Carnegie Mellon University, and the young actress found herself with a role in a Broadway production of A Doll's House by the mid-'70s. Despite her initial success, however, Light still found herself extraordinarily poor, at one point living on only ten dollars per week. Rather than holding her back, though, poverty not only increased Light's determination to act, but to use it as a tool in the fight against... Full Biography
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Actress Judith Light arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium...
Actress Judith Light arrives to the 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium...
Actress Judith Light arrives at the 2008 AFI Luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel on January 11,...
Actress Judith Light arrives at the 2008 AFI Luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel on January 11,...
Actress Judith Light arrives at the 2008 AFI Luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel on January 11,...
Actress Judith Light arrives at the 2008 AFI Luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel on January 11,...
Actress Judith Light arrives at the 2008 AFI Luncheon held at the Four Seasons Hotel on January 11,...
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