Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, and Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Judge Elizabeth (Liz) Donnelly on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.
Light was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model, and Sidney Light, an accountant. Light graduated from high school in 1966 at St. Mary's Hall, now Do...
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Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress. Her television roles include Angela Bower on the sitcom Who's the Boss?, and Claire Meade on ABC's TV series Ugly Betty and Judge Elizabeth (Liz) Donnelly on Law & Order Special Victims Unit.
Light was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model, and Sidney Light, an accountant. Light graduated from high school in 1966 at St. Mary's Hall, now Doane Academy, in Burlington, New Jersey.
After graduating from Carnegie-Mellon University with a degree in drama, she started out on stage, making her professional debut in Richard III at the California Shakespeare Festival in 1970, before moving to Broadway to star in A Doll's House in 1975. Light also acted for medium size theatre companies including the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
She first found television fame after being recast in the role of Karen Wolek on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. (The Karen Wolek...
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