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

Elizabeth Donnelly

Family Guy

Judith Light (voice)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Self - Guest

All's Fair

Sheila Baskin

The Good Fight

Deirdre Quinn

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

American Experience

Narrator (voice)

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Out of My Mind	Mrs. V.
2023	The Young Wife	Cookie
2023	Down Low	Sandy
2022	The Menu	Anne
2022	The Same Storm	Shirlee Salt
2021	tick, tick... BOOM!	Rosa Stevens
2020	Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall	Self
2019	Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story	Matron Grady
2019	Before You Know It	Sherrell Ghearhardt
2019	Ms. White Light	Val
2019	Transparent: Musicale Finale	Shelly Pfefferman
2018	Hot Air	Judith Montefiore-Salters
2016	You'll Have the Sky: The Life and Work of Anne Morrow Lindbergh	Narrator
2015	Digging for Fire	Grandma
2014	We'll Never Have Paris	Jean
2014	Last Weekend	Veronika Goss
2012	Scrooge & Marley	Narrator (voice)
2012	Rhymes with Banana	Judith Light
2011	Heart of Broadway: The Ensemble Behind Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS	Herself
2010	2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift	(archive footage)
2008	Save Me	Gayle
2006	Ira & Abby	Arlene Black
2002	Joseph: King of Dreams	Zuleika (voice)
1998	Carriers	Maj. Carmen Travis
1997	Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End
1997	Too Close to Home	Diana Donahue
1996	Murder at My Door	Irene McNair
1996	A Husband, a Wife and a Lover	Lisa McKeever
1996	A Step Toward Tomorrow	Anna Lerner
1995	Lady Killer	Janice Mitchell
1994	Against Their Will	Alice Needham
1994	Betrayal of Trust	Barbara Noël
1993	Men Don't Tell	Laura MacAffrey
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
1987	Stamp of a Killer	Cathy Proctor
1983	Intimate Agony	Marsha
1978	Rush It

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	All's Fair	Sheila Baskin
2024	Before	Lynn
2024	Kite Man: Hell Yeah!	Helen Villigan (voice)
2023	Poker Face	Irene Smothers
2022	Shining Vale	Joan
2022	Julia	Blanche Knopf
2021	American Horror Stories	Virginia Mellon
2020	Stars in the House	Self - Special Guest
2019	The Politician	Dede Standish
2017	The Good Fight	Deirdre Quinn
2017	Manhunt	Bobi Jewell
2016	American Crime Story	Susan Carpenter-McMillan
2016	American Crime Story	Marilyn Miglin
2014	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero	Mrs. Wright (voice)
2014	Transparent	Shelly Pfefferman
2014	Trailblazer Honors	Self - Speaker
2011	The Exes	Marjorie
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest
2006	Ugly Betty	Claire Meade
2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest
2004	The Stones	Barbara Stone
1999	Family Guy	Judith Light (voice)
1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Elizabeth Donnelly
1998	The Simple Life	Sara Campbell
1997	Cow and Chicken
1996	Spin City	Christine
1996	The Rosie O'Donnell Show	Self - Guest
1994	Duckman	Ursula Bacon 'Honey' Chicken (voice)
1993	Phenom	Dianne Doolan
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self
1988	American Experience	Narrator (voice)
1984	Who's the Boss?	Angela Bower
1982	St. Elsewhere	Barbara Lonnicker
1982	Family Ties	Stacey Hughes
1982	Remington Steele	Clarissa Custer
1973	Kojak
1973	Kojak	Laetitia Pomerantz
1968	One Life to Live	Karen Wolek
1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self
1956	Tony Awards	Self - Nominee