Judith Light is warm, funny, and present. She has a way of making you feel both flattered and at home, something aside from her acting career that she is particularly skilled at. She uses terms of endearment when she speaks. Sprinkling words like “darling” sparingly, but sincerely, into conversation. She makes sure to credit everyone she works with and tries not to buy into her own hype, much preferring to stay focused on her work, four decades worth. Light made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of ‘A Doll’s House’, then, as Karen Woleck, on ‘One Life To Live’, a role that would win her an Emmy, and also the place where she would meet Robert Desiderio, her husband of over forty years, but it was her role as a widowed executive, navigating boardroom politics and a coquettish home life with her hunky housekeeper in ‘Who’s the Boss?’ that for many would hold Light in esteem. The twenty-seven-time-nominated and fifteen-time-awarded actor and activist has been a well-regarded symbol of progress ever since. From a fashion matriarch to the voice of an epidemic, Light talks about her career-defining roles, joining the Marvel universe, playing a mental patient, and the power... Read more »
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