Judith Kahan
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Judith Kahan
| image = All's Fair 1977.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Michael Keaton, Judith Kahan, Richard Crenna, and Bernadette Peters in
TV series All's Fair (1977)
| birth_name = Judith Ellen Kahan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1948|05|24}}
| birth_place = Roslyn Heights, New York, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = Boston University
| occupation = Actress, writer
| yearsactive = 1973–present
| spouse = Marshall Forster (m.1972-19??; dissolved)
{{marriage|Steven Kampmann
|1981|}}
| children = 4
}}
Judith Ellen Kahan (born May 24, 1948) is an American retired actress and television writer.
Early years
Kahan was born May 24, 1948, in Roslyn Heights, New York, an affluent area of suburban Long Island, one of three sisters born to Sidney and Ruth Kahan.[https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/03/classified/paid-notice-deaths-kahan-sidney.html Obituary: Sidney Kahan], nytimes.com. August 3, 2004. Accessed August 4, 2023. She attended Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts.{{cite news |title=Judith Kahan, Actress, Betrothed |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/01/archives/judithe-kahan-actress-is-bride-ouji-m-forster.html
|access-date=August 4, 2023|work=The New York Times |date=May 1, 1972 |page=78|url-access=subscription}}
Career
Although she primarily appeared in film and television roles, she also appeared onstage in a number of theatrical productions, including a co-starring role as Fredrika Armfeldt in the original Broadway production of A Little Night Music from 1973–1974.{{cite web|author=The Broadway League|url=http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=84198|title=The official source for Broadway Information|publisher=IBDB|accessdate=2011-08-09}}
Selected filmography
=Actress=
- Doc (1975–1976, TV Series) as Laurie Bogert Fenner
- All's Fair (1976–1977, TV Series) as Ginger Livingston
- Rush It (1977) as Catherine
- Free Country (1978) as Anna Bresner
- Mary (1978)
- Twice Upon a Time (1983) as The Fairy Godmother (voice) (credited as Judith Kahan Kampmann)
- Valerie's Family (1986–1987, TV Series) as Annie Steck
- Stealing Home (1988) as Laura Appleby
- Hot Shots! (1991) as Nurse
- Ferris Bueller (1990–1991, TV Series) as Grace
- Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) as Veiled Woman
- Multiplicity (1996) as Franny
- Analyze This (1999) as Elaine Felton
- BuzzKill (2010) as Jill (final film role)
=Writer=
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0434668}}
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- {{iobdb name|20804}}
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Category:Actresses from New York (state)
Category:American film actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:American television writers
Category:People from Roslyn Heights, New York
Category:American women television writers
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
Category:Screenwriters from New York (state)
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