Judith Kahan

{{Short description|American actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Judith Kahan | image = All's Fair 1977.jpg | image_size = | caption = Michael Keaton, Judith Kahan, Richard Crenna, and Bernadette Peters in<br>TV series ''All's Fair'' (1977) | birth_name = Judith Ellen Kahan<ref name=":0" /> | 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 | years_active = 1973–present | spouse = Marshall Forster (m.1972-19??; dissolved)<ref name=":0" /><br>{{marriage|Steven Kampmann<br>|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,<ref name=":0" /> one of three sisters born to Sidney and Ruth Kahan.<ref>[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.</ref> She attended Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts.<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>

==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.<ref name=":ibdb">{{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}}</ref>

==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=== * ''Providence'' * ''Moonlighting'' * ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'' * ''St. Elsewhere'' * ''SCTV Channel'' * ''How to Eat Like a Child'' * ''Love, Natalie'' * ''Mary''

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0434668}} *{{IBDB name}} *{{iobdb name|20804}}

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