| Show Week of Sunday October PAGE 2 sans 14 1990 cs I Judith Light stars in 'In Defense of a Married Man' t ' 4::: 2 s' s1 11 'k-At s s 1:4' t it4'- Avvit t 00 k t' s r' ' i oefotifiast ap sssi 414 - t-'- -' ' I '14- - ‘1 i 7 s s - 41141164111"6 S Ibis ' s' ' ' t' I '' '1 s" ' 4) Actors Theater) that's what you're used to and I think it's part of my nature to keep doing it There's a level at which I feel (the success of) Who's the Boss?' is helping me move and in a really grand N 14 Ofs t s s V 44$ 1 1 uitt io— tt 4:'44''''o 100 ) 1 s A4k i 11 ikt gl - Judith Light stars in "In Defense of A Married Man" being presented Sunday evening on ABC Jay Bobbin Tribune Media Services Birthplace: Trenton NJ Current residence: Los Angeles Family info: Married to actor Dolls" then did repertory stage work in Los Gatos (Calif) Milwaukee and Seattle That was followed by Broadway roles in "A Doll's House" (with Liv Ullman) and "Hertzl" with her "One Life to Live" stint coming Appearing in: "In Defense of a after those parts From there she went to Hollywood and guest appearances on series including "St Elsewhere" and "Family Ties" and "Who's the Boss?" began shortly afterward (in the fall of 1984) Since then Light's other have included "The Ryan White By Robert Desiderio Married Man" Sunday's new ABC TV-mov- ie that casts her as a successful lawyer who becomes the only hope for a desperate client her own husband (played by "Twin Peaks" Michael Ontkean) who is the prime suspect in the murder of a ("St Elsewhere" alumnus Cynthia Sykes) with whom he was having an affair Though distraught over his infidelity Light's character is determined to ahead forge professionally by providing him with co-st- ar er the best legal defense possible but her investigation yields increasingly painful details of his necessary Light also continues in her weekly role as Angela Bower on activities "Who's the Boss?" ABC's comedy hit Tuesday-nig- long-runni- ht Notable past credits: Before becoming a prime-tim- e star Light won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Karen Wolak on ABC's "One Life to Live" which also provided her with her spouse (since Desiderio was one of her Prior to that she had toured with the USA in a production of "Guys and co-star- s) movie" "The On her variety of characters have been very different and that's what drew me to this (new) one When you've been in repertory theater for so long (as Light was in Milwaukee and Seattle and also with California TV-movi- 4'""1441 TV-movi- es Story" "Dangerous Affections" and last season's "My Boyfriend's Back" On Sunday's movie: "It's really a good story Of course it talks about relationships and marriages and things that are going on in a woman's life that she has no idea of then she's put in a situation that forces her to change We don't see a lot of that change on the screen but we do see what happens to her internally and that was really fascinating to me (The husband) starts out with a lawyer who's no good and this lady says 'That's not going to happen You may have done what you have done but you are the father of my child and I have no intention of letting you sit in jail for the rest of your life' I spoke to a lot of female attorneys before I did this and they said that while it's not impossible that this could happen it's really not likely You really do have to buy into it for (the purposes of ) the way I'm always on the lookout for something that will give me an opportunity to do something different" On generating her own work outside her series: "I had a few projects that were in development (during the past hiatus) but this was the thing that came most quickly to the fore People have been talking to me recently about whether or not to establish my own production company and even though I'm thinking about it it can also be a big headache' On her "Who's the Boss?" role: "I'm still crazy about Angela after all these years (The show's producers) are working with her in a way that's making her grow and that I like a lot There were separate relationships (for the characters played by Light and co-stTony Danza who portrays her live-i- n housekeeper) left over from the end of ar last year so there's been a kind of serialization in the first several shows of the cutrent season but I don't know where they're going to go With this kind of show you really don't know before they were always forced to keep the sexual chemistry up in the air" On the longevity of "Who's the Boss?" now in its seventh season: "I think it's a testament to so many things to the quality of our cast to our writers and producers and also to Columbia Pictures Television and ABC for their support I really do think it's something that you look at and say 'How did this show become a hit?' Well it has all of those elements behind it and it's also a strong show and that's really important to the network It crosses many different age categories (of viewers) and it really early-eveni- ng does have something for everybody in a lot of ways" |
