- Judy Gold
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name = Judy Gold
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1962|11|15|mf=y
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occupation = Stand-up comic, writer, producer
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spouse = Sharon (former)
children = Henry
Ben
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footnotes = 2Daytime Emmy Awards Judy Gold (born
November 15 ,1962 ) is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She won twoDaytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on theRosie O'Donnell Show.] She has also been involved in many projects in various roles, including the television series "All American Girl" and "HBO At the Multiplex" segments where she asks humorous questions of unexpecting moviegoers.She is known for her height (6'3", 1.91 m), curly hair, and glasses. She first did stand-up on a dare while in college at
Rutgers University . She is alesbian , shared a relationship with her former partner, Sharon, for almost 20 years, and has children (Henry, 1997, and Ben, 2001), facts she frequently referenced in her comments on the show "Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn ". Judy is very active in the GLBT community, as well asJewish . Gold herself is a Conservative Jew [ [http://www.judygold.com/ask/index.php?sec=all/ judygold.com] ] . She was active in support of the 2004 Democratic presidential campaign.Her one-woman show "25 Questions for a Jewish Mother", co-written with
Kate Moira Ryan , is based on a series of interviews with more than 50 Jewish mothers in the U.S.cite news | last = Shulman | first = Randy | title = Gold Rush: When she's not milking the room for laughs, comic Judy Gold juggles a career, two kids and her 85-year-old Jewish mother | work = Metro Weekly | pages = | date =January 31 ,2008 | url = http://metroweekly.com/feature/?ak=3200 | accessdate = 2008-03-13 ] Their stories are interspersed with anecdotes about her own mother and her life as alesbian mother of two sons.] It ran at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City in spring 2006 and reopened on October 12, 2006, at St. Luke's Theater. A book based on the show is scheduled for May 2007.Judy Gold also appears as a commentator on
truTV 's "".References
External links
* [http://www.judygold.com/ Official site]
*imdb name|id=0325018|name=Judy Gold
* [http://www.25-questions.com/ 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother]
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