Judy Gold

Comedian

Birthday November 15, 1962

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Newark, New Jersey, U.S.

Age 61 years old

Nationality United States

Height 1.9 m

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1962

Judy Gold (born November 15, 1962) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, podcaster, television writer, author and producer.

She won two Daytime Emmy Awards for her work as a writer and producer on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.

She was born on November 15, 1962, in Newark, New Jersey.

She first did stand-up on a dare when she was a music student at Rutgers University.

She is a lesbian who shared a relationship with Sharon Callahan, her former partner, for almost 20 years.

1996

She has two children (Henry, 1996, and Ben, 2001), facts she frequently referenced on the show Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.

Gold is very active in both LGBT and Jewish communities.

2004

She was active in support of the 2004 and 2008 Democratic presidential campaign.

In an interview with Marc Maron, Gold revealed her comedic influences to be Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, and Totie Fields.

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 United States.

Their stories are interspersed with anecdotes about her own mother and her life as a lesbian mother of two sons.

2006

It ran at the Ars Nova Theater in New York City in early 2006 and reopened on October 12, 2006, at St. Luke's Theater.

Judy Gold also appears as a commentator on truTV's TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest.

2007

In 2007, she was featured in the film Making Trouble, a tribute to female Jewish comedians, produced by the Jewish Women's Archive.

2011

In 2011, Gold was named a Givenik Ambassador.

On June 30, 2011, The Judy Gold Show: My Life as a Sitcom, began previews at Off-Broadway's DR2 Theatre in New York City.

This one-woman show is an homage to the classic sitcoms of Gold's youth.

The show is written by Gold and Kate Moira Ryan and directed by Amanda Charlton.

The show officially opened on July 6, 2011, to positive reviews.

The New York Times called the show "highly entertaining."

The New York Post called the show "gleefully self-deprecating".

2013

The show subsequently opened in Los Angeles June 18, 2013, and had a one-month run at the Geffen Playhouse.

2015

In 2015, she appeared off-Broadway as Eleanor Roosevelt in the satiric musical Clinton: The Musical at New World Stages.

Judy Gold began the Kill Me Now with Judy Gold podcast in 2015.