Judy Kain

Acting

Born March 31, 1955, San Mateo, California, USA

Judy was born in San Mateo, California, and began her professional acting career in Los Angeles in 1978. She has been in over 400 commercials, and 150 TV and film projects. She has won numerous awards for coaching and teaching at her own studio Keep it Real Acting Studios in addition to awards for her performance in MAD MEN gleaning the SAG AWARD for the Show. She travels all over the country teaching and inspiring actors with her vast knowledge and experience. Judy is also a published author of the Commercial Handbook called "I Booked It!" She also has a new book and online course entitled THE BUSINESS OF ACTING. She has done numerous seminars sharing her vast experience. Also, Judy hosts the Podcast HOLLYWOOD GAME CHANGERS @keepitrealacting/HGC. Being an avid Hiker, she wrote a book about her hikes all over the world called LIFE IS LIKE A HIKE...the best view comes after the Hardest climb. Her son Frankie Manes is also an actor.

Filmography

• 2026Bobo Saves Christmas — Sarah
• 2026You're Dating a Narcissist! — Mary
• 2025I'll Be Home for National Margarita Day
• 2025Sisterhood, Inc. — Lois
• 2024Good Girl Jane — Judge Andrews
• Matlock — Judge Celia Jones
• 2024The Sintern — Louanne
• BEEF — Deb Thomas
• 2022Alone in the Dark — Nancy
• Angelyne — Jane Ferro
• 2022Blonde — Severe Woman (uncredited)
• How We Roll — Mimi
• 2022Who Invited Them — Barbara
• 2021Bud — Judy
• CSI: Vegas — Dr. Heather Chumani
• 2021Dinner Is Served — Mrs. Williamson
• Fantasy Island — Melaine
• Rutherford Falls — Randi
• 2020Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) — Bespectacled Secretary (uncredited)
• Paradise Lost — Ida Jeffers
• 2019Adman — Gigi
• Doom Patrol — Geri
• 2019Gothic Springs — Nan
• I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson — Dog Owner
• The Morning Show — Adelle Waters
• 9-1-1 — Trish
• All American — Booster 1
• Cousins for Life — Judge Vincent
• Good Girls — Mrs. Harris
• 2018Maxine The Hero — Pam
• The Conners — Woman at Bar
• 2017All Exchanges Final — Linda
• I'm Dying Up Here — Sadie
• I'm Sorry — Linda
• 2017Unwritten Obsession — Chelsea
• Just Add Magic — Edna
• Lopez — Trish
• Stuck in the Middle — Mrs. McDoogan
• Teachers — Shirley
• This Is Us — Barbara
• Aquarius — Mitzi
• Bosch — Lois
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — Marilyn Levine
• 2015Reality — Cashier
• Superstore — Nina
• The Odd Couple — Maureen
• 2014Angels in Stardust — Female Neighbor
• Hand of God — Judge Stanton
• Jane the Virgin — Barbara Fairwick
• Kroll Show
• The Fosters — Lauren, Board Member
• 2010Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want — Trevor's Mom (segment "Trevor")
• Rizzoli & Isles — Woman
• Castle — Sara
• Modern Family — Doris
• The Middle — Ms. Wright
• Mad Men — Olive Healy
• Bones — Clerk
• Desperate Housewives — Edna
• NCIS — Gladys Stone
• Scrubs — Irene Kelly
• FreakyLinks — Board Member
• Grosse Pointe — Angie
• Manhattan, AZ — Natalie
• The District — Dorothy Nixon
• It's Like, You Know... — Realtor
• The West Wing — Event Planner
• For Your Love — Deborah Gerard
• Oh Baby
• 1998Perfect Prey — Marianne
• 1997Justice League of America — Judy
• The Visitor — Nurse
• Kindred: The Embraced — Nurse
• Men Behaving Badly — Mrs. Ferko
• Moesha — The Cashier Woman
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch — Doris
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Saleswoman
• First Time Out — Ms. Agababian
• 1995Here Come the Munsters — Mrs. Hersby
• Hot Line — Margaret
• The Drew Carey Show — Barbara
• The Invaders — Lucinda
• Unhappily Ever After — Meter Maid
• 1994Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women — Female Doctor
• ER — Thomas
• Ellen — Nurse
• Friends — Casting Director
• 1994Her Final Fury: Betty Broderick, the Last Chapter — Public Relations Woman
• Party of Five — Woman
• 1994Trevor — Trevor's Mom
• Daddy Dearest — Pregnant Woman
• Getting By — Customer
• Living Single — Surly Woman
• 1993Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair — Mrs. Stolberg
• NYPD Blue — Lois Risoli
• Saved by the Bell: The New Class — Judy, Mrs. Mahoney
• Love & War — Wife
• Out All Night — Vicky
• Shaky Ground — Mrs. McCallister
• Stand By Your Man — Kathleen
• The Human Factor — Anita Schacter
• Civil Wars — Helene
• Reasonable Doubts — Mrs. Martin, Principal Grant
• Sisters — Mimi Fegler
• Step by Step — Ms. Preston, Adele
• Blossom — Mrs. Phillips
• 1990Dead Men Don't Die — Margo
• Equal Justice — Real Estate Woman
• His & Hers — Mistress
• The New Adam-12 — Woman at Terrace
• Life Goes On — Harried Woman
• Quantum Leap — Waitress
• Seinfeld — Lorraine Catalano
• The New Dragnet
• 1989Those She Left Behind — Dr. Yamura's Nurse
• 1988It's OK to Say No to Drugs — Teacher
• Murphy Brown — Mrs. Silverberg
• Roseanne
• Frank's Place — Script Supervisor
• Married... with Children — Sheila
• Once a Hero — Barbara Lasker
• The Charmings — Saleslady
• The Oldest Rookie — Molly Garber
• L.A. Law — Joanna
• Perfect Strangers — Sample Lady
• The New Gidget — Councilwoman
• 1985St. Elmo's Fire — Woman Banker
• 1st & Ten — Molly's Friend
• Crazy like a Fox — Green Cabbie
• E/R — Doris Stein
• Highway to Heaven — Security Lady, Ms. Brown
• Hunter — Nurse # 1
• Santa Barbara — Anita O'Shea
• Mama's Family — Miss Small
• Hill Street Blues — Rhonda Ruben
• Simon & Simon — Sandy
• 1980Grad Night — Robin
• Knots Landing — Construction Manager
• Three's Company — Joan Ferguson
• The Young and the Restless — Judge McGarrett
• General Hospital — Elaine Stevens