Editing Judith Light (section)

==Early life==
Light was born to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family<ref>{{cite news|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars 6/10 |newspaper=[[Cleveland Jewish News]]|date=June 10, 2011|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_0f141cc3-3a35-5047-9097-69232b63262a.html|access-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> in [[Trenton, New Jersey]].<ref name="biography.com" /> She is the daughter of Pearl Sue (née Hollander), a model, and Sidney Licht, an [[accountant]]. Light graduated from high school in 1966 at St. Mary's Hall–[[Doane Academy]] in [[Burlington, New Jersey]].
She graduated from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] with a degree in drama.<ref name="biography.com"/> She recalled graduating with a class of 15 actors who were there all four years. She said "it was a really rigorous program and I thank God for it because it was an amazing training program."<ref name="bigthink">{{cite web |title=Big Think Interview With Judith Light |url=http://bigthink.com/ideas/20624|date=May 10, 2010|work=BigThink.com|access-date=2010-08-10}}</ref> She made her professional debut on stage in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' at the ''California Shakespeare Festival'' in 1970.