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name: "Judith Chapman"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 November 1951"
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updated: "2026-09-20T08:20:06.154855+00:00"
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# Judith Chapman

Actor. Born 15 November 1951 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 November 1951, Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- **Also known as:** Judith Shepard
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Chapman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1875779, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152420/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/140198

## Biography

Judith Chapman is an American actress, also credited as Judith Shepard. Born on 15 November 1951 in Greenville, South Carolina, she attended Stephens College.

She is best known for daytime soap opera roles, including Natalie Bannon Hughes in *As the World Turns* (1975–1978), Charlotte Greer on *Ryan's Hope* (1983), Ginny Blake Webber on *General Hospital* (1984–1986), Sandra Montaigne on *One Life to Live* (1987), Anjelica Deveraux on *Days of Our Lives* (1989–1991, 2018), and Gloria Abbott Bardwell on *The Young and the Restless* (2005–2018, 2020–). She has also appeared in primetime series including *Knight Rider* (1982), *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), *Magnum, P.I.* (1980) and *MacGyver* (1985).

Her film credits include *28 Days* (2000), *The Sweetest Thing* (2002) and *King Richard* (2021), in which she played Nancy Reagan.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com, soaps.sheknows.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King Richard* (2021), Fi1m 68, as Nancy Reagan — [page](https://film.one/film/king-richard.md)

## Complete filmography (41)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *King Richard* (2021), as Nancy Reagan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/king-richard.md)
- *Saugatuck Cures* (2015), as Maggie Callaghan
- *Liz & Dick* (2012), as Bel-Air Socialite
- *The Sweetest Thing* (2002), as Judy's Mother
- *28 Days* (2000), as Deirdre in Soap Opera Cast
- *Scorpio One* (1998), as Gibson
- *Night of the Running Man* (1995), as Roz Chambers
- *Fire on the Amazon* (1993), as Sandra
- *Silk Stalkings* (1991), series, as Kathryn Walder
- *Dead Space* (1991), as Dr. Emily Stote
- *Chameleons* (1989), as Lainie Roberts
- *And God Created Woman* (1988), as Alexandra Tiernan
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as Miss Radovich
- *MacGyver* (1985), series, as Dr. Sandra Millhouse
- *Stingray* (1985), series, as Carla
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Dr. Jayne Honig, Karen Davies, Harriet Simmons Wooster
- *Highway to Heaven* (1984), series, as Gail Hall
- *The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair* (1983), as Z
- *Desire* (1982), as Julie Seaver
- *Farrell: For the People* (1982), as Victoria Walton-Mason
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Samantha Donahue
- *Knight Rider* (1982), series, as Linda Elliott
- *Darkroom* (1981), series, as Pamela
- *Simon & Simon* (1981), series, Actor
- *The Fall Guy* (1981), series, Actor
- *The Five of Me* (1981), as Sally
- *Inmates: A Love Story* (1981), as Leslie
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Louise DeBolt Jackson, Sara Clifford / Lisa Page
- *Beyond Westworld* (1980), series, as Laura Garvey
- *Galactica 1980* (1980), series, as Angela
- *Buck Rogers in the 25th Century* (1979), series, as Lara Tizian
- *B. J. and the Bear* (1979), series, Actor
- *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, as Evelyn
- *The Incredible Hulk* (1977), series, Actor
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Nancy Atwell
- *False Face* (1977), as Heather Reynolds / Jane Doe
- *Family* (1976), series, as Jo
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Gretchen Hodges — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Young and the Restless* (1973), series, as Gloria Abbott Bardwell
- *Up the MacGregors* (1967), as Dundalks Donovan
- *Days of Our Lives* (1965), series, as Anjelica Deveraux

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