---
name: "Judith McConnell"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/judith-mcconnell"
fi1m_id: "judith-mcconnell"
imdb_id: "nm0566282"
tmdb_id: 51610
wikidata_id: "Q275835"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 April 1944"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T22:26:38.887862+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Judith McConnell

## Identity

Judith McConnell

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/judith-mcconnell
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** judith-mcconnell
- **IMDb ID:** nm0566282
- **TMDB ID:** 51610
- **Wikidata ID:** Q275835
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_McConnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51610

Actor. Born 6 April 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 April 1944, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_McConnell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275835, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566282/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/51610

## Biography

Judith McConnell is an American actress. She was born on 6 April 1944 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1965 she was crowned Miss Pennsylvania and competed in the Miss America pageant.

McConnell is best known for her role as Sophia Capwell on the soap opera *Santa Barbara*, which she played from 1984 to 1993. She has appeared in numerous other television series and films, including *The Weather Man* (2005) as Lauren, *The Purge: Anarchy* (2014) as an old elegant woman, and an early guest role on *Star Trek* (1967) as Yeoman Tankris, credited as Judy McConnell. She received a Soap Opera Digest Award nomination for her work on *Santa Barbara*.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Weather Man* (2005), Fi1m 65, as Lauren — [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *I'm Sorry* (2017), series, as Becky
- *The Darkness* (2016), as Trish
- *American Crime Story* (2016), series, as Socialite #1 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/american-crime-story.md)
- *The Purge: Anarchy* (2014), as Old Elegant Woman
- *Cougar Town* (2009), series, as Diane
- *The Weather Man* (2005), as Lauren — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/the-weather-man.md)
- *Every Woman's Dream* (1996), as Barbara Wells
- *Alien Nation: Body and Soul* (1995), as Elinor
- *Baywatch Nights* (1995), series, as Miss Belda
- *Virus* (1995), as Ms. Hopper
- *Sliders* (1995), series, as Sylvia, Clerk
- *Melrose Place* (1992), series, Actor
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, as Pat Sorem — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Santa Barbara* (1984), series, as Sophia Capwell
- *Harry O* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Thirsty Dead* (1974), as Claire
- *How to Seduce a Woman* (1974), as Ramona
- *The Doll Squad* (1973), as Elizabeth White
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, as Officer Evelyn Hennick, SFPD
- *Gidget Gets Married* (1972), as Ann
- *The Chicago Teddy Bears* (1971), series, Actor
- *Cannon* (1971), series, as Donna Woodward
- *The Brotherhood of Satan* (1971), as Phyllis
- *Marcus Welby, M.D.* (1969), series, as Lee Simmons
- *The Mod Squad* (1968), series, as Betty Saunders
- *Mayberry R.F.D.* (1968), series, as Pamela Bennington
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, as J.C. Casey
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *Dragnet* (1967), series, as Karen Fields
- *Star Trek* (1966), series, as Yeoman Tankris (as Judy McConnell) — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/star-trek-1966.md)
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Princess Marta, Stewardess
- *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, Actor
- *Green Acres* (1965), series, as Darlene Wheeler
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor
- *Miss America* (1954), series, as Miss Pennsylvania 1965

## Gallery

- ![Judith McConnell](https://film.one/media/person/5394491/gallery-c7b3d2d844ba.jpg) Judith McConnell — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Judith_McConnell.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Judith McConnell](https://film.one/media/person/5394491/gallery-b2e08a3b659b.jpg) Judith McConnell — Image via TMDB

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