Judith Light to Recur on TNT's DALLAS

By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 08, 2012

TVGuide.com has confirmed that Broadway's J udith Light will be featured in a recurring role in the second season of TNT's DALLAS. According to the report, the actress will portray, "an authoritative and controlling battle-ax who will fight to the death to protect the people she loves."

Light was awarded the 2012 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Other Desert Cities. She also won a Drama Desk Award for "Best Featured Actress" for the same play. She is well known for her role as Angela Bower on the hit comedy series Who's the Boss? Up until 2010, she was seen on the Emmy Award-winning ABC-TV series Ugly Betty, for which she received an Emmy nomination playing the character of Claire Meade. She co-starred on NBC's long-running drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in the recurring role of Supreme Court Judge Elizabeth Donnelly.

The second season of DALLAS will premiere in January.

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