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{{short description|American actress|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Judith Chapman
| image =
| birth_name = Judith Shepard

| birth_place = [[Greenville, South Carolina]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Stephens College]]
| known_for = ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''<br>''[[Days of Our Lives]]''<br>''[[General Hospital]]''<br>''[[Ryan's Hope]]''
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1967–present
}}

'''Judith Chapman''' (born '''Judith Shepard''') is an American actress, best known for soap opera roles, particularly as 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–).

==Life and career==
Chapman was born in [[Greenville, South Carolina]]. She is the daughter of retired [[United States Air Force]] brigadier general [[Leland C. Shepard Jr.]] Her older sister [[Patty Shepard]] also worked as an actress. She debuted at the age of 16 in the [[Spaghetti Western]], ''[[Up the MacGregors!]]'' . After getting a degree in theater from [[Stephens College]], she headed to New York, where she joined the [[Actors Studio]] and began working in commercials and theater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/actors/judith-chapman/|title=Judith Chapman|first=Amy|last=Mistretta|date=June 9, 2015}}</ref> In 1977, she made her American big screen debut in the psychological horror film ''[[False Face (film)|False Face]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/scalpel|title=Scalpel|via=www.rottentomatoes.com}}</ref>

Chapman has appeared on several daytime dramas since the mid-1970s. Her first soap role was scheming Natalie Bannon (one of Tom Hughes' wives) on CBS soap ''[[As the World Turns]]'' from 1975 to 1978. She guest-starred on prime time series include ''[[Kojak ]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'', ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', ''[[The Love Boat]]'', and two times on ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]''. She had a recurring roles on ''[[Flamingo Road (TV series)|Flamingo Road]]'' and ''[[The Fall Guy]]''. In 1977, she tested for the role of [[Pam Ewing]] on CBS primetime soap opera, ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dallas: The Complete Story of the World's Favorite Prime-Time Soap|author=Curran, Barbara A.|year=2005|publisher=Cumberland House Publishing|isbn=978-1581824728}}</ref>

A four-month stint as the mysterious Charlotte Greer on ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' in 1983 brought Chapman critical acclaim. Her role had her character as part of a revenge plot against the Ryan family after lying to the press that she was Frank Ryan's ex-wife. She joined the cast of ''[[General Hospital]]'' the following year as the devious Ginny Blake who was the biological mother of Mike Webber, adopted by Rick and Lesley. After Lesley's "death", Rick and Ginny married in an attempt to share custody and fell in love after Ginny was found to be the killer of D.L. Brock. She received [[Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama]] nomination for her performance. After that stint ended, she had a brief role on ''[[One Life to Live]]'' as Sandra Montaigne, a con-artist out to scam ex-boyfriend Jonathan Russell. She was the third former ''[[General Hospital]]'' actress to play the role of Anjelica Devereaux Curtis on ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', playing that part from 1989 to 1990 and briefly in 1991.

Chapman had supporting roles in films ''[[And God Created Woman (1988 film)|And God Created Woman]]'' (1988), ''[[Dead Space (film)|Dead Space]]'' (1991), ''[[Fire on the Amazon]]'' (1993), ''[[Night of the Running Man]]'' (1995), ''[[28 Days (film)|28 Days]]'' (2000), and ''[[The Sweetest Thing (film)|The Sweetest Thing]]'' (2002). She appeared in three episodes of ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'', and five times on ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'' as different characters. She starred in the LGBT comedy film ''[[Saugatuck Cures]]'' (2015), and in 2021 played [[Nancy Reagan]] in the biographical drama ''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://soaps.sheknows.com/the-young-and-the-restless/news/561600/yr-judith-chapman-cast-nancy-reagan-king-richard/|title=Judith Chapman Cast As Nancy Reagan in Film on Tennis Legends Venus & Serena Williams|first=Randee|last=Dawn|date=March 16, 2020}}</ref>

Chapman made her first appearance on ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' after that, briefly subbing for [[Jess Walton]] as [[Jill Abbott]]. She joined the cast of ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' full-time in January 2005, replacing [[Joan Van Ark]] in the [[contract]] role of [[Gloria Bardwell|Gloria Fisher]].<ref name="Van Ark Out, Chapman In">{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/news/2004/1220-chapman_vanark.php|last=Kroll|first=Dan J.|title=With Van Ark out, Judith Chapman is Y&R's new Gloria|publisher=Soap Central|date=December 20, 2004|access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref> In March 2011, it was announced that Chapman had been taken off her contract and bumped to recurring.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soapcentral.com/yr/news/2011/0304-chapman.php|last=Kroll|first=Dan J.|title=Judith Chapman dropped to recurring status|publisher=Soap Central|date=March 4, 2011|access-date=August 16, 2012}}</ref> In October 2014, it was announced that she would make a guest appearance as Gloria on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''. She appeared in a few more episodes of ''The Young and the Restless'' in 2015 and 2016. She played Diana Cooper on ''Days of Our Lives'' for two months in 2019, then returned to Y&R.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.soapoperanews.net/2019/03/judith-chapman-exits-days-of-our-lives.html|title=Judith Chapman Exits Days of Our Lives!|first=Michael|last=Thomas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/743783/judith-chapman-returns-days-of-our-lives-diana-cooper/|title=Judith Chapman Talks Her Return to 'Days of Our Lives' as the Mother of Greg Rikaart's Leo|first=Michael|last=Maloney|website=TV Insider|date=28 January 2019 }}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1967
| ''[[Up the MacGregors!]]''
| Dundalks Donovan
|
|-
|1977
|''[[False Face (film)|Scalpel]]''
| Heather/Jane
|aka ''False Face''
|-
|1981
|''Inmates: A Love Story''
|Leslie
|
|-
|1981
|''[[The Five of Me]]''
|Sally
|
|-
|1982
| ''[[Desire (1982 film)|Desire]]''
| Julie Seaver
|
|-
|1982
|''Farrell for the People''
|Victoria Walton-Mason
|Television film
|-
|1983
| ''[[Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]''
| Z-65
|Television film
|-
|1988
| ''[[And God Created Woman (1988 film)|And God Created Woman]]''
|Alexandra
|
|-
|1989
|''Chameleons''
|Lainie Roberts
|
|-
|1991
| ''[[Dead Space (film)|Dead Space]]''
| Dr. Emily Stote
|
|-
|1993
| ''[[Fire on the Amazon]]''
| Sandra
|
|-
|1994
| ''[[Night of the Running Man]]''
| Roz Chambers
|
|-
|1994
|''Mortal Fear''
| Helen Brennquist
|Television film
|-
|1998
| ''Scorpio One''
| Gibson
|
|-
|2000
| ''[[28 Days (film)|28 Days]]''
| Deirdre
|
|-
|2002
| ''[[The Sweetest Thing (film)|The Sweetest Thing]]''
|Judy's Mother
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Liz & Dick]]''
| BelasAir Socialite
|Television film
|-
|2015
|''[[Saugatuck Cures]]''
| Maggie Callaghan
|
|-
|2021
|''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''
|[[Nancy Reagan]]
|
|}

==Television==
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* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1975–1978) as Natalie Bannon Hughes
* ''[[Kojak]]'' (1976) as Gretchen Hodges
* ''[[Barnaby Jones]]'' (1978) as Rita Lockwood
* ''[[Fantasy Island (1977 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]'' (1978) as Evelyn Wallace
* ''[[The Paper Chase (TV series)|The Paper Chase]]'' (1979) as Amelia Hutton
* ''[[B. J. and the Bear]]'' (1980) as Pamela Gerard
* ''[[Beyond Westworld]]'' (1980) as Laura Garvey (Pilot episode only)
* ''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' (1980) as Lara Teasian
* ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' (1980) as Angela
* ''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]'' (1980) as Jo Hamlin
* ''[[The Incredible Hulk (1978 TV series)|The Incredible Hulk]]'' (1980) as Nancy
* ''Fitz and Bones'' (1981) as Clementine
* ''[[Magnum, P.I.]]'' (1981) as Lisa Page/Sara Clifford / Louise DeBolt Jackson (2 episodes)
* ''[[The Love Boat]]'' (1981) as Nancy Atwell
* ''[[The Fall Guy]]'' (1981–1983) as Kay Faulkner (4 episodes)
* ''[[Darkroom (TV series)|Darkroom]]'' (1982) as Pamela
* ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' (1982) as Linda Elliot
* ''[[Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' (1983) as Technical Agent Z
* ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' (1983) as Charlotte
* ''[[Simon & Simon]]'' (1983) as Denise Carroll
* ''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'' (1983) as Robin Yaeger
* ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1984–1986) as Ginny Blake Webber
* ''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1987) as Sandra Montaigne
* ''[[Highway To Heaven]]'' (1987) as Gail
* ''[[Stingray (NBC TV series)|Stingray]]'' (1987) as Carla
* ''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' (1987–1992) (3 episodes)
* ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'' (1988) as Dr. Sandra Millhouse
* ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'' (1989) as Charlotte Sinclair
* ''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|The Accident]]'' (1991) as Miss Radovich
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' as [[Anjelica Deveraux]] (1989–1991, 2018) and [[Diana Colville]] (2019, 2024)
* ''[[Silk Stalkings]]'' (1996) as Marcia Travers
* ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' (2005–2018, 2020–) as [[Gloria Abbott Bardwell]]
* ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' (2014) as [[Gloria Abbott Bardwell]] (Episode date: November 20, 2014 <ref>{{cite web |last=Logan |first=Michael |date=October 21, 2014 |title=Exclusive: Y&R's Judith Chapman Heads to The Bold and the Beautiful |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/judith-chapman-bold-beautiful-1088223/ |access-date=December 2, 2023 |work=TV Guide}}</ref>)
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0152420|name=Judith Chapman}}

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