In 1990, Judy's father, Murray Blum, died at age 70; his death took a remarkable toll on her marriage to Jerry. They divorced, but a year later, feeling the tug of family ties—aside from her two children and his three, they now had two grandchildren—along with pangs of loneliness,...
Judge Judy Sheindlin, a former judge from New York, tackles actual, small claims cases with her no-nonsense attitude in which damages of no more than $5,000 can be awarded. Also by her side is bailiff Petri Hawkins-Byrd who keeps order in the court. After a case is closed, the defend...
Now, a decade later, she's still a judge, but she's anything but anonymous. Her bench is no longer in family court, but on a Hollywood set. And she is now known simply as Judge Judy. "When I first heard someone refer to me as Judge Judy, I said, 'I have a last name,'" re...
The queen of daytime television, Judge Judy Sheindlin, known for her authoritative, choppy attitude, evidently does have a delicate side, according to an interview with CBS2/KCAL9's Paul Magers. This can be a challenge for most viewers to envision, understandably, as they've only ever seen ...
#20. Judy Faulkner Steve Ferdman // Getty Images #20. Judy Faulkner - Net worth: $7.4 billion - Worldwide rank: 304 - Source of wealth: Healthcare software - Age: 79 In a Wisconsin basement in 1979, computer programmer Judy Faulkner founded Epic Systems with the support of two part-tim...
After 25 years, television's highest-paid host — and The Hollywood Reporter's Unscripted TV Player of the Year — is walking away from the show that made her an icon, but she has no plans to put the gavel down anytime soon with 'Judy Justice' in the wor
Judy was in a hurry, graduating from high school at 16 and getting a law degree from New York University at 21. She got married soon afterward and began raising two children. But suburban life bored her to tears. “I told my family one night that I was either going to spend every oth...
In 1990, Judy's father, Murray Blum, died at age 70; his death took a remarkable toll on her marriage to Jerry. They divorced, but a year later, feeling the tug of family ties—aside from her two children and his three, they now had two grandchildren—along with pangs of loneliness,...
Judge Judy Sheindlin, a former judge from New York, tackles actual, small claims cases with her no-nonsense attitude in which damages of no more than $5,000 can be awarded. Also by her side is bailiff Petri Hawkins-Byrd who keeps order in the court. After a case is closed, the defend...
In 1990, Judy's father, Murray Blum, died at age 70; his death took a remarkable toll on her marriage to Jerry. They divorced, but a year later, feeling the tug of family ties—aside from her two children and his three, they now had two grandchildren—along with pangs of loneliness,...