Judy Graubart (born October
1943 in Fort Worth,
Texas
) is an American actress. She is best
remembered for being a regular cast member of
The Electric Company, the
revolutionary children's show from the 1970s produced by the
Children's Television Workshop. Like
the other cast members, who included
Morgan Freeman,
Rita
Moreno, and
Bill Cosby, she played
hundreds of characters on the show during its 6-year run
(1971–1977), Jennifer of the Jungle being a standout. Prior to
The Electric Company, Graubart was also a regular on
Comedy Tonight, which aired
during the summer of 1970 on
CBS, along with
Peter Boyle,
Robert Klein, and
Madeline Kahn.
After her run with
The Electric Company, she appeared in
several little-known films during the early 1980s, including
Marshall Brickman's
Simon and
Author! Author! which starred
Al Pacino. She reunited with Madeline Kahn for the
1999 film
Judy Berlin, which
was completed shortly before Kahn's death.
Throughout her career, Graubart had also been a familiar face in
television commercials for
products such as the
Chevrolet Vega,
Cheer,
Crunch 'n Munch,
Shake 'n Bake, and
Miracle Whip.
Graubart appeared, as did many other of the original cast members
of
The Electric Company, in interviews and episode
introductions on the second volume of
The Best of the Electric
Company DVD boxed set that was released
by
Shout! Factory and
Sony BMG Music Entertainment on
November 14,
2006.
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