Judy Kuhn
Judy Kuhn (born May 20, 1958) is an American actress and singer, known for her work in musical theatre. A four-time Tony Award nominee, she has released four studio albums and sang the title role in the 1995 film Pocahontas, including her rendition of the song "Colors of the Wind", which won its composers the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
Kuhn made her professional stage debut in 1981 and her Broadway debut in the 1985 original production of the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Subsequent Broadway roles include Cosette in Les Misérables (1987), Florence Vassy in Chess (1988), and Amalia Balash in She Loves Me (1993). For all three, she received Tony Award nominations. She also received an Olivier Award nomination for her 1989 West End debut playing Maria/Futura in Metropolis. Other musical roles include Betty Schaeffer in the 1993 US premiere production of Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and her Obie Award winning role as Emmie in the 2001 Off-Broadway production of Eli's Comin. She received a fourth Tony nomination in 2015 for her role as Helen Bechdel in the original Broadway production of Fun Home, and a second Olivier nomination in 2020 for her role as Golde in a London revival of Fiddler on the Roof.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 5.254 |
Birthday | 1958-05-20 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
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1995
Pocahontas
6.9/5670
Pocahontas, daughter of a Native American tribe chief, falls in love with an English soldier as colonists invade 17th century Virginia.
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Pocahontas
2021
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7.646/2049
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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1998
Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
5.5/1336
When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on...
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Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World
1995
Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
8.5/20
The top stars from the original London and Broadway productions join together with a 150-voice chorus and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London's...
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Les Misérables: 10th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall
1995
Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
8.3/6
Sing, dance, and play along with your favorite Disney songs! It's fun and easy as you read the on-screen lyrics and join your favorite characters in t...
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Disney Sing-Along Songs: Colors of the Wind
2023
Once Upon a Studio
8.321/355
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.
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Once Upon a Studio
2024
Fun Home: 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert
0/0
Ten years ago, Fun Home entered our lives with its world premiere at The Public Theater and began its journey of touching and inspiring the lives of m...
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Fun Home: 10th Anniversary Reunion Concert
2006
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
8.2/4
With the help of all the Disney Princesses, your child can learn how to "transform" herself into the fairy-tale princess she's always wanted to be. An...
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 3 - Perfectly Princess
2005
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
8/3
It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can sing along with all her favorite Disney Princesses a...
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
1997
What's Your Sign?
4/1
Two commuters -- likable salesman Joey (Jack Gindi) and working girl Linda (Judy Kuhn) -- dream of finding the perfect love but get stuck on a merry-g...
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What's Your Sign?
2004
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
9/3
Sound the trumpets and prepare for the ultimate celebration of magic, music and dreams come true! Introduce your little princess to the one special co...
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Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 1 - Once Upon A Dream
2006
Day On Fire
5/1
The lives of a Palestinian journalist and a Jewish model become inextricably, and shockingly, intertwined after they meet by accident in New York.
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Day On Fire
1998
Long Time Since
4.2/4
A beautiful woman has spent a lifetime obsessing about a hit-and-run she caused years ago. She knows she struck something, but left the scene before d...
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Long Time Since
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
8/3
The annual Tony Award broadcast provides the only filmed record of Broadway's best for audiences to experience as if they were front-row-center on ope...
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II
1989
Chess in Concert
10/1
The story of a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and fa...
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Chess in Concert
1999
My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
9/1
On Sept. 28, 1998, some of the greatest divas in musical theater -- including Marin Mazzie, Judy Kuhn and Audra McDonald -- took the stage at New York...
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My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies
2019
Eleanor of Illinois
0/0
Chicago's most powerful Jewish doyenne channels Katharine Hepburn to punish her adult child's insolence and win back their loyalty.
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Eleanor of Illinois
2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
7.6/8
To celebrate the 90th birthday of Broadway songwriting great Stephen Sondheim, an A-list group of performers sing songs of inspiration from his songbo...
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Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration
2007
Enchanted
6.8/5399
The beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the str...
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