Christina Pickles
Christina Pickles (born February 17, 1935) is a British-American Emmy Award winning actress. She is known for her role as Nurse Helen Rosenthal in the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere (1982–1988), for which she received five nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She is also known for her recurring role as Judy Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends (1994, 1996–2003), for which she was nominated for the 1995 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series.
Christina Pickles | |
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Pickles in 1987 | |
| Born | Christine Pickles February 17, 1935 Halifax,
West Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, Producer, Voice Actor |
| Years active | 1961–present |
| Spouses | |
| Partner | Herb Edelman (1984–96) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Carolyn Pickles (niece) Wilfred Pickles (uncle) James Pickles (brother) |
Pickles appeared in Broadway plays in the 1960s and 1970s, including The Misanthrope (1968) and Sherlock Holmes (1975), and starred on the daytime soap operas Guiding Light (1970–1972, 2007) and Another World (1977–1979). Her film appearances include Masters of the Universe (1987), Legends of the Fall (1994), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and The Wedding Singer (1998). She won the 2018 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for the Vimeo series Break a Hip.