Profile of Judy Chapman on Famous Like Me

Judith Chapman (b. Greenville, South Carolina) is an actress known to fans of 1980s US daytime television as Ginny Blake Webber on General Hospital (1984-1986) and later as Anjelica Deveraux on Days of Our Lives (1989-1990, 1991). In the 1970s, she rose to fame playing Natalie Bannon Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. She played the role from 1975 to 1978 and got a reputation on the show as "Nasty Natalie," due to her character's scheming temperament.

She has also played roles on One Life to Live and Ryan's Hope.

Beginning in January, 2005, Chapman joined the cast of The Young and the Restless replacing Joan Van Ark in the regular role of Gloria Fisher Abbott.

A number of prominent actresses, such as Ilene Kristen and Donna Mills read for the role of Gloria, but after a single reading with actor Christian LeBlanc (who played Gloria's son Michael), producers hired Chapman on the spot. When asked how she could replace a popular actress, Chapman recounted the pressures she faced on GH since Ginny replaced Denise Alexander who played the role of Lesley Webber.

The daughter of a United States Air Force general, Chapman has had a long career in both movies and television, as well as her most recent stage work both as an actress and director of many well-received theatrical productions. Her most recent feature film role was that of the mother of Judy (Parker Posey) in the 2002 romantic comedy, The Sweetest Thing.

Judith Chapman is also an avid yoga buff and instructor, theatrical director, stage actress and restauranteur. She is part-owner of "St. James at The Vineyard," an upscale and eclectic restaurant specializing in "New World Cuisine" in Palm Springs, California.

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