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{{short description|American country music singer (born 1946)}}
{{Short description|American country singer, songwriter, and actress (1946–2022)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Naomi Judd
| name = Naomi Judd
| image = Naomi Judd AHA.jpg
| image = Naomi Judd AHA (cropped).jpg
| caption = Judd in October 2012
| caption = Judd in 2012
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| birth_name = Diana Ellen Judd
| background = solo_singer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|1|11}}
| birth_name = Diana Ellen Judd
| birth_place = [[Ashland, Kentucky]], U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|1|11}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|4|30|1946|1|11}}
| death_place = [[Leiper's Fork, Tennessee]], U.S.<ref name="deathlocation">{{cite web |title=Country music icon, Williamson resident Naomi Judd dies at 76 |url=https://www.williamsonhomepage.com/franklin/country-music-icon-williamson-resident-naomi-judd-dies-at-76/article_ee7c18e0-c8d5-11ec-91d2-2fdf73503f8e.html |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=Williamson Home Page |date=April 30, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
| origin = [[Ashland, Kentucky]], U.S.
| occupation = {{Hlist|Singer|songwriter|actress|television personality}}
| instrument = Vocals
| years_active = {{hlist|1983–1991|1994–2022}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|04|30|1946|01|11}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
|death_place =
* {{marriage|Michael Ciminella|1964|1972|end=div.}}
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
* {{marriage|Larry Strickland|1989}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naomi Judd |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005072/bio |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=IMDb}}</ref>
| occupation = Singer-songwriter, actress
| years_active = 1983–1991, 1994–2022
| label = [[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]/[[Curb Records|Curb]]
| associated_acts = [[The Judds]]
| website = [http://www.naomijudd.com naomijudd.com]
}}
}}
| children = {{hlist|[[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]]|[[Ashley Judd|Ashley]]}}
'''Naomi Judd''' (born '''Diana Ellen Judd'''; January 11, 1946 – April 30, 2022)<ref name=allmusicbio>{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-judds-mn0000086312/biography|title=The Judds Biography |first= Steve|last=Huey| publisher=[[AllMusic.com]]|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190724010437/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-judds-mn0000086312/biography|url-status=live|quote=The Judds' story began in Ashland, KY, where Naomi was born Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-30 |title=Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning Duo The Judds, Dies At 76 |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-30/naomi-judd-of-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-dies-at-76 |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref> was an American [[country music]] singer and actress. In 2021, she was inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum|Country Music Hall of Fame]] as a member of [[The Judds]] alongside her daughter [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/ray-charles-the-judds-to-join-country-music-hall-of-fame/|title = Ray Charles, the Judds to join Country Music Hall of Fame|date = August 16, 2021}}</ref>
| misc = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| website = {{URL|naomijudd.com}}
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| instruments = Vocals
| label = {{hlist|[[RCA Records Nashville|RCA Nashville]]|[[Curb Records|Curb]]}}
| past_member_of = [[The Judds]]
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'''Naomi Judd''' (born '''Diana Ellen Judd'''; January 11, 1946 – April 30, 2022) was an American [[country music]] singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]] (born Christina Claire) formed the duo known as [[The Judds]], which became a successful [[country music]] act, winning five [[Grammy Award]]s and nine [[Country Music Association]] awards. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis; while Wynonna continued to perform as a solo artist, she occasionally reunited with her mother for tours as The Judds. Naomi died by suicide in 2022, on the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
Judd was born to Pauline Ruth 'Polly' (née Oliver; 1927–2019) and Charles Glen Judd (1924-1984) on January 11, 1946, in [[Ashland, Kentucky]].<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ad-iz7se16kC&q=Charles+Glen+Judd&pg=PT4|title=The Judds: A Biography |first= Bob |last=Millard|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|year=1988|isbn=978-0385244411}}</ref> Her father owned a gas station.<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard" /> In 1965, her brother Brian (1948–1965) died of [[leukemia]] at the age of 17. Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Ciminella (later [[Wynonna Judd]]), was born when Judd was 18. After the birth of her daughter [[Ashley Judd|Ashley]] (April 1968), who later became a film and stage actress, and the end of her marriage to Michael Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first attending nursing school at California's [[College of Marin]] while living in nearby [[Lagunitas, California]]<ref name="SFC012198">{{cite news|first=Joel|last=Selvin |author-link= Joel Selvin|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|title=Naomi Judd Attunes Life To Healing Mind and Body|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 21, 1998|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721164021/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|title=Saved by the Belle|last=Patoski|first=Joe Nick|date=May 2007|magazine=[[AARP The Magazine]]<!--cq cap T in The-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521023013/http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|archive-date=May 21, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref>
Judd was born Diana Ellen Judd to Pauline Ruth "Polly" (née Oliver) and Charles Glen Judd on January 11, 1946, in [[Ashland, Kentucky]].<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ad-iz7se16kC&q=Charles+Glen+Judd&pg=PT4|title=The Judds: A Biography |first= Bob |last=Millard|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|year=1988|isbn=978-0385244411}}</ref><ref name=allmusicbio>{{cite web|url= https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-judds-mn0000086312/biography|title=The Judds Biography |first= Steve|last=Huey| publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=June 26, 2020|archive-date=July 24, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190724010437/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-judds-mn0000086312/biography|url-status=live|quote=The Judds' story began in Ashland, KY, where Naomi was born Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946.}}</ref> Her father owned a gas station<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard" /> and her mother was a riverboat cook.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661 | title=Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative | website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] }}</ref> Her brother Brian died of [[leukemia]] in 1965 at the age of 17;<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ghanafuo.com/brian-judd-cause-of-death-what-happened-to-naomi-judd-brother/|title=Brian Judd cause of death: What happened to Naomi Judd brother?|date=May 1, 2022|work=Ghanafuo}}</ref> Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Claire Ciminella (later [[Wynonna Judd]]), was born when Judd was 18.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/naomi-judd-children-all-family-country-music-legend-dies-76|title=Naomi Judd children: All about her family as country music legend dies at 76|date=May 1, 2022|work=SKPop}}</ref> Her first daughter was given the last name Ciminella after Michael Ciminella, the man who Judd quickly married after being abandoned by her boyfriend and Wynonna's biological father, Charles Jordan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661|title=Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative|first=Susan Donaldson|last=James|publisher=ABC News|date=April 1, 2011|access-date=May 12, 2022|archive-date=April 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430215807/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ashley-judd-claims-incest-abuse-memoir-trauma-judd/story?id=13268661|url-status=live}}</ref> After the birth of her second daughter, [[Ashley Judd|Ashley]] (1968), who later became a film and stage actress, and the end of her marriage to Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first attending nursing school at California's [[College of Marin]] while living in nearby [[Lagunitas, California]],<ref name="SFC012198">{{cite news|first=Joel|last=Selvin |author-link= Joel Selvin|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|title=Naomi Judd Attunes Life To Healing Mind and Body|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=January 21, 1998|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190721164021/https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Naomi-Judd-Attunes-Life-To-Healing-Mind-and-Body-3015380.php|url-status=live}}</ref> and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|title=Saved by the Belle|last=Patoski|first=Joe Nick|date=May 2007|magazine=[[AARP the Magazine]]<!--cq cap T in The-->|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521023013/http://www.aarpmagazine.org/entertainment/naomi_judd.html|archive-date=May 21, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2017}}</ref> When she reverted to her maiden name following her divorce, she also took the opportunity to change her name, Diana, which she did not think fit "her own spiritual, rural Kentucky conception of her true heritage", and decided to pay homage to the Biblical figure [[Naomi (biblical figure)|Naomi]], finding resonance in her story of moving to another land and eventually being left without a husband raising two women.<ref name="The Judds: A Biography by Bob Millard"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/naomi-judd-real-name-why-she-changed-name/|title=The Beautiful Reason Naomi Judd Ditched Her Birth Name to Become Naomi Judd|first=Carena|last=Liptak|date=May 4, 2022|website=Taste of Country|access-date=July 5, 2023}}</ref>


==The Judds==
==Career==
===The Judds===
With her daughter, [[Wynonna Judd]], she formed the highly successful singing duo known as [[the Judds]].
{{main|The Judds}}
With her daughter [[Wynonna Judd]], Naomi formed the successful country-music duo known as [[the Judds]] throughout the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dowling |first=Marcus K. |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd, Grammy-winning matriarch of The Judds duo, dies at 76: 'We are shattered' |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/04/30/naomi-judd-dies-76/9601534002/ |work=USA Today Entertainment}}</ref> They had twenty top ten country hits, released six albums and featured regularly at the annual country music awards shows.<ref name="Deadline">{{Cite news |last=Haring |first=Bruce |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd Dies: Singer With Grammy-Winning Duo The Judds, Mother Of Wynonna And Ashley Was 76 |url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/naomi-judd-dead-singer-with-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-mother-of-wynonna-and-ashley-was-76-1235013747/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> They won five [[Grammy Awards]], whereas Naomi won a Country Song of the Year Grammy for writing "[[Love Can Build a Bridge]]".<ref name="Deadline" /> The duo had moderate mainstream and international success.<ref name="allmusicbio" />
[[File:Wynonna rocks Alaska 080627-F-3108S-022.jpg|thumb|Wynonna and Naomi Judd sing together on base to the military and Alaska crowd at the "Alaska's Operational Gratitude" concert on June 27, 2008]]


===Breakup and solo work===
As country music's most famous mother–daughter team, the Judds scored twenty top-10 hits (including fifteen at number one) and went undefeated for eight consecutive years at all three major country music awards shows. In addition, the duo won five [[Grammy Awards]] and a vast array of other awards and honors. As a songwriter, Judd also won a Grammy for country song of the year with the Judds' hit "Love Can Build a Bridge". {{Citation needed|date=April 2018}}
The Judds broke up soon after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with [[hepatitis C]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hines |first=Ree |date=May 2, 2022 |title=What is hepatitis C, the almost-fatal infection that Naomi Judd survived in the '90s? |url=https://www.today.com/health/health/hepatitis-c-liver-condition-naomi-judd-survived-rcna26876 |access-date=May 13, 2022 |website=today.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The band's farewell concert was the most successful musical event in cable [[pay-per-view]] history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/country-legend-naomi-judd-dead-at-age-76-211909698.html|title=Country legend Naomi Judd, of the Judds, dead at age 76|date=April 30, 2022|work=[[Yahoo!]]|author=Lyndsey Parker}}</ref> Judd created the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund in 1991 to raise awareness of hepatitis C, and used the strength of her experiences as a spokes-model for the [[American Liver Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Freeman |first=Jon |date=2022-04-30 |title=Naomi Judd, of Hit Country Duo the Judds, Dead at 76 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/naomi-judd-dies-obituary-1345555/ |access-date=2024-07-02 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>


She received the Golden Plate Award from the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Salemy |first=Shirley |date= June 27, 1993 |title= 1993 Salute to Excellence, Stars of today and tomorrow meet in Glacier |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Great-Falls-Tribune-June-27-1993.pdf |work= Great Falls Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Warren |first=Ellen |date= June 14, 2004 |title= A meeting of the minds, Hollywood A-listers, Nobel Prize winners, Mayor Daley and myriad other geniuses rub elbows at International Achievement Summit |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Chicago-Tribune-June-14-2004.pdf |work= Chicago Tribune}}</ref> In 1998, she achieved virologic cure of hepatitis C following treatment with [[interferon alpha]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Anstett|first1=Patricia|last2=Ridder|first2=Knight|title=Naomi Judd Bounces Back from Hepatitis C Diagnosis: 'I'm Cured'|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|url= https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-07-06-9807070078-story.html|date=6 July 1998|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Straube|first=Trent|title=Remembering Naomi Judd as a Powerful Voice for Hepatitis Advocacy|website=hep|url=https://www.hepmag.com/article/remembering-naomi-judd-powerful-voice-hepatitis-advocacy|date=5 May 2022|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref> The Judds reunited for a 1999 New Year's Eve concert in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] at the [[America West Arena]], with Ashley as the MC.<ref name="Deadline" /> This continued with the "Power to Change" tour throughout 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Judds reuniting for tour, new record after 8 years |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/01/01/judds-reuniting-for-tour-new-record-after-8-years/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530170702/https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/01/01/judds-reuniting-for-tour-new-record-after-8-years/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2023 |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=Tampa Bay Times |language=en}}</ref> while the Phoenix concert was released as ''[[The Judds Reunion Live]]''.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Judds Reunion Live - The Judds {{!}} Album {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-judds-reunion-live-mw0000607504 |access-date=2024-07-02 |language=en}}</ref> The duo was nominated as the [[Academy of Country Music]]'s [[Academy of Country Music Awards|top vocal duo of the year]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://filmysiyappa.com/naomi-judd-net-worth/|title=Naomi Judd Net Worth|date=May 1, 2022|work=Filmysiyappa}}</ref>
==1991: End of the Judds, life afterward==


From 2003 to 2004, Judd featured as a judge on the ''[[Star Search]]'' show hosted by [[Arsenio Hall]].<ref name="Deadline" /> Judd began ''Naomi's New Morning'', a Sunday morning talk show on the [[Hallmark Channel]], in 2005. The show lasted two seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |title=naomijudd.com |access-date=March 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217034321/http://naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was also the author of several self-help books, including ''Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers'' (2007).<ref name="AgeGratefully">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Caitlin A. |date=January 10, 2007 |title=Naomi Judd Says 'Age Gratefully' |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/naomi-judd-says-age-gratefully/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070207103947/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/10/earlyshow/leisure/books/main2345917.shtml |archive-date=February 7, 2007 |access-date=August 2, 2013 |work=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>
In 1991, after selling more than 20 million albums and videos in seven years and at the pinnacle of their career, the Judds came to an abrupt end when Naomi Judd was diagnosed with [[Hepatitis C]]. The band ended on a high note: Their Farewell Tour was the top grossing act, and their farewell concert the most successful musical event in cable [[pay-per-view]] history.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} In 1991, Judd created the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund to raise awareness of Hepatitis C, and uses the strength of her experiences as spokes-model for the [[American Liver Foundation]].{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}


Judd joined a new television reality-competition series ''[[Can You Duet]]'', as a judge and mentor in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/naomi-judd-brett-manning-aimee-mayo-judge-can-you-duet-6690.php|title=Naomi Judd, Brett Manning, Aimee Mayo to judge 'Can You Duet'|date=March 10, 2008|work=Reality TV World}}</ref> The show aired on [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.realitytvworld.com/news/cmt-new-can-you-duet-debut-april-14-hosted-by-rossi-morreale-6635.php|title=CMT's new 'Can You Duet' to debut April 14, hosted by Rossi Morreale|date=March 3, 2008|work=Reality TV World}}</ref> She competed with her husband, Larry Strickland, in the first season of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting]] reality cooking series ''[[My Kitchen Rules (American TV series)|My Kitchen Rules]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/fox-my-kitchen-rules-cooking-series-curtis-stone-cat-cora-lance-bass-brandi-glanville-1201755650/|title=Fox Orders 'My Kitchen Rules' Cooking Series With Curtis Stone & Cat Cora|last1=Petski|first1=Denise |date=May 13, 2016|work=[[TV Tonight]] |access-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref>
In 1993, she received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=www.achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Salemy |first=Shirley |date= June 27, 1993 |title= 1993 Salute to Excellence, Stars of today and tomorrow meet in Glacier |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Great-Falls-Tribune-June-27-1993.pdf |work= Great Falls Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Warren |first=Ellen |date= June 14, 2004 |title= A meeting of the minds, Hollywood A-listers, Nobel Prize winners, Mayor Daley and myriad other geniuses rub elbows at International Achievement Summit |url= https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Chicago-Tribune-June-14-2004.pdf |work= Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2004 |title=2004 Summit Highlights Photo |url= https://achievement.org/summit/2004/|quote= Academy Awards Council member Naomi Judd presents the Golden Plate Award to philanthropist Martha Ingram.}}</ref>


In 2021 Judd was one of the first to be inducted into the [[Women Songwriters Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2021/06/the-women-songwriters-hall-of-fame-has-honored-its-first-class-of-inductees|author= Diop, Arimeta|title=The Women Songwriters Hall of Fame Has Honored Its First Class of Inductees|newspaper=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=June 29, 2021}}</ref>
She continued to act occasionally (one of her first acting jobs was a small role in ''[[More American Graffiti]]'' in 1979). In 1999, she starred as Lily Waite alongside [[Andy Griffith]] and [[Gerald McRaney]] in the film ''[[A Holiday Romance]]''.


===Acting===
In 1999, The Judds re-united for a New Year's Eve concert in [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] at the [[America West Arena]], with Ashley as the MC. In 2000, the Judds re-united again for their "Power to Change" tour, performing to over 300,000 people on thirty dates. The duo was nominated as the [[Academy of Country Music]]'s [[Academy of Country Music Awards|top vocal duo of the year]] in 2001. From 2003 to 2004, Judd also served as one of the judges of the revamped version of ''[[Star Search]]'' hosted by [[Arsenio Hall]].
Judd made her first screen appearance in the 1979 comedy film ''[[More American Graffiti]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/naomi-judd-vn15360795/filmography|title=Naomi Judd &#124; Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She executive produced the 1995 made-for-television film ''[[Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge]]'' based on her book. She guest-starred in the television series ''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]'', ''[[The Client (TV series)|The Client]]'', ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' and ''[[Touched by an Angel]]''. In 1993, Judd played the female lead opposite [[Kenny Rogers]] in the made-for-television Western ''Rio Diablo''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-02-28-tv-4-story.html|title=The 'Rio Diablo' Trail : THE WESTERN LANGUISHED FOR 12 YEARS ... THEN KENNY ROGERS CAME ALONG|first=Joanne|last=Harrison|date=February 28, 1993|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> She continued to act, and in 1999 she starred as Lily Waite in the television film, ''[[A Holiday Romance]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.darkhorizons.com/r-i-p-naomi-judd/|title=R.I.P. Naomi Judd|date=April 30, 2022|work=[[Dark Horizons]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ontrend.news/naomi-judd-illness-and-health-update-2022-what-happened-to-her|title=Is Naomi Judd Suffering From Illness? Her Health Update 2022|date=April 16, 2022|work=OnTrend News}}</ref> Also that year, Judd starred in the drama film ''[[Family Tree (1999 film)|Family Tree]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/film/042100tree-film-review.html|title='Family Tree': Boy and Geezer Save a Tree (How Could They Fail?)|website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref> She made a cameo appearance in the 2001 romantic comedy film ''[[Someone Like You (2001 film)|Someone Like You]]'' starring Ashley Judd.


Judd starred alongside [[Laura Prepon]] in the 2011 [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] television movie ''[[The Killing Game (2011 film)|The Killing Game]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/laura-prepon-naomi-judd-star-202564/|title=Laura Prepon, Naomi Judd to Star in Lifetime TV Movie 'The Killing Game'|date=June 26, 2011|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> She later starred in the [[Hallmark Channel]] films ''Nearlyweds'' and ''Window Wonderland'', both released in 2013. In 2014, she starred as "Honey" in the Netflix film ''[[An Evergreen Christmas]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2505818/|title = An Evergreen Christmas| website=[[IMDb]] |date = November 4, 2014}}</ref> In 2021, Judd starred in the Lifetime adaptation of [[V.C. Andrews]]' novel ''Ruby'' playing the title character's grandmother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adkinspublicity.com/2020/09/02/naomi-judd-to-star-in-lifetime-v-c-andrews-movie-series-ruby/|title=Naomi Judd to Star in Lifetime V.C. Andrews Movie Series "Ruby"|date=September 2, 2020}}</ref>
In 2005, Judd began ''[[Naomi's New Morning]]'', a talk show on Sunday mornings on the [[Hallmark Channel]]. The show lasted two seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |title=naomijudd.com |access-date=March 29, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217034321/http://naomijudd.com/Pages/itinerary.html |archive-date=February 17, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is also the author of several self-help books including the recent ''Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers''.<ref name="AgeGratefully">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/10/earlyshow/leisure/books/main2345917.shtml|title=Naomi Judd Says 'Age Gratefully'|last=Johnson|first=Caitlin A.|date=February 11, 2009|work=[[CBS News]]|access-date=August 2, 2013}}</ref>


==Personal life ==
In 2008, Judd joined a new television reality-competition series ''[[Can You Duet]]'', as a judge and mentor. The show, by the producers of ''[[American Idol]]'', aired on [[Country Music Television]].
Judd had two daughters, [[Wynonna Judd|Wynonna]] (b. 1964) and [[Ashley Judd|Ashley]] (b. 1968). Wynonna is a musician and was the other half of their duo, the Judds. Ashley is an actress with a career spanning more than three decades.


Judd married her second husband, Larry Strickland of the [[Palmetto State Quartet]], on May 6, 1989.<ref name = Risen>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/30/arts/music/naomi-judd-dead.html|title = Naomi Judd, of Grammy-Winning The Judds, Dies at 76|work = [[The New York Times]]|date = April 30, 2022|last = Risen|first = Clay|access-date = May 1, 2022|url-access = limited}}</ref> Strickland has also sung with other gospel groups, including J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet.
In 2011, Judd starred alongside actress [[Laura Prepon]] in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] television movie ''[[The Killing Game (2011 film)|The Killing Game]]''.


=== Last performance and death ===
In 2014, she starred as "Honey" in ''An Evergreen Christmas''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2505818/|title = An Evergreen Christmas|date = November 4, 2014}}</ref>
On April 11th, 2022, Judd reunited with her daughter Wynonna at the [[2022 CMT Music Awards]] to perform their 1990's single [[Love Can Build a Bridge]]. 19 days later, on April 30, 2022, she was found unresponsive from a [[Suicide methods#Shooting|self-inflicted gunshot wound]] to her head at her home in [[Leiper's Fork, Tennessee]]. She was taken to Williamson Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 12:35pm. She was 76 years old.<ref name="deathlocation" /><ref name="Risen" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/country/country-legend-naomi-judd-died-by-suicide-sources/|title=Country Legend Naomi Judd Died by Suicide After Longtime Struggle with Mental Health: Sources|last=Irvin|first=Jack|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=May 2, 2022|access-date=May 3, 2022|archive-date=May 2, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220502183129/https://people.com/country/country-legend-naomi-judd-died-by-suicide-sources/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Micah |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd, member of The Judds, dies at 76 |url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/naomi-judd-member-of-the-judds-dies-at-76 |access-date=April 30, 2022 |publisher=[[WTVF]] |language=en}}</ref> She had long been struggling with depression accompanied by [[anxiety]], [[panic attack]]s, and [[suicidal ideation]]. The medications prescribed to her, including [[lithium (medication)|lithium]], produced side effects including facial [[edema]], [[alopecia]], and [[tremor]]s, which caused her further emotional distress.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd Dies at 76, Daughters Confirm in Heartbreaking Statement |url=https://extratv.com/2022/04/30/naomi-judd-dies-76/ |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=Extra |language=en}}</ref> Her death came one day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the [[Country Music Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME MEMBERS-ELECT |url=https://countrymusichalloffame.org/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-rotunda/induction-ceremony-medallion/|access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=countrymusichalloffame.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/naomi-judd-cause-of-death-gunshot-firearm-1235264891/|title=Naomi Judd's Cause of Death Was a Self-Inflicted Firearm Wound, Daughter Ashley Reveals in New Interview|last1=Earl|first1=William|last2=Murphy|first2=J. Kim|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>


Announcing her death, her daughters [[Twitter|tweeted]]: "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness."<ref name=Bloomberg>{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |date=April 30, 2022 |title=Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning Duo The Judds, Dies At 76 |language=en|publisher=[[Bloomberg News]]|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-30/naomi-judd-of-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-dies-at-76 |access-date=April 30, 2022|url-access = limited}}</ref> [[Ashley Judd]] revealed the cause of her mother's death in a May 12, 2022, interview with [[Diane Sawyer]] on ''[[Good Morning America]]''. She made the revelation to help raise awareness of mental illness, which she hoped would help those suffering from it. She also said that she and the rest of the family wanted the manner of death to be shared by them rather than a secondhand source.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-naomi-judd-suicide-gun-ashley-20220512-wfr3tst4izaolpjyvtzenpuvai-story.html|author=Feldman, Kate|title=Naomi Judd died from self-inflicted gunshot wound, daughter Ashley confirms|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=May 12, 2022|access-date=May 12, 2022|archivedate=May 12, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512135914/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-naomi-judd-suicide-gun-ashley-20220512-wfr3tst4izaolpjyvtzenpuvai-story.html}}</ref>
Judd competed with her husband in the first season of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox Broadcasting]] reality cooking series ''[[My Kitchen Rules (American TV series)|My Kitchen Rules]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/05/fox-my-kitchen-rules-cooking-series-curtis-stone-cat-cora-lance-bass-brandi-glanville-1201755650/|title=Fox Orders 'My Kitchen Rules' Cooking Series With Curtis Stone & Cat Cora|last1=Petski|first1=Denise |date=May 13, 2016|work=[[TV Tonight]] |access-date=May 15, 2016}}</ref>


A memorial for Judd was televised on [[CMT (American TV channel)|CMT]]. ''Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration'' was broadcast from the [[Ryman Auditorium]], as specified by Judd before she died and was hosted by [[Robin Roberts (newscaster)|Robin Roberts]]. It featured appearances from [[Ashley Judd]], Larry Strickland, [[Bono]], [[Bette Midler]], [[Martina McBride]], [[Reba McEntire]], [[Reese Witherspoon]], [[Morgan Freeman]], [[Oprah Winfrey]] and [[Salma Hayek]], plus performances by Wynonna, [[Brad Paisley]], [[Carly Pearce]], [[Ashley McBryde]], [[Emmylou Harris]] and [[Allison Russell]], [[Little Big Town]], [[Brandi Carlile]], and [[Jamey Johnson]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2022/05/15/naomi-judd-cmt-tribute-wynonna-ashley/ |title=Naomi Judd CMT tribute includes speeches from Wynonna, Ashley Judd |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 15, 2022 |access-date=May 26, 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life and death==
Her second marriage was on May 6, 1989, to Larry Strickland of the [[Palmetto State Quartet]]. Judd died on April 30, 2022 due to a mental health condition. She was 76 years old. <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-04-30 |title=Naomi Judd, of Grammy-winning Duo The Judds, Dies At 76 |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-30/naomi-judd-of-grammy-winning-duo-the-judds-dies-at-76 |access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
{{see|The Judds discography}}
{{Further|The Judds discography}}


===Featured singles===
===Singles===
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! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! Peak positions
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! rowspan="2"| Album
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|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! scope="col" style="width:2.5em;font-size:90%;" | [[Hot Country Songs|US Country]]<br/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/naomi-judd/ | title=Chart history for Naomi Judd | publisher=Billboard | access-date=May 4, 2022}}</ref>
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| 2004
| 2004
| align="left"| "Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)"
! scope="row"| "[[Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)]]"<br />{{small|(with [[Wynonna Judd]])}}
| [[Wynonna Judd]]
| 33
| 33
| align="left"| ''[[What the World Needs Now Is Love (Wynonna Judd album)|What the World Needs Now Is Love]]''
| ''[[What the World Needs Now Is Love (Wynonna Judd album)|What the World Needs Now Is Love]]''
|}

==Filmography==
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class=unsortable | Notes
|-
|1979
|''[[More American Graffiti]]''
|Girl in Bus
|
|-
|1983
|''[[Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story|Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story]]''
|Redhead
|Television film
|-
|1993
|''Rio Diablo''
|Flora Mae Pepper
|Television film
|-
|1994
|''[[Sisters (American TV series)|Sisters]]''
|Naomi Judd
|Episode: "Up in the Air"
|-
|1995
|''[[Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge]]''
|
|Executive producer
|-
|1996
|''[[The Client (TV series)|The Client]]''
|Psychiatrist
|Episode: "Damn Yankees"
|-
|1996
|''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''
|Frances Randell
|Episode: "Father Knows Dick"
|-
|1998
|''Littlest Angel's Easter''
| Understanding Angel
|Voice
|-
|1999
|''[[Family Tree (1999 film)|Family Tree]]''
| Sarah Musser
|
|-
|1999
|''[[A Holiday Romance]]''
| Lily Waite
|Television film
|-
|2000
|''[[Touched by an Angel]]''
|Liz
|Episode: "Mother's Day"
|-
|2001
|''[[Someone Like You (2001 film)|Someone Like You...]]''
|Makeup Artist
|
|-
|2002
|''[[Maybe It's Me (TV series)|Maybe It's Me]]''
|Tillie Krupp
|Episode: "The Wedding and a Funeral Episode"
|-
|2002
|''[[Frasier]]''
| Lillian (voice)
|Episode: "War of the Words"
|-
|2005
|''[[Higglytown Heroes]]''
|School Nurse Hero (voice)
|Episode: "Two Bees or Not Two Bees"
|-
|2011
|''[[The Killing Game (2011 film)|The Killing Game]]''
|Sandra Duncan
|Television film
|-
|2011
|''The Judds''
|Herself
|Executive producer, 6 episodes
|-
|2013
|''Nearlyweds''
| Renee
|Television film
|-
|2013
|''Window Wonderland''
|Rita Dorentella
|Television film
|-
|2014
|''[[An Evergreen Christmas]]''
| Honey
|
|-
|-
|2021
|''[[V. C. Andrews|Ruby]]''
|Catherine Landry
|Television film
|}
|}


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Naomi Judd
Judd in 2012
Born
Diana Ellen Judd

(1946-01-11)January 11, 1946
DiedApril 30, 2022(2022-04-30) (aged 76)
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • television personality
Years active
  • 1983–1991
  • 1994–2022
Spouses
Michael Ciminella
(m. 1964; div. 1972)
Larry Strickland
(m. 1989)
[2]
Children
Musical career
GenresCountry
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Formerly ofThe Judds
Websitenaomijudd.com

Naomi Judd (born Diana Ellen Judd; January 11, 1946 – April 30, 2022) was an American country music singer and actress. In 1980, she and her daughter Wynonna (born Christina Claire) formed the duo known as The Judds, which became a successful country music act, winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards. The Judds ceased performing in 1991 after Naomi was diagnosed with hepatitis; while Wynonna continued to perform as a solo artist, she occasionally reunited with her mother for tours as The Judds. Naomi died by suicide in 2022, on the day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Early life

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Judd was born Diana Ellen Judd to Pauline Ruth "Polly" (née Oliver) and Charles Glen Judd on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky.[3][4] Her father owned a gas station[3] and her mother was a riverboat cook.[5] Her brother Brian died of leukemia in 1965 at the age of 17;[6] Naomi Judd's first child, Christina Claire Ciminella (later Wynonna Judd), was born when Judd was 18.[7] Her first daughter was given the last name Ciminella after Michael Ciminella, the man who Judd quickly married after being abandoned by her boyfriend and Wynonna's biological father, Charles Jordan.[8] After the birth of her second daughter, Ashley (1968), who later became a film and stage actress, and the end of her marriage to Ciminella, Judd brought up both daughters as a single parent, first attending nursing school at California's College of Marin while living in nearby Lagunitas, California,[9] and later beginning a successful singing career with daughter Wynonna.[10] When she reverted to her maiden name following her divorce, she also took the opportunity to change her name, Diana, which she did not think fit "her own spiritual, rural Kentucky conception of her true heritage", and decided to pay homage to the Biblical figure Naomi, finding resonance in her story of moving to another land and eventually being left without a husband raising two women.[3][11]

Career

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The Judds

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With her daughter Wynonna Judd, Naomi formed the successful country-music duo known as the Judds throughout the 1980s.[12] They had twenty top ten country hits, released six albums and featured regularly at the annual country music awards shows.[13] They won five Grammy Awards, whereas Naomi won a Country Song of the Year Grammy for writing "Love Can Build a Bridge".[13] The duo had moderate mainstream and international success.[4]

Wynonna and Naomi Judd sing together on base to the military and Alaska crowd at the "Alaska's Operational Gratitude" concert on June 27, 2008

Breakup and solo work

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The Judds broke up soon after Naomi Judd was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1991.[14] The band's farewell concert was the most successful musical event in cable pay-per-view history.[15] Judd created the Naomi Judd Education and Research Fund in 1991 to raise awareness of hepatitis C, and used the strength of her experiences as a spokes-model for the American Liver Foundation.[16]

She received the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement in 1993.[17][18][19] In 1998, she achieved virologic cure of hepatitis C following treatment with interferon alpha.[20][21] The Judds reunited for a 1999 New Year's Eve concert in Phoenix at the America West Arena, with Ashley as the MC.[13] This continued with the "Power to Change" tour throughout 2000,[22] while the Phoenix concert was released as The Judds Reunion Live.[23] The duo was nominated as the Academy of Country Music's top vocal duo of the year in 2001.[24]

From 2003 to 2004, Judd featured as a judge on the Star Search show hosted by Arsenio Hall.[13] Judd began Naomi's New Morning, a Sunday morning talk show on the Hallmark Channel, in 2005. The show lasted two seasons.[25] She was also the author of several self-help books, including Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Good News for Boomers (2007).[26]

Judd joined a new television reality-competition series Can You Duet, as a judge and mentor in 2008.[27] The show aired on CMT.[28] She competed with her husband, Larry Strickland, in the first season of the Fox Broadcasting reality cooking series My Kitchen Rules in 2017.[29]

In 2021 Judd was one of the first to be inducted into the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.[30]

Acting

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Judd made her first screen appearance in the 1979 comedy film More American Graffiti.[31] She executive produced the 1995 made-for-television film Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge based on her book. She guest-starred in the television series Sisters, The Client, 3rd Rock from the Sun and Touched by an Angel. In 1993, Judd played the female lead opposite Kenny Rogers in the made-for-television Western Rio Diablo.[32] She continued to act, and in 1999 she starred as Lily Waite in the television film, A Holiday Romance.[33][34] Also that year, Judd starred in the drama film Family Tree.[35] She made a cameo appearance in the 2001 romantic comedy film Someone Like You starring Ashley Judd.

Judd starred alongside Laura Prepon in the 2011 Lifetime television movie The Killing Game.[36] She later starred in the Hallmark Channel films Nearlyweds and Window Wonderland, both released in 2013. In 2014, she starred as "Honey" in the Netflix film An Evergreen Christmas.[37] In 2021, Judd starred in the Lifetime adaptation of V.C. Andrews' novel Ruby playing the title character's grandmother.[38]

Personal life

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Judd had two daughters, Wynonna (b. 1964) and Ashley (b. 1968). Wynonna is a musician and was the other half of their duo, the Judds. Ashley is an actress with a career spanning more than three decades.

Judd married her second husband, Larry Strickland of the Palmetto State Quartet, on May 6, 1989.[39] Strickland has also sung with other gospel groups, including J.D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet.

Last performance and death

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On April 11th, 2022, Judd reunited with her daughter Wynonna at the 2022 CMT Music Awards to perform their 1990's single Love Can Build a Bridge. 19 days later, on April 30, 2022, she was found unresponsive from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her head at her home in Leiper's Fork, Tennessee. She was taken to Williamson Medical Center but was pronounced dead at 12:35pm. She was 76 years old.[1][39][40][41] She had long been struggling with depression accompanied by anxiety, panic attacks, and suicidal ideation. The medications prescribed to her, including lithium, produced side effects including facial edema, alopecia, and tremors, which caused her further emotional distress.[42] Her death came one day before she and Wynonna were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.[43][44]

Announcing her death, her daughters tweeted: "Today we sisters experienced a tragedy. We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness."[45] Ashley Judd revealed the cause of her mother's death in a May 12, 2022, interview with Diane Sawyer on Good Morning America. She made the revelation to help raise awareness of mental illness, which she hoped would help those suffering from it. She also said that she and the rest of the family wanted the manner of death to be shared by them rather than a secondhand source.[46]

A memorial for Judd was televised on CMT. Naomi Judd: A River of Time Celebration was broadcast from the Ryman Auditorium, as specified by Judd before she died and was hosted by Robin Roberts. It featured appearances from Ashley Judd, Larry Strickland, Bono, Bette Midler, Martina McBride, Reba McEntire, Reese Witherspoon, Morgan Freeman, Oprah Winfrey and Salma Hayek, plus performances by Wynonna, Brad Paisley, Carly Pearce, Ashley McBryde, Emmylou Harris and Allison Russell, Little Big Town, Brandi Carlile, and Jamey Johnson.[47]

Discography

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Singles

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Year Title Peak positions Album
US Country
[48]
2004 "Flies on the Butter (You Can't Go Home Again)"
(with Wynonna Judd)
33 What the World Needs Now Is Love

Filmography

[edit]
Year Title Role Notes
1979 More American Graffiti Girl in Bus
1983 Living Proof: The Hank Williams, Jr. Story Redhead Television film
1993 Rio Diablo Flora Mae Pepper Television film
1994 Sisters Naomi Judd Episode: "Up in the Air"
1995 Naomi & Wynonna: Love Can Build a Bridge Executive producer
1996 The Client Psychiatrist Episode: "Damn Yankees"
1996 3rd Rock from the Sun Frances Randell Episode: "Father Knows Dick"
1998 Littlest Angel's Easter Understanding Angel Voice
1999 Family Tree Sarah Musser
1999 A Holiday Romance Lily Waite Television film
2000 Touched by an Angel Liz Episode: "Mother's Day"
2001 Someone Like You... Makeup Artist
2002 Maybe It's Me Tillie Krupp Episode: "The Wedding and a Funeral Episode"
2002 Frasier Lillian (voice) Episode: "War of the Words"
2005 Higglytown Heroes School Nurse Hero (voice) Episode: "Two Bees or Not Two Bees"
2011 The Killing Game Sandra Duncan Television film
2011 The Judds Herself Executive producer, 6 episodes
2013 Nearlyweds Renee Television film
2013 Window Wonderland Rita Dorentella Television film
2014 An Evergreen Christmas Honey
2021 Ruby Catherine Landry Television film

References

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  1. ^ a b "Country music icon, Williamson resident Naomi Judd dies at 76". Williamson Home Page. April 30, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "Naomi Judd". IMDb. Retrieved September 19, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Millard, Bob (1988). The Judds: A Biography. Doubleday. ISBN 978-0385244411.
  4. ^ a b Huey, Steve. "The Judds Biography". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 24, 2019. Retrieved June 26, 2020. The Judds' story began in Ashland, KY, where Naomi was born Diana Ellen Judd on January 11, 1946.
  5. ^ "Ashley Judd's Story of Abuse Echoes Family's Sad Narrative". ABC News.
  6. ^ "Brian Judd cause of death: What happened to Naomi Judd brother?". Ghanafuo. May 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Naomi Judd children: All about her family as country music legend dies at 76". SKPop. May 1, 2022.
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