Judith Crist
American film critic and professor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Judith Crist (/krɪst/; née Klein; May 22, 1922 – August 7, 2012) was an American film critic and academic.
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Judith Crist | |
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Born | Judith Klein (1922-05-22)May 22, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 7, 2012(2012-08-07) (aged 90) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Hunter College Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism |
Occupation(s) | Film critic, academic |
Years active | 1945–2012 |
Spouse |
William B. Crist
(m. 1947; died 1993) |
Children | 1 |
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She appeared regularly on the Today show from 1964 to 1973[1] and was among the first full-time female critics for a major American newspaper, in her case, The New York Herald Tribune.[1] She was the founding film critic at New York magazine and became known to most Americans as a critic at the weekly magazine TV Guide and at the morning TV show Today.[1] She appeared in one film, Woody Allen's dramatic-comedy film Stardust Memories (1980), and was the author of various books, including The Private Eye, The Cowboy and the Very Naked Girl; Judith Crist's TV Guide to the Movies; and Take 22: Moviemakers on Moviemaking.