Judith Crist
Judith Crist | |
|---|---|
| Born | Judith Klein May 22, 1922 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 2012 (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 |
Judith Crist (/krɪst/; née Klein; May 22, 1922 – August 7, 2012) was an American film critic and academic.
She appeared regularly on the Today show from 1964 to 1973 and was among the first full-time female critics for a major American newspaper, in her case, The New York Herald Tribune. 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. 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.