Judith Crist

Judith Crist
Born
Judith Klein

(1922-05-22)May 22, 1922
New York City, U.S.
DiedAugust 7, 2012(2012-08-07) (aged 90)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materHunter College
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation(s)Film critic, academic
Years active1945–2012
Spouse
William B. Crist
(m. 1947; died 1993)
Children1

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[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.