Intrigued, I called Sheindlin to ask if I might write a profile about her.
#JUDGE JUDY EPISODES 2015 MOVIE#
“Shirley MacLaine will play her in a movie someday,” Heidi said. Fed up with lazy colleagues and political correctness, the judge called the bureaucracy “a disaster” that didn’t protect the public against violent young criminals. She’d written a series about the state’s deteriorating juvenile justice system that summer, and she marveled at Sheindlin, a fiery, 5-foot 2-inch force of nature in Manhattan’s Family Court. As staff members said their heartfelt goodbyes, the judge herself was uncharacteristically soft-spoken.
All showered praise on a woman who worked for more than two decades as a family court judge and prosecutor, reinvented herself at age 52 and went on to a brilliant second act. 10.Īs family members joined with her to celebrate, producers had a surprise: They played a video tribute with cameos by Jimmy Kimmel, Whoopi Goldberg, Ryan Seacrest, Kelly Ripa, Joy Behar, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Meghan McCain and Wendy Williams. “Judge Judy’s” final season on CBS ends Sept. The contractor’s case, running Tuesday, marks the last of more than 12,500 taped by Sheindlin during 25 years in the spotlight. It’s a moment that would be familiar to anyone who’s watched the Emmy-winning phenomenon - which is to say, just about anyone - but as the courtroom cleared and the set went dark, history was made. “Judgment for the plaintiff, and that’s all. “Pay your bills,” she told the stunned homeowner. Judge Judith Sheindlin, who instantly smelled a rat, probed the defendant’s rambling excuses and delivered a swift verdict. For a courtroom TV show that has dominated daytime since 1998, the case decided April 15 on “Judge Judy” was hardly memorable: A building contractor who repaired a ceiling was suing the homeowner for an unpaid $500 bill.
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