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Ileen Getz

Born: 07 August 1961 (63 years old)
Gender: Female

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Ileen Getz (7 August, 1961 – 4 August, 2005) was an American actress best known for her recurring role as Dr. Judith Draper in the television sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, from 1996-2001.

Getz was born in Bristol, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Northwestern University, she joined the Econo-Art Theatre Company and Practical Theatre Company, both in Chicago, Illinois.

She began her television work in 1995, with appearances on shows such as Law & Order and Seinfeld. In 1996, she became a recurring cast member on 3rd Rock from the Sun, playing a professor of women's studies with no personality.

Her film career included minor roles in such films as Celebrity, Lovely and Amazing, The Station Agent, Changing Lanes, and the posthumously released Friends with Money and East Broadway.

Getz also worked in New York City theatre, on Broadway and at the Lincoln Center, as well as the Manhattan Theatre Club, at which she starred in Night and Her Stars, written by Richard Greenberg. Greenberg later wrote a lead role for her in Hurrah at Last which premiered at South Coast Repertory in 1998.

Getz died of cancer at the age of 43 in New York City, survived by her husband, Mark Grinnell; two children; and a brother.



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