who played angela on who's the boss
Judith Light
title: Who's the Boss? text: of a Meryl Streep." The character of Mona was initially created as an older sister to Angela, but as Cohan and Hunter struggled to handle the casting of the role, they decided on re-writing the role into "a free spirit with a quick tongue," who they envisioned Katherine Helmond to play. Danny Pintauro and Alyssa Milano were also cast based on their auditions. The series' pilot was shot in November 1983, a full 10 months before the show actually went on the air. ABC originally was planning to put it on mid-season in January 1984, but due to creative differences title: Judith Light text: Judith Light Judith Ellen Light (born February 9, 1949) is an American actress, producer, and activist. Light made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of "A Doll's House". Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera "One Life to Live" from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek. For this role, she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She later starred as Angela Bower in the long-running ABC sitcom "Who's the Boss?" from 1984 to 1992, and title: Judith Light text: who botched the job she took an operating room hostage though it was later revealed that her husband had not had the procedure. After this success on daytime, Light landed the leading role of assertive advertising executive Angela Bower on the ABC sitcom "Who's the Boss?". Co-starring Tony Danza, who played her housekeeper (and eventual lover), the show ran for eight seasons from 1984 to 1992. The series was successful in the ratings, consistently ranked in the top ten in the final primetime ratings between the years of 1985 and 1989, and has since continued in syndication. TV Guide ranked title: Who's the Boss? text: better environment for his daughter, Samantha (Alyssa Milano). He ends up taking a job in upscale Fairfield, Connecticut, as a live-in housekeeper for divorced advertising executive Angela Bower and her son Jonathan. The Micellis moved into the Bower residence. Also frequenting is Angela's feisty, sexually progressive mother Mona Robinson. Mona dates all kinds of men, from college age to silver-haired CEOs. This portrayal of a middle age woman with an active social and sexual life was unusual for television at the time. The title of the show refers to the clear role reversal of the two lead actors, where a title: Who's the Boss? text: 1983. In early development, the series was titled "You're the Boss", in reference to Angela employing Tony and the gender role reversal. Before the fall 1984 premiere, the producers changed it to "Who's the Boss?", an open ended title which hinted that any one of the leads could get their own way and be the "boss". Unlike Danza, who had served as the Tony prototype from the beginning, Judith Light was one of many who auditioned for the role of Angela. She was eventually cast based on her performance, which Hunter commented as "class [...] Jean Harlow type, or more