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Judith Flaherty is the ex- wife of the late Freaks and Geeks actor Joe Flaherty.
According to reports, Judith and Joe were reportedly married for 22 years until they divorced.
They had two children, Gudrun, who is also an actor and writer, and Gabriel.
Throughout his life, Joe kept the details of his personal life under wraps.
Therefore, Judith has kept a low profile.
According to her IMDb profile, Judith has made appearances on SCTV and has also pursued a career as a writer.
Judith became a television screenwriter and co-producer when she was asked to write the biography of John Candy for the Art’s and Entertainment Series, which she personally oversaw through production from start to finish.
She later went on to study shamanism, which lead to much time spent living among the Pueblo Indians while in apprenticeship in New Mexico.
Who was Joe Flaherty?
Flaherty was born in Pittsburgh in 1941, the eldest of seven children.
He served in the US Air Force for four years before starting his acting career in theatre.
After moving to Chicago, Flaherty became a member of the Second City Theatre.
There he honed his skills as a sketch comedian alongside the likes of John Belushi and Harold Ramis.
After seven years in Chicago, he moved to Canada to help launch Second City in Toronto. There he became one of the original writers and performers on the long-running sketch show SCTV, developing characters such as his horror host Count Floyd.
laherty appeared in a number of classic comedies, including cameo appearances in Back to the Future Part II and Happy Gilmore and a regular role in the television adaptation of the Police Academy series.
He was best known for his role in Paul Feig’s Freaks and Geeks, playing father-of-two Harold Weir. In one Halloween-themed episode he donned a cheap vampire costume in reference to his Count Floyd character.
