Judy Farrell

Judy Farrell
Judy Farrell at Knott's Berry Farm in 1966
Born	Judy Hayden (1938-03-01) March 1, 1938 (age 83) Quapaw, Oklahoma, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, writer
Years active	1969–2006
Spouse(s)	Mike Farrell ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1983)​ Joe Bratcher ​ (m. 1985)​
Children	2

Judy Farrell (née Hayden; March 1, 1938) is an American actress most noted for her role as Nurse Able on the television comedy series M*A*S*H. She performed small roles in several other television series, then later wrote 13 episodes for the soap opera Port Charles.

Life[]

Farrell was born Judy Hayden and raised in Quapaw, Oklahoma.^[1] She graduated from Oklahoma State University with a fine arts degree in theater.

While studying for a master's degree at UCLA in 1961, she met actor Mike Farrell.^[1] She worked as a high school English and Drama teacher at Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach, California.^[2] In August 1963, she married Farrell with whom she subsequently had two children, Erin and Michael.^[2] In the 1960s, she and Farrell performed together at the Laguna Playhouse.^[1] They divorced in the early 1980s.^[2]

The Farrells' marriage was worked into the show's script: In the episode "The Colonel's Horse," Mike's character B.J. Hunnicutt said his wife Peg (played by Catherine Bergstrom in two onscreen appearances and a few photographs) was from Judy's hometown of Quapaw, and that her father's name was Floyd Hayden.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Judy Farrell at IMDb

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