Judith McConnell

Judith McConnell is an American actress who worked largely in television and is most widely recognized as Sophia Wayne Capwell on Santa Barbara, a part she played from 1984 to 1993. Born in Pittsburgh, she attended Carnegie Mellon University and was Miss Pennsylvania in 1965 before competing in the Miss America pageant the following year. Her first screen work came in 1967, with an episode of Judd, for the Defense and a Star Trek guest spot, followed by appearances on Get Smart, The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Dragnet and Mannix. She spent two years as Nurse Augusta McLeod on General Hospital, then played Valerie Conway on As the World Turns from 1976 to 1979, later moving to Another World and One Life to Live. After Santa Barbara, she took guest roles and commercials, and appeared in films including The Weather Man (2005) and The Purge: Anarchy.