Judith Lyons

Judith Eileen Lyons (born September 26, 1953) is a British-American talk show host, actress, television producer, media proprietor, philanthropist and activist. She is best known for hosting The Judith Lyons Show, broadcast from, which has run in national syndication since 1984.

Lyons, from an English emigrant family, arrived in the US at the age of 7 and lived in the area, where she landed her first media job in local radio. She later transitioned into the world of television, and after launching a fifth-place Dallas-Fort Worth morning talk show into first-place, she began her own production company.

Early life
Judith Eileen Lyons was born on September 26, 1953 in, , the youngest of three children born to David Lyons (from and Heather Patrick-Lyons. Her father was a Presbyterian and her mother was Catholic. Two years after her birth, the family moved to , settling in , . The family moved to Canada largely because her father couldn't find jobs requiring his engineering skills and due to tensions in their extended family caused by her parents' interfaith marriage. At the age of 7, the family moved to the , settling in . Lyons says she was teased in school for having an English accent, so she listened to the radio to coach herself out of the accent.