Judy Tenuta (born November 7, 1956 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American entertainer, comedienne, and accordionist.

Aside from her own stand-up work, she has been featured in several productions of "Weird Al" Yankovic, including The Weird Al Show and the music videos for "Headline News" and "White & Nerdy". She has also appeared on game shows such as Hollywood Squares and the 1998 revival of Match Game. But her best profile came from a series of TV ads for MTV in the mid-1980s, which became popular and gained Read more...

She was born to an Italian father and Polish mother in 1956 in Oak Park, Illinois and has an older brother. She married Emo Philips in 1988, but they've since divorced.