Their duet finished on a higher note when their “Farewell” tour was the top grossing performance as well as their farewell concert was the most successful musical occasion in cable pay per view history. In 1999 Naomi starred as Lily Waite alongside Andy Griffith and Gerald McRaney in the movie A Holiday Romance. Among her first acting jobs was a modest part (Girl on the Bus) in More American Graffiti in 1979. In 2000, The Judds embarked on their “Power to Change Tour” and performed to over 300,000 individuals in some thirty dates. The duet was nominated for the prestigious Academy of Country Music’s Top Vocal Duet of the Year in 2001. In November 2005, Naomi started hosting Naomi’s New Morning, a talk show that aired on Sunday mornings on the Hallmark Channel. The show lasted two seasons. She’s in addition the writer of several self help publications such as the recent Naomi’s Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths, and Great News for Boomers. In 2008, Naomi joined a brand new television reality-competition show Can You Duet, as a judge/mentor. The show, by the producers of American Idol, aired on Country Music Television.
Larry Strickland (m. 1989), Michael C. Ciminella (m. 1964–1972)
Children
Wynonna Judd, Ashley Judd
Parents
Charles Glen Judd, Pauline Judd
Nicknames
Diana Judd , Diana Ellen Judd , The Judds
Awards
Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Movies
An Evergreen Christmas, The Killing Game, Someone like You, A Holiday Romance, Family Tree, Rio Diablo, More American Graffiti
TV Shows
Can You Duet, Star Search, Naomi's New Morning, American Music Awards
Star Sign
Capricorn
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Fact
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Release of her book, "Naomi's Guide to Aging Gratefully: Facts, Myths and Good News for Boomers". [2007]
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Selected by Kayser-Roth Corporation's No Nonsense Pantyhose as their "No Nonsense American Woman of the Month" for May 1995.
3
One of 4 children.
4
Many of Naomi's discoveries and life lessons can be found in her book "Naomi's Home Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Recipes, Food For Thought, and Kitchen Wit and Wisdom", which was published in October 1997. She also published her second children's book, entitled "Guardian Angels", in 2000 following closely on the heels of her 1999 bestselling children's story, "Love Can Build a Bridge" (shares the same name as the Grammy-award winning song by the Judds).
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The Judds' (she and Wynonna Judd) Farewell Tour was the industry's top-grossing tour in 1991. She performed before a billion people worldwide at the 1994 Super Bowl halftime show. She and Wynonna reunited for a once-in-a-lifetime reunion concert at the America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona, on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1999.
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She was diagnosed in 1990 with a potentially life-threatening liver disease (hepatitis C), which she contracted while working as a nurse in an intensive care unit in the 1980s.
7
She and daughter Wynonna Judd are spokespersons for Big Kmart.
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