Judy Harriet obit

Judy Richman Obituary

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September 13, 1942 - August 28, 2025 Judy Harriet Richman passed away suddenly on Thursday, August 28, 2025.

Judy's incredible story began at the age of 12 when she was cast as an original Mouseketeer in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Club.

After her stint on television, she performed in feature films, including "Say One for Me", which featured a memorable solo performance of the song, "The Night That Rock 'n' Roll Died".

She recorded multiple singles and was a touring singer, performing all around the world, including at Carnegie Hall.

In 1964, she married her great love, Tony Richman. They were planning on celebrating their 61st wedding anniversary this December. Theirs was the kind of love friends and strangers alike were in awe of.

Judy and Tony have two adoring daughters, Lisa Richman Naparstek and Jenny Richman DeVore. She also has three grandchildren: Sydney, Nathan and Charley, and nothing brought her more joy than they did.

Judy's two sons-in-law, Sean DeVore and Josh Naparstek continue to support the entire Richman clan through this immense loss. We will all miss her terribly and forever!

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Born Judy Harriet Spiegelman in Los Angeles. Her parents were Jewish immigrants from Poland, who arrived in America before World War II. She studied classical piano and voice and had a recital at Carnegie Hall. She participated in sports, including tennis, riding and swimming. She then became a Mouseketeer on the Mickey Mouse Club in 1955.

The next year she was dropped from the lineup but did a few movies. She sang "Hard Rock Candy Baby" with Judy Tyler in the movie Bop Girl Goes Calypso. In 1958 she released two 45 rpm singles, "Tall Paul/'Nuff Said", and "La Paloma/Espana" on the Surf label. (Annette had hit with "Tall Paul" though). In 1959 she recorded "Just A Guy To Love Me/I Cried For The Last Time", also on Surf.

Also that year she sang "The Night Rock 'n' Roll Died" in the Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds movie, Say One For Me. Later that year, she co-wrote "I Promise You" with Bruce Johnston (who later joined the Beach Boys) featured in the Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow. The next year she recorded "Goliath (Big Man)/The Music of Love" and "Buffalo Bop/Restless Doll" for American International Records in 1960. She also released "Waiting for Joe/She's Got Everything" and "Road to Nowhere/Don't" on Columbia.

In 1964 she married Tony Richman and had two daughters.

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6.3

TV Movie

Connie

1960

 

Bob Denver and Dwayne Hickman in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)

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7.7

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1959–1960

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Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, and Robert Wagner in Say One for Me (1959)

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5.5

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1959

 

Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)

Bop Girl Goes Calypso

5.0

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1957

 

Soundtrack

Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)

Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow

4.7

Soundtrack ("I Promise You")

1959

 

Bing Crosby, Debbie Reynolds, and Robert Wagner in Say One for Me (1959)

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5.5

performer: "The Night Rock and Roll Died"

1959

 

Self

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Walt Disney in The Magical World of Disney (1954)

The Magical World of Disney

8.3

TV Series

Self

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Talent Scouts (1962)

Talent Scouts

7.8

TV Series

Self

1963

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Tell It to Groucho

7.3

TV Series

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1962

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7.6

TV Series

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42 episodes