Judith Angela Broderick (born 22 July 1963), popularly known as Judy Ditchfield, is a South African actress and singer.
Judy Ditchfield is probably best known for her role as Stella Fouche in the South African award-winning daily soap Isidingo, and Mrs Rabinowitz in Ses Top’la but her career began more than 40 years before that, as a founder member of the Loft Theatre Company in Durban.
Highlights in her career have been Paul Slabolepszy’s Boo to the Moon and Heel against the Head for which she received a FNB Vita award for Comedy.
Fiela’s Child: The Musical (Vita Award Nomination); The Buddy Holly Story, Rainshark at the Market Theatre, and Macbeth for Pact.
Favourite play to date is 6 Dance Lessons in 6 Weeks alongside Jose Domingos, directed by Greg Homan at the Auto and General Theatre on the square and the Hilton Arts Festival; And Tiger Bay the Wales Millennial Centre, Cardiff and Artscape co-production, as Leonora Piper, opposite John Owen-Jones, and as the Bosun.
Most recently she was seen as Maud in the immersive production of Macabre for UJ Arts and Culture and as Evelyn Sharpe in A Marry Little Christmas at The Market Theatre.
During this period, he performed in the plays Boo To The Moon produced by Paul Slabolepszy, Tales From The Pleasure Palace by Janice Honeyman, Kwamanzi, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Hambe Kahle, Maid In South Africa, Mistakes Of An African Night To Conquer, En Dit Was More, In The War and Kitchen Tea.
[3] Apart from acting, she is also a prolific singer and made several popular hits and musical appearances: Christian; Neill Solomon Rock Concert; Bursting Out; Soundcraft; The Last Great Drive-In Movie Picture Show; It's All Fright By Me; It's Still Rock And Roll To Me; Tarts; A Touch Of Tonic; the smash hit Richard Loring production A Touch Of Webber, A Taste Of Rice; Snow White And The Seven Dwarves; Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story; Fiela's Child: The Musical; The Night They Invented Champagne; and Queen: The Concert at the Sandton Convention Centre.
[3] From October 2006 to March 2007, she starred in Menopause: The Musical for Showtime Management which was staged at the Montecasino Theatre in Johannesburg.