Early life and career

Being born to wealthy parents, Huxtable was initially a society débutante

Debutante

A débutante is a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal "début" presentation. It should not be confused with a Debs...

 then became a fashionable figure in 1960s "swinging" London, and as a model was represented by the William Morris Agency

William Morris Endeavor

WME is the largest talent agency in the world, with offices in Beverly Hills, New York City, Nashville, London, and Miami. WME represents elite artists from all facets of the entertainment industry, including motion pictures, television, music, theatre, publishing, and physical production...

. She was the face of Bacardi rum and Fry’s Chocolate

J. S. Fry & Sons

J. S. Fry & Sons, Ltd. was a British chocolate company owned by Joseph Storrs Fry and his family.This business moved through several names and hands before ending up as J. S. Fry & Sons.- History :*circa 1759 — Joseph Fry starts making chocolate...

Her film appearances include Les Bicyclettes de Belsize

Les Bicyclettes de Belsize

Les Bicyclettes de Belsize is a 1968 British musical short film starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May. It was directed by Douglas Hickox....

, the cult movie The Touchables

The Touchables

"The Touchables" is a novelty single by Dickie Goodman released on Mark-X Records in 1961.The record is a parody of the hit TV show The Untouchables...

and several horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

s in the 1970s.

Personal life

Huxtable was associated romantically with Terrence Stamp, Richard Branson

Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....

 and Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty

Warren Beatty born March 30, 1937) is an American actor, producer, screenwriter and director. He has received a total of fourteen Academy Award nominations, winning one for Best Director in 1982. He has also won four Golden Globe Awards including the Cecil B. DeMille Award.-Early life and...

.

Huxtable was first married to Irish theatre director Sean Kenny, but later divorced him.

In 1973 she became the second wife of the renowned satirist Peter Cook

Peter Cook

Peter Edward Cook was an English satirist, writer and comedian. An extremely influential figure in modern British comedy, he is regarded as the leading light of the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as "the funniest man who ever drew breath," although Cook's...

, and appeared briefly alongside him and Dudley Moore

Dudley Moore

Dudley Stuart John Moore, CBE was an English actor, comedian, composer and musician.Moore first came to prominence as one of the four writer-performers in the ground-breaking comedy revue Beyond the Fringe in the early 1960s, and then became famous as half of the highly popular television...

 in the 1979 comedy Derek and Clive Get the Horn

Derek and Clive Get the Horn

Derek and Clive Get The Horn is a 1979 documentary that chronicles the recording of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's 1978 comedy album Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam, their third and final outing featuring their controversial alter-egos Derek and Clive, two foul-mouthed lavatory attendants who banter at...

. They were divorced in 1989 due to Cook's drinking after many years of amicable separation. There were no children from the marriage.

In 2008 she published an autobiography, Loving Peter, in which she described her relationship with Cook, and living with his alcoholism

Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...

, which mirrored her experiences with her own mother. Huxtable wrote under her married name, "Judy Cook" when publishing the book.

Selected filmography

• Every Home Should Have One
  Every Home Should Have One
  Every Home Should Have One is a 1970 British comedy film directed by Jim Clark and starring Marty Feldman, Judy Cornwell, Patrick Cargill, Penelope Keith and Julie Ege. An advertising man is tasked by his boss with trying to come up with a sexy new image for porridge...
  
  (1970)
• Up the Chastity Belt
  Up the Chastity Belt
  Up the Chastity Belt is a 1971 British film, a spin-off from the TV series Up Pompeii! that starred Frankie Howerd and was directed by Bob Kellett.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1971)
• Die Screaming, Marianne
  Die Screaming, Marianne
  Die Screaming, Marianne is a 1971 British low-budget film by minor cult director Pete Walker. Although Walker’s films were mostly in the horror or sexploitation genres, this is a straight horror-thriller.- Plot :...
  
  (1971)
• Nobody Ordered Love
  Nobody Ordered Love
  Nobody Ordered Love is a 1972 British horror film directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Ingrid Pitt, Judy Huxtable and Tony Selby. During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew...
  
  (1972)

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