Naomi Judd Mother: Who Is Pauline Judd?

Naomi Judd was an American country music singer and actress best known for being a member of the award-winning duo The Judds.

Naomi Judd was born on January 11, 1946, in Ashland, Kentucky, the United States to parents Pauline Ruth ‘Polly’ Oliver Judd and Charles Glen Judd. Her father owned a gas station.

As a team, Naomi Judd and her daughter scored twenty top-10 hits (including fifteen at number one) and went undefeated for eight consecutive years at all three major country music awards shows. They won five Grammy Awards among many other accolades. She won a Grammy for country song of the year with the Judds’ hit “Love Can Build a Bridge”.

Naomi Judd’s time with the Judds suddenly ended after she was diagnosed with Hepatitis C. This was in 1991 at the height of their career where they had sold over 20 million albums and videos in seven years. Naomi Judd was given the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1993.

Naomi Judd has appeared in More American Graffiti, A Holiday Romance, Naomi’s New Morning Can You Duet, The Killing Game, My Kitchen Rules and An Evergreen Christmas. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Judds alongside her daughter Wynonna in 2021.

Naomi Judd passed away on April 30, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee, the United States due to mental illness.

Who Is Pauline Judd?

Pauline Judd was a cook who worked in the family business The Hamburger Inn. She was born on August 13, 1927, in the United States to her parents Howard Waverly and Edith Mae Burton Oliver.

Pauline Judd graduated from Ashland High school in the year 1945. She was a former Ashland City Commissioner. She married her husband, Charles Glen Judd on May 25, 1943, and they had 4 children together.

Pauline Judd died on July 31, 2019, at the age of 91 at the Bridgeport Health and Rehab Center in Portsmouth, Ohio.

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