Born June 22, 1906, in Point Loma, California, where her parents belonged to a Theosophical Society. Her father, Reginald Bland, was in charge of music. The children were put into a nursery as soon as they were born, like a kibbutz in Israel. Her parents became disenchanted with some of the philosophy of the Theosophical Society so decided to try their hand at farming. At age 2, her family moved to San Luis Rey Valley to live on a ranch. At age 12, her family moved back to Pasadena to be close to her maternal grandparents where she would attend public school for the first time. She spent the remainder of her childhood in Pasadena.

Judith studied cello as a child and became a concert cellist as an adult. Her three other siblings learned to play string instruments as well. Her father was first violinist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and a music teacher. When Judith was a teenager, her father began hosting chamber music concerts in their home, which he continued to do for the remainder of his life. Many of the scientists from Caltech would come to listen, including Albert Einstein while on one of his visiting professorships at Caltech.

In 1929 at age 23, Judith married Fred Ewing. She gave birth to her son, Bland Ewing, in January 1931. Seven years later, she gave birth to her daughter, Carmen Ewing, in April 1938. In 1940, she separated from her husband.

At the age of 40, Judith started a new career as a portrait sculptor. In 1953 at age 47, she starred in a Hollywood movie called Tonight We Sing. She played the part of a cellist in Paris. Her cello got a bigger part in the movie than she did. That same year she reconciled with her husband Fred. They were together until 1964 when he became hospitalized for Huntington's disease. They divorced in March 1968 before he died of complications to Huntington's disease in July 1969.

In December 1968, Judith married her second husband, Clyde Zulch, who was 12 years her junior. They were both artists and musicians. They lived in a beautiful beach home in Corona del Mar and had an art gallery a couple blocks from their home.

In 1989 at age 83, Judith died from complications to hip replacement surgery.

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