Background
Murray was born in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Roy Erskine, an optician and former football player who had played for Stirling Albion in the 1950s, and his wife, Eileen Shirley (née Edney).
Murray was born in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, the daughter of Roy Erskine, an optician and former football player who had played for Stirling Albion in the 1950s, and his wife, Eileen Shirley (née Edney).
University of Edinburgh.
She is also the mother of professional tennis players, Jamie and Andy Murray. She says that growing up, there were no indoor courts in Scotland, so she played tennis in the summer and badminton in the winter. Murray gave up the idea of competing professionally as she was homesick and was robbed in Barcelona.
However, she had played against players such as Debbie Jevans and Mariana Simionescu.
Murray claims that her playing style did not have any big shots but she was quick around the court and read the game well. She thus decided to go to Edinburgh University studying French and German before switching German in favour of business studies and represented Great Britain at the 1981 World Student Games.
In December 2011 she was elected to lead the British Federation cup team as their captain. She says she took the job in part to raise the profile of female coaches and alleviate some of the sexism that she says remains in the sport.
Murray was awarded an honorary Doctorate by the University of Edinburgh on 8 October 2013.
In 1981, she graduated in French and Business. Strictly Come Dancing
On 7 September 2014 Judy was introduced as a competitor in the twelfth series of British Broadcasting Corporation One"s Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Anton du Beke. Only in week eight, however, after dancing a Viennese Waltz to "Let"s Go Fly a Kite" from Mary Poppins, were they in the bottom two.
They were eliminated by a unanimous vote from the judges.
This took place in Blackpool. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan tagged his review of the show "Ballroom justice at last as the popular but wooden Mrs Murray leaves Strictly", describing the last dance: "lieutenant was Murray’s best yet – not saying much, maybe – scoring her first (and only) sevens.
She was even more delighted by her four from Craig Revel Horwood."
3 Score from guest judge Donny Osmond.