Judith Roberts
Biography
Judith Anna Roberts (born December 1, 1934) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Mary Shaw in James Wan's horror film Dead Silence (2007), and as Taslitz, one of "The Golden Girls", in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black.
Her first film role was 1977 in Eraserhead. In the following years she appeared in a few other small roles in films and TV series, including Law & Order and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Her most notable role was Mary Shaw in James Wan's horror film Dead Silence in 2007. That same year, Roberts collaborated with Wan again in his film Death Sentence, playing Judge Shaw. In 2014, she had the recurring role in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. Along with the cast, Roberts received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order (1990) as Harriet Dutton
- Law & Order (1990) as Elaine Schepps
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) as Nan Turner
- 2 Broke Girls (2011) as Astrid
- Orange Is the New Black (2013) as Taslitz
- The Mick (2017) as Rita Pemberton
- Great News (2017) as Grammy
- NOS4A2 (2019) as Jolene July
- Dead Silence (2007) as Mary Shaw
- The Last O.G. (2018) as Mrs. Washington
- Teenage Euthanasia (2021)
- New Amsterdam (2008) as Julia
- Eraserhead (1977) as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
- You Were Never Really Here (2017) as Joe's Mother
- The Nanny Diaries (2007) as Milicent
- Death Sentence (2007) as Judge Shaw
- The Heart, She Holler (2011) as Meemaw
- Stardust Memories (1980) as Singer: "Three Little Words"
- Mother's Boys (1993) as Narrator
- Choke (2008) as Elegant Lady
- Minnie and Moskowitz (1971) as Wife
- The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021) as Constance
- Sandino (1990) as Mrs. Hanna
- Fast Food Fast Women (2000) as Bella's Mother