Judith Roberts
Born: 1934-11-30 in United States
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
2023
- Giving Birth to a Butterfly as Nina
2021
- Teenage Euthanasia
- The Last Thing Mary Saw as Constance
2019
- NOS4A2 as Jolene July
- Nowhere to Nun as Sister Muriel
2018
- The Last O.G. as Mrs. Washington
2017
- The Mick as Rita Pemberton
- Great News as Grammy
- You Were Never Really Here as Joe's Mother
2013
- Orange Is the New Black as Taslitz
2012
- Fred Won't Move Out as Susan
2011
- 2 Broke Girls as Astrid
- The Heart, She Holler as Meemaw
2010
- The Aspern Papers as Juliana Bordereau
2008
- Choke as Elegant Lady
- New Amsterdam as Julia
2007
- Dead Silence as Mary Shaw
- Death Sentence as Judge Shaw
- The Nanny Diaries as Milicent
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nan Turner
2000
- Fast Food Fast Women as Bella's Mother
1998
- Three Below Zero as Nora Littman
1993
- Mother's Boys as Narrator
1992
- Mac as Woman on Bus
1990
- Law & Order as Harriet Dutton
- Sandino as Mrs. Hanna
1980
- Stardust Memories as Singer: "Three Little Words"
1978
- The Late Great Planet Earth as Whore of Babylon
1977
- Eraserhead as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
1976
- Nashville Girl as Fran
- The Student Body as Mrs. Blalock
1975
- The Swinging Barmaids as Sally
1971
- Minnie and Moskowitz as Wife