Doris Belack
Born: 1926-02-26 in New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2011-10-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Doris Belack (February 26, 1926 – October 4, 2011) was an American character actress of stage, film and television. Belack played the formidable soap opera producer Rita Marshall in the 1982 comedy film Tootsie. Her other film credits included roles in Fast Forward (1985), Batteries Not Included (1987), Splash, Too (1988), She-Devil (1989), Opportunity Knocks (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult. (1994), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), The Odd Couple II (1998) and Fail Safe (2000). Her husband, producer Philip Rose, died on May 31, 2011, four months before her own death. They were married for 65 years and had no children.
Filmography
2007
- Arranged as Elona
2005
- Prime as Blanche
2002
- Everwood as Ruth Hoffman
2000
- Madigan Men
- Fail Safe as Mrs. Johnson
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Margaret Barry
- Doug's 1st Movie as Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
1998
- Sex and the City as Lenore
- The Odd Couple II as Blanche Madison Povitch
- Krippendorf's Tribe as President Porter
1997
1996
- Public Morals as Gabriella Biondi
1994
- Chicago Hope as Mrs. Taubler
- Touched by an Angel as Elaine Weiss
- Ellen as Cora
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Dr. Roberts
1993
- Family Album as Lillian Lerner
1992
- Laurie Hill as Beverly Fielder
1991
- Doug as Ms. Wingo (voice)
- What About Bob? as Dr. Catherine Tomsky
- Absolute Strangers as Fran
- Sisters
1990
- Law & Order as Margaret Barry
- Opportunity Knocks as Mona
1989
- She-Devil as Paula
- The Luckiest Man in the World as Mrs. Posner
1988
- Hostage as Edna
1987
- *batteries not included as Mrs. Thompson
- Mathnet as Broadway Annie Rose
- Almost Partners as Anna McCue
1985
- The Golden Girls as Gloria
- The Equalizer as Dorian
- Mr. Belvedere
- Fast Forward as Mrs. Gilroy
- The Hearst and Davies Affair as Louella Parsons
1984
- The Cosby Show as Saleswoman
1983
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Mrs. Courtney
- Sessions
- The Cradle Will Fall as Edna Burns
1982
- Family Ties as Mrs. Willis
- Remington Steele as Myrtle
- Cagney & Lacey
- Tootsie as Rita
- Hanky Panky as Building Manager
- Bakers' Dozen
1981
- We're Fighting Back as Doctor
1980
- The Black Marble as Harried Woman
- The Jilting of Granny Weatherall as Olive
1978
- The Last Tenant as Housekeeper
1977
- Looking Up as Libby Levine
1975
- Barney Miller as Bernice Fish
1964
1963
- The Patty Duke Show as Miss Grey
1956
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Chicago Operator
- Treasury Men in Action