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