Name
Judith Roberts
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1934-11-30 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
United States
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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- 1977 Eraserhead as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
- 2007 The Nanny Diaries as Milicent
- 1971 Minnie and Moskowitz as Wife
- 1992 Mac as Woman on Bus
- 2007 Dead Silence as Mary Shaw
- 1976 Nashville Girl as Fran
- 2012 Fred Won't Move Out as Susan
- 2019 Nowhere to Nun as Sister Muriel
- 2017 You Were Never Really Here as Joe's Mother
- 1975 The Swinging Barmaids as Sally
- 1976 The Student Body as Mrs. Blalock
- 1978 The Late Great Planet Earth as Whore of Babylon
- 1980 Stardust Memories as Singer: "Three Little Words"
- 1990 Sandino as Mrs. Hanna
- 1993 Mother's Boys as Narrator
- 1998 Three Below Zero as Nora Littman
- 2000 Fast Food Fast Women as Bella's Mother
- 2008 Choke as Elegant Lady
- 2010 The Aspern Papers as Juliana Bordereau
- 2021 The Last Thing Mary Saw as Constance
- 2007 Death Sentence as Judge Shaw
- 2023 Giving Birth to a Butterfly as Nina
- 2024 All of Them
- 2017 The Mick ( 1 episode ) as Rita Pemberton
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Harriet Dutton
- 2011 2 Broke Girls ( 1 episode ) as Astrid
- 2017 Great News ( 1 episode ) as Grammy
- 2021 Teenage Euthanasia ( 2 episodes )
- 1990 Law & Order ( 1 episode ) as Elaine Schepps
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Nan Turner
- 2013 Orange Is the New Black ( 10 episodes ) as Taslitz
- 2019 NOS4A2 ( 2 episodes ) as Jolene July
- 2018 The Last O.G. ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Washington
- 2008 New Amsterdam ( 1 episode ) as Julia
- 2011 The Heart, She Holler ( 28 episodes ) as Meemaw
