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Judith Roberts

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Judith Roberts

Born November 30, 1934 in United States23 films

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.

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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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Eraserhead posterFirst watchEraserhead19777.3as Beautiful Girl Across the HallFirst-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.View film

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You Were Never Really Here poster6.5You Were Never Really Here2017Dead Silence poster6.5Dead Silence2007Death Sentence poster6.8Death Sentence2007The Nanny Diaries poster6.4The Nanny Diaries2007Stardust Memories poster6.9Stardust Memories1980Choke poster6.1Choke2008Minnie and Moskowitz poster6.7Minnie and Moskowitz1971The Last Thing Mary Saw poster6.1The Last Thing Mary Saw2021

Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. 2026The Glorious DeadCarol
  2. 2024All of Them
  3. 2023Giving Birth to a ButterflyNina
  4. 2021The Last Thing Mary SawConstance
  5. 2019Nowhere to NunSister Muriel
  6. 2017You Were Never Really HereJoe's Mother
  7. 2012Fred Won't Move OutSusan
  8. 2010The Aspern PapersJuliana Bordereau
  9. 2008ChokeElegant Lady
  10. 2007Death SentenceJudge Shaw
  11. 2007The Nanny DiariesMilicent
  12. 2007Dead SilenceMary Shaw
  13. 2000Fast Food Fast WomenBella's Mother
  14. 1998Three Below ZeroNora Littman
  15. 1993Mother's BoysNarrator
  16. 1992MacWoman on Bus
  17. 1990SandinoMrs. Hanna
  18. 1980Stardust MemoriesSinger: "Three Little Words"
  19. 1977EraserheadBeautiful Girl Across the Hall
  20. 1976The Student BodyMrs. Blalock
  21. 1976Nashville GirlFran
  22. 1975The Swinging BarmaidsSally
  23. 1971Minnie and MoskowitzWife