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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 "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…
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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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Judith Roberts's Filmography
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The Glorious Dead
as Carol
All of Them
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
as Nina
The Last Thing Mary Saw
as Constance
No Poster
Nowhere to Nun
as Sister Muriel
You Were Never Really Here
as Joe's Mother
The Making of Eraserhead
as Self
Fred Won't Move Out
as Susan
The Aspern Papers
as Juliana Bordereau
Choke
as Elegant Lady
Death Sentence
as Judge Shaw
The Nanny Diaries
as Milicent
Dead Silence
as Mary Shaw
Fast Food Fast Women
as Bella's Mother
Three Below Zero
as Nora Littman
Mother's Boys
as Narrator
Mac
as Woman on Bus
Sandino
as Mrs. Hanna
Stardust Memories
as Singer: "Three Little Words"
The Late Great Planet Earth
as Whore of Babylon
Eraserhead
as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
The Student Body
as Mrs. Blalock
Nashville Girl
as Fran
The Swinging Barmaids
as Sally
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Wife