Judith Roberts

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.

Known For

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2 Broke Girls

Orange Is the New Black

The Mick

The Last O.G.

Dead Silence

All Movies (23)

• All of Them2024
• Giving Birth to a Butterfly2023 · as Nina
• The Last Thing Mary Saw2021 · as Constance
• Nowhere to Nun2019 · as Sister Muriel
• You Were Never Really Here2017 · as Joe's Mother
• Fred Won't Move Out2012 · as Susan
• The Aspern Papers2010 · as Juliana Bordereau
• Choke2008 · as Elegant Lady
• Death Sentence2007 · as Judge Shaw
• The Nanny Diaries2007 · as Milicent
• Dead Silence2007 · as Mary Shaw
• Fast Food Fast Women2000 · as Bella's Mother
• Three Below Zero1998 · as Nora Littman
• Mother's Boys1993 · as Narrator
• Mac1992 · as Woman on Bus
• Sandino1990 · as Mrs. Hanna
• Stardust Memories1980 · as Singer: "Three Little Words"
• The Late Great Planet Earth1978 · as Whore of Babylon
• Eraserhead1977 · as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
• The Student Body1976 · as Mrs. Blalock
• Nashville Girl1976 · as Fran
• The Swinging Barmaids1975 · as Sally
• Minnie and Moskowitz1971 · as Wife

All TV Shows (12)

• Teenage Euthanasia2021
• NOS4A22019 · as Jolene July
• The Last O.G.2018 · as Mrs. Washington
• Great News2017 · as Grammy
• The Mick2017 · as Rita Pemberton
• Orange Is the New Black2013 · as Taslitz
• The Heart, She Holler2011 · as Meemaw
• 2 Broke Girls2011 · as Astrid
• New Amsterdam2008 · as Julia
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Nan Turner
• Law & Order1990 · as Harriet Dutton
• Law & Order1990 · as Elaine Schepps