Judith Roberts
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.
Filmography (34 titles)
MovieAll of Them
2024
4.0MovieGiving Birth to a Butterfly
Nina · 2023
5.4ShowTeenage Euthanasia
2021
6.0MovieThe Last Thing Mary Saw
Constance · 2021
Nowhere to Nun
Sister Muriel · 2019
7.3ShowNOS4A2
Jolene July · 2019
6.3ShowThe Last O.G.
Mrs. Washington · 2018
6.5MovieYou Were Never Really Here
Joe's Mother · 2017
6.6ShowGreat News
Grammy · 2017
7.1ShowThe Mick
Rita Pemberton · 2017
7.6ShowOrange Is the New Black
Taslitz · 2013
5.0MovieFred Won't Move Out
Susan · 2012
7.1ShowThe Heart, She Holler
Meemaw · 2011
7.2Show2 Broke Girls
Astrid · 2011
MovieThe Aspern Papers
Juliana Bordereau · 2010
6.1MovieChoke
Elegant Lady · 2008
7.1ShowNew Amsterdam
Julia · 2008
6.8MovieDeath Sentence
Judge Shaw · 2007
6.4MovieThe Nanny Diaries
Milicent · 2007
6.5MovieDead Silence
Mary Shaw · 2007
7.6ShowLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
Nan Turner · 2001
6.3MovieFast Food Fast Women
Bella's Mother · 2000
8.8MovieThree Below Zero
Nora Littman · 1998
5.4MovieMother's Boys
Narrator · 1993
5.7MovieMac
Woman on Bus · 1992
7.3ShowLaw & Order
Harriet Dutton · 1990
6.4MovieSandino
Mrs. Hanna · 1990
6.9MovieStardust Memories
Singer: "Three Little Words" · 1980
5.0MovieThe Late Great Planet Earth
Whore of Babylon · 1978
7.3MovieEraserhead
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall · 1977