Judith Roberts

About

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 & OrderSeries • 1990Law & Order: Criminal IntentSeries • 2001Orange Is the New BlackSeries • 20132 Broke GirlsSeries • 2011Death SentenceMovie • 2007The Last O.G.Series • 2018Teenage EuthanasiaSeries • 2021Dead SilenceMovie • 2007The MickSeries • 2017Great NewsSeries • 2017NOS4A2Series • 2019EraserheadMovie • 1977You Were Never Really HereMovie • 2017New AmsterdamSeries • 2008The Nanny DiariesMovie • 2007ChokeMovie • 2008Mother's BoysMovie • 1993Stardust MemoriesMovie • 1980Minnie and MoskowitzMovie • 1971The Last Thing Mary SawMovie • 2021Fast Food Fast WomenMovie • 2000MacMovie • 1992