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 • 20012 Broke GirlsSeries • 2011Orange Is the New BlackSeries • 2013The Last O.G.Series • 2018The MickSeries • 2017Great NewsSeries • 2017Death SentenceMovie • 2007NOS4A2Series • 2019Dead SilenceMovie • 2007Teenage EuthanasiaSeries • 2021EraserheadMovie • 1977You Were Never Really HereMovie • 2017New AmsterdamSeries • 2008The Nanny DiariesMovie • 2007Stardust MemoriesMovie • 1980ChokeMovie • 2008Mother's BoysMovie • 1993The Last Thing Mary SawMovie • 2021Minnie and MoskowitzMovie • 1971Fast Food Fast WomenMovie • 2000MacMovie • 1992