Judith Roberts
Acting • Born 1934-11-30
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.
Filmography
35 credits
Eraserhead
Movie • 1977
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
The Nanny Diaries
Movie • 2007
Milicent
Mac
Movie • 1992
Woman on Bus
Minnie and Moskowitz
Movie • 1971
Wife
Dead Silence
Movie • 2007
Mary Shaw
Nashville Girl
Movie • 1976
Fran
Fred Won't Move Out
Movie • 2012
Susan
Nowhere to Nun
Movie • 2019
Sister Muriel
You Were Never Really Here
Movie • 2017
Joe's Mother
Stardust Memories
Movie • 1980
Singer: "Three Little Words"
Three Below Zero
Movie • 1998
Nora Littman
The Swinging Barmaids
Movie • 1975
Sally
The Student Body
Movie • 1976
Mrs. Blalock
Choke
Movie • 2008
Elegant Lady
Mother's Boys
Movie • 1993
Narrator
Fast Food Fast Women
Movie • 2000
Bella's Mother
Sandino
Movie • 1990
Mrs. Hanna
The Late Great Planet Earth
Movie • 1978
Whore of Babylon
The Aspern Papers
Movie • 2010
Juliana Bordereau
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Movie • 2021
Constance
Death Sentence
Movie • 2007
Judge Shaw
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Movie • 2023
Nina
All of Them
Movie • 2024
The Mick
TV • 2017
Rita Pemberton
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Harriet Dutton
2 Broke Girls
TV • 2011
Astrid
Great News
TV • 2017
Grammy
Teenage Euthanasia
TV • 2021
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Elaine Schepps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Nan Turner
Orange Is the New Black
TV • 2013
Taslitz
NOS4A2
TV • 2019
Jolene July
The Last O.G.
TV • 2018
Mrs. Washington
New Amsterdam
TV • 2008
Julia
The Heart, She Holler
TV • 2011
Meemaw