Doris Belack
Acting • Born 1926-02-26 – Died 2011-10-04
Biography
Doris Belack (February 26, 1926 – October 4, 2011) was an American character actress of stage, film and television. Belack played the formidable soap opera producer Rita Marshall in the 1982 comedy film Tootsie. Her other film credits included roles in Fast Forward (1985), Batteries Not Included (1987), Splash, Too (1988), She-Devil (1989), Opportunity Knocks (1990), What About Bob? (1991), Naked Gun 33+1⁄3: The Final Insult. (1994), Krippendorf's Tribe (1998), The Odd Couple II (1998) and Fail Safe (2000). Her husband, producer Philip Rose, died on May 31, 2011, four months before her own death. They were married for 65 years and had no children.
Filmography
59 credits
Prime
Movie • 2005
Blanche
Arranged
Movie • 2007
Elona
*batteries not included
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Thompson
Fail Safe
Movie • 2000
Mrs. Johnson
The Last Tenant
Movie • 1978
Housekeeper
Tootsie
Movie • 1982
Rita
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie • 1994
Dr. Roberts
Hanky Panky
Movie • 1982
Building Manager
Looking Up
Movie • 1977
Libby Levine
Almost Partners
Movie • 1987
Anna McCue
Doug's 1st Movie
Movie • 1999
Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
She-Devil
Movie • 1989
Paula
Sessions
Movie • 1983
Absolute Strangers
Movie • 1991
Fran
The Hearst and Davies Affair
Movie • 1985
Louella Parsons
The Luckiest Man in the World
Movie • 1989
Mrs. Posner
What's Your Sign?
Movie • 1997
We're Fighting Back
Movie • 1981
Doctor
Hostage
Movie • 1988
Edna
What About Bob?
Movie • 1991
Dr. Catherine Tomsky
Opportunity Knocks
Movie • 1990
Mona
The Odd Couple II
Movie • 1998
Blanche Madison Povitch
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Movie • 1980
Olive
Krippendorf's Tribe
Movie • 1998
President Porter
The Cradle Will Fall
Movie • 1983
Edna Burns
The Black Marble
Movie • 1980
Harried Woman
Fast Forward
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Gilroy
Mr. Belvedere
TV • 1985
Family Ties
TV • 1982
Mrs. Willis
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Margaret Barry
Ellen
TV • 1994
Cora
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Myrtle
Doug
TV • 1991
Ms. Wingo (voice)
Touched by an Angel
TV • 1994
Elaine Weiss
The Golden Girls
TV • 1985
Gloria
The Cosby Show
TV • 1984
Saleswoman
Everwood
TV • 2002
Ruth Hoffman
Cagney & Lacey
TV • 1982
The Equalizer
TV • 1985
Dorian
The Edge of Night
TV • 1956
Sisters
TV • 1991
Another World
TV • 1964
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Mrs. Taubler
Public Morals
TV • 1996
Gabriella Biondi
Madigan Men
TV • 2000
Laurie Hill
TV • 1992
Beverly Fielder
Family Album
TV • 1993
Lillian Lerner
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Arraignment Judge
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Bernice Fish
Bakers' Dozen
TV • 1982
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Margaret Barry
Sex and the City
TV • 1998
Lenore
Remington Steele
TV • 1982
Rose
The Clock
TV • 1949
Mathnet
TV • 1987
Broadway Annie Rose
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
TV • 1983
Mrs. Courtney
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Chicago Operator
Treasury Men in Action
TV • 1950
The Patty Duke Show
TV • 1963
Miss Grey