Judith Roberts
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.
Movies 25
Dead Silence
as Mary Shaw
2007
Eraserhead
as Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
1977
You Were Never Really Here
as Joe's Mother
2017
The Nanny Diaries
as Milicent
2007
Death Sentence
as Judge Shaw
2007
Stardust Memories
as Singer: "Three Little Words"
1980
Choke
as Elegant Lady
2008
Mother's Boys
as Narrator
1993
Minnie and Moskowitz
as Wife
1971
The Last Thing Mary Saw
as Constance
2021
Fast Food Fast Women
as Bella's Mother
2000
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
as Nina
2023
Sandino
as Mrs. Hanna
1990
The Late Great Planet Earth
as Whore of Babylon
1978
Mac
as Woman on Bus
1992
The Glorious Dead
as Carol
2026
Nashville Girl
as Fran
1976
Fred Won't Move Out
as Susan
2012
The Swinging Barmaids
as Sally
1975
The Making of Eraserhead
as Self
2014
All of Them
2024
The Student Body
as Mrs. Blalock
1976
The Aspern Papers
as Juliana Bordereau
2010
Three Below Zero
as Nora Littman
1998
Nowhere to Nun
as Sister Muriel
2019TV Shows 12
Law & Order
as Harriet Dutton
1990
Law & Order
as Elaine Schepps
1990
Orange Is the New Black
as Taslitz
2013
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Nan Turner
2001
2 Broke Girls
as Astrid
2011
The Mick
as Rita Pemberton
2017
The Last O.G.
as Mrs. Washington
2018
NOS4A2
as Jolene July
2019
Great News
as Grammy
2017
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
New Amsterdam
as Julia
2008
The Heart, She Holler
as Meemaw
2011