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.

Known for

You Were Never Really Here

8 November 2017

Orange Is the New Black

Acting roles

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