Judith Roberts

Acting

Born November 30, 1934, United States

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

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