Doris Belack

Acting

Born February 26, 1926, New York City, New York, USA

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

• 2007Arranged — Elona
• 2005Prime — Blanche
• Everwood — Ruth Hoffman
• 2000Fail Safe — Mrs. Johnson
• Madigan Men
• 1999Doug's 1st Movie — Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Margaret Barry
• 1998Krippendorf's Tribe — President Porter
• Sex and the City — Lenore
• 1998The Odd Couple II — Blanche Madison Povitch
• 1997What's Your Sign?
• Public Morals — Gabriella Biondi
• Chicago Hope — Mrs. Taubler
• Ellen — Cora
• 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult — Dr. Roberts
• Touched by an Angel — Elaine Weiss
• Family Album — Lillian Lerner
• Laurie Hill — Beverly Fielder
• 1991Absolute Strangers — Fran
• Doug — Ms. Wingo (voice)
• Sisters
• 1991What About Bob? — Dr. Catherine Tomsky
• Law & Order — Margaret Barry, Arraignment Judge
• 1990Opportunity Knocks — Mona
• 1989She-Devil — Paula
• 1989The Luckiest Man in the World — Mrs. Posner
• 1988Hostage — Edna
• 1987*batteries not included — Mrs. Thompson
• 1987Almost Partners — Anna McCue
• Mathnet — Broadway Annie Rose
• 1985Fast Forward — Mrs. Gilroy
• Mr. Belvedere
• The Equalizer — Dorian
• The Golden Girls — Gloria
• 1985The Hearst and Davies Affair — Louella Parsons
• The Cosby Show — Saleswoman
• Scarecrow and Mrs. King — Mrs. Courtney
• 1983Sessions
• 1983The Cradle Will Fall — Edna Burns
• Bakers' Dozen — Captain Florence Baker
• Cagney & Lacey
• Family Ties — Mrs. Willis
• 1982Hanky Panky — Building Manager
• Remington Steele — Myrtle, Rose
• 1982Tootsie — Rita
• 1981We're Fighting Back — Doctor
• 1980The Black Marble — Harried Woman
• 1980The Jilting of Granny Weatherall — Olive
• 1978The Last Tenant — Housekeeper
• 1977Looking Up — Libby Levine
• Barney Miller — Bernice Fish
• Another World
• The Patty Duke Show — Miss Grey
• The Edge of Night
• Lux Video Theatre — Chicago Operator
• Treasury Men in Action
• The Clock