Cast & creator
Judith Roberts
Best known for Law & Order, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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.
Also known as: Judith Anna Roberts, Judith Lebreque
24
film credits
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television credits
36
1971–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (36)
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Law & Order
Harriet Dutton
1990Law & Order
Elaine Schepps
1990
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Nan Turner
2001
2 Broke Girls
Astrid
2011
Orange Is the New Black
Taslitz
2013
The Mick
Rita Pemberton
2017
The Last O.G.
Mrs. Washington
2018
Great News
Grammy
2017
NOS4A2
Jolene July
2019
Teenage Euthanasia
2021
Dead Silence
Mary Shaw
2007
New Amsterdam
Julia
2008
Eraserhead
Beautiful Girl Across the Hall
1977
The Nanny Diaries
Milicent
2007
You Were Never Really Here
Joe's Mother
2017
Death Sentence
Judge Shaw
2007
The Heart, She Holler
Meemaw
2011
Stardust Memories
Singer: "Three Little Words"
1980
Choke
Elegant Lady
2008
Mother's Boys
Narrator
1993
The Last Thing Mary Saw
Constance
2021
Nashville Girl
Fran
1976
Fast Food Fast Women
Bella's Mother
2000
Sandino
Mrs. Hanna
1990
Minnie and Moskowitz
Wife
1971
Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Nina
2023
Fred Won't Move Out
Susan
2012
Mac
Woman on Bus
1992
The Swinging Barmaids
Sally
1975
The Glorious Dead
Carol
2026
The Late Great Planet Earth
Whore of Babylon
1978
Three Below Zero
Nora Littman
1998
The Student Body
Mrs. Blalock
1976
All of Them
2024
The Aspern Papers
Juliana Bordereau
2010Nowhere to Nun
Sister Muriel
2019