Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Known for
Acting
Born
December 27, 1948 (age 77)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh is an American actress, singer, and playwright. She has been a Broadway star for fifty years, earning four Tony Award nominations. She has also received two Emmy Award nominations for Holocaust and Law & Order, and appeared in such films as A Walk on the Moon, She's Funny That Way, and Kissing Jessica Stein. In 2015–2016, she played the role of Deanna Monroe on AMC's television adaptation of The Walking Dead.

Known For

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Filmography

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Start Without Me

Start Without Me

Movie · as Roz

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Broadway: The Next Generation poster

Broadway: The Next Generation

Movie · as Self

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Dirty Rhetoric poster

Dirty Rhetoric

Movie · as Bea

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The Upside of Unrequited

The Upside of Unrequited

Movie · as Grandma Betty

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Not Dead Yet

Not Dead Yet

Movie · as Paulette

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C-Side

C-Side

Movie · as Mrs. Klein

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The Let Go

The Let Go

Movie

2026
Westhampton poster

Westhampton

Movie · as Mrs. Lucas

2026
Tuner poster

Tuner

Movie · as Marla Horowitz

2026
TOVAH poster

TOVAH

Movie · as Self

2026
Lay Lefty Down poster

Lay Lefty Down

Movie · as Aunt Eudora

2026
M.I.A. poster

M.I.A.

TV · as Lena · 6 eps

2025
A Girl Like Him poster

A Girl Like Him

Movie · as Noona Grey

2025
Malka poster

Malka

Movie · as Malka

2024
The Walking Dead: The Return poster

The Walking Dead: The Return

Movie · as Deanna Monroe (archive footage)

2024
We Should Eat poster

We Should Eat

Movie · as Diane

2024
Nobody Wants This poster

Nobody Wants This

TV · as Bina Roklov · 16 eps

2023
Bleecker poster

Bleecker

Movie · as Linda

2023
Harlan Coben's Shelter poster

Harlan Coben's Shelter

TV · as Bat Lady · 7 eps

2022
Come Find Me poster

Come Find Me

Movie · as Helena

2022
Armageddon Time poster

Armageddon Time

Movie · as Mickey Graff

2021
Clifford the Big Red Dog poster

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Movie · as Mrs. Crullerman

2021
Scenes from a Marriage poster

Scenes from a Marriage

TV · as Miryam Levy · 1 ep

2020
The Book of Ruth poster

The Book of Ruth

Movie · as Ruth

2020
Stars in the House poster

Stars in the House

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Remember Amnesia poster

Remember Amnesia

Movie · as Dr. Paula Smith

2019
Golda's Balcony poster

Golda's Balcony

Movie · as Golda Meir

2019
Love Type D poster

Love Type D

Movie · as Dr. Elsa Blomgren

2018
Star Wars Resistance poster

Star Wars Resistance

TV · as Aunt Z / Random Human (voice), Aunt Z (voice) · 4 eps

2017
Angelica poster

Angelica

Movie · as Nora

2017
Salvation poster

Salvation

TV · as President Pauline Mackenzie · 1 ep

2016
Baked in Brooklyn poster

Baked in Brooklyn

Movie · as David's Mom

2016
Bull poster

Bull

TV · as Judge Garner · 1 ep

2015
She's Funny That Way poster

She's Funny That Way

Movie · as Miriam Pendergast

2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend poster

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

TV · as Naomi Bunch · 5 eps

2015
Flesh and Bone poster

Flesh and Bone

TV · as Ivana · 8 eps

2014
A Little Game poster

A Little Game

Movie · as Blackstone Head of School

2013
The Hyperglot poster

The Hyperglot

Movie · as Elaine

2011
Talking Dead poster

Talking Dead

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Heterosexuals poster

Heterosexuals

Movie · as Remy

2010
A Buddy Story poster

A Buddy Story

Movie · as Buddy's Mom

2010
Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans poster

Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans

Movie · as Narrator

2010
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

TV · as Deanna Monroe · 11 eps

2009
Acts of Mercy

Acts of Mercy

Movie · as Nurse Ruth Baker

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Lena · 1 ep

2008
Language of the Enemy poster

Language of the Enemy

Movie · as Rebecca Meir

2008
Eavesdrop poster

Eavesdrop

Movie · as Susie

2007
Love Life poster

Love Life

Movie · as Hannah

2007
Love Comes Lately poster

Love Comes Lately

Movie · as Ethel

2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women poster

Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women

Movie · as Self

2006
Just My Luck poster

Just My Luck

Movie · as Madame Z

2006
Lady in the Water poster

Lady in the Water

Movie · as Mrs. Bubchik

2006
O Jerusalem poster

O Jerusalem

Movie · as Golda Meir

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Mrs. Varner · 1 ep

2005
Alchemy poster

Alchemy

Movie · as Senior Editor

2005
Life on the Ledge

Life on the Ledge

Movie · as Mother

2004
The Tollbooth poster

The Tollbooth

Movie · as Ruthie Cohen

2003
Queens Supreme poster

Queens Supreme

TV · 1 ep

2002
New World Order poster

New World Order

Movie · as Sponge-Brush Woman

2002
Kissing Jessica Stein poster

Kissing Jessica Stein

Movie · as Judy Stein

2002
The End of the Bar poster

The End of the Bar

Movie · as Mrs. Garner

2001
Friends and Family poster

Friends and Family

Movie · as Alma Jennings

2001
The Believer poster

The Believer

Movie · as Woman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah

2001
Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan

TV · as Elaine Brandau · 3 eps

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Danielle Melnick · 1 ep

2000
Happy Accidents poster

Happy Accidents

Movie · as Lillian

1999
A Walk on the Moon poster

A Walk on the Moon

Movie · as Lillian Kantrowitz

1999
The Corruptor poster

The Corruptor

Movie · as U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler

1998
Montana poster

Montana

Movie · as Greta

1998
A Will of their Own poster

A Will of their Own

TV · as Mrs. Rubenstein · 2 eps

1997
Hudson River Blues poster

Hudson River Blues

Movie · as Charlotte

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
The Real Shlemiel poster

The Real Shlemiel

Movie · as Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)

1995
Comfortably Numb poster

Comfortably Numb

Movie · as Victoria Stevens

1995
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story

Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story

TV · as Eleanor Alter (uncredited) · 2 eps

1992
Citizen Cohn poster

Citizen Cohn

Movie · as Iva Schlesinger

1991
A Day in October poster

A Day in October

Movie · as Emma Kublitz

1991
Saying Kaddish

Saying Kaddish

Movie

1990
All That Glitters poster

All That Glitters

Movie · as Mrs. Carr

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Danielle Melnick · 13 eps

1988
The Blue Iguana poster

The Blue Iguana

Movie · as Detective Vera

1987
Mariah

Mariah

TV · as Deena Hertz · 7 eps

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Lynn Palmer · 2 eps

1985
Brewster's Millions poster

Brewster's Millions

Movie · as Marilyn

1985
Silver Bullet poster

Silver Bullet

Movie · as Older Jane (voice)

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Samantha Page · 1 ep

1984
Airwolf poster

Airwolf

TV · as Sarah Lebow · 1 ep

1983
Daniel poster

Daniel

Movie · as Linda Mindish

1983
Reading Rainbow poster

Reading Rainbow

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1981
Cheaper to Keep Her poster

Cheaper to Keep Her

Movie · as K. D. Locke

1980
The Women's Room poster

The Women's Room

Movie · as Iso

1980
The Idolmaker poster

The Idolmaker

Movie · as Brenda Roberts

1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal poster

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

Movie · as Florence

1979
Beggarman, Thief poster

Beggarman, Thief

TV · as Monika Wolner · 2 eps

1978
Terror Out of the Sky poster

Terror Out of the Sky

Movie · as Jeannie Devereux

1978
Nunzio poster

Nunzio

Movie · as Michelle

1978
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Movie · as Sandy

1978
Holocaust poster

Holocaust

TV · as Helena Slomová · 4 eps

1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes poster

The Amazing Howard Hughes

Movie · as Katharine Hepburn

1977
World of Darkness poster

World of Darkness

Movie · as Clara Sanford

1977
The Love Boat poster

The Love Boat

TV · as Susan Ridley · 1 ep

1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes poster

The Amazing Howard Hughes

TV · as Katharine Hepburn · 2 eps

1976
Gibbsville poster

Gibbsville

TV · 1 ep

1973
Scream, Pretty Peggy poster

Scream, Pretty Peggy

Movie · as Agnes Thornton

1972
The Bob Newhart Show poster

The Bob Newhart Show

TV · as Veronica Kidd · 1 ep