Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 27, 1952
Place of Birth:
New York City, New York, USA
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Tovah Feldshuh
Biography
Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) 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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Westhampton | Mrs. Lucas |
| 2025 | A Girl Like Him | Noona Grey |
| 2024 | The Walking Dead: The Return | Deanna Monroe (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Bleecker | Linda |
| 2022 | Come Find Me | Helena |
| 2022 | Armageddon Time | Mickey Graff |
| 2021 | Clifford the Big Red Dog | Mrs. Crullerman |
| 2020 | The Book of Ruth | Ruth |
| 2019 | Remember Amnesia | Dr. Paula Smith |
| 2019 | Golda's Balcony | Golda Meir |
| 2019 | Love Type D | Dr. Elsa Blomgren |
| 2017 | Angelica | Nora |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |
| 2016 | Baked in Brooklyn | David's Mom |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | Miriam Pendergast |
| 2014 | A Little Game | Blackstone Head of School |
| 2013 | The Hyperglot | Elaine |
| 2012 | Beautiful People | Lynch |
| 2010 | Heterosexuals | Remy |
| 2010 | A Buddy Story | Buddy's Mom |
| 2010 | Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans | Narrator |
| 2009 | Acts of Mercy | Nurse Ruth Baker |
| 2008 | A House Divided | Rebecca Meir |
| 2008 | Eavesdrop | Susie |
| 2007 | Love Life | Hannah |
| 2007 | Love Comes Lately | Ethel |
| 2007 | Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women | Self |
| 2006 | Just My Luck | Madame Z |
| 2006 | Lady in the Water | Mrs. Bubchik |
| 2006 | O Jerusalem | Golda Meir |
| 2005 | Alchemy | Senior Editor |
| 2005 | Life on the Ledge | Mother |
| 2004 | The Tollbooth | Ruthie Cohen |
| 2002 | New World Order | Sponge-Brush Woman |
| 2002 | Kissing Jessica Stein | Judy Stein |
| 2001 | Friends and Family | Alma Jennings |
| 2001 | The Believer | Woman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah |
| 2000 | Happy Accidents | Lillian Weaver |
| 1999 | A Walk on the Moon | Lillian Kantrowitz |
| 1999 | The Corruptor | U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler |
| 1998 | Montana | Greta |
| 1997 | Hudson River Blues | |
| 1995 | Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story | Eleanor |
| 1995 | Aaron’s Magic Village | Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice) |
| 1995 | Comfortably Numb | Victoria Stevens |
| 1992 | Citizen Cohn | Iva Schlesinger |
| 1991 | A Day in October | Emma Kublitz |
| 1990 | All That Glitters | Mrs. Carr |
| 1988 | The Blue Iguana | Detective Vera |
| 1985 | Brewster's Millions | Marilyn |
| 1985 | Silver Bullet | Older Jane (voice) |
| 1983 | Daniel | Linda Mindish |
| 1981 | Cheaper to Keep Her | K. D. Locke |
| 1980 | The Women's Room | Iso |
| 1980 | The Idolmaker | Brenda Roberts |
| 1979 | The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Florence |
| 1979 | Beggarman, Thief | Monika Wolner |
| 1978 | Terror Out of the Sky | Jeannie Devereux |
| 1978 | Nunzio | Michelle |
| 1978 | A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | Sandy |
| 1977 | The Amazing Howard Hughes | Katharine Hepburn |
| 1977 | The World of Darkness | Clara Sanford |
| 1973 | Scream, Pretty Peggy | Agnes Thornton |
| Start Without Me | Roz | |
| Tuner | Marla | |
| Dirty Rhetoric | Bea |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Nobody Wants This | Bina Roklov |
| 2023 | Harlan Coben's Shelter | Bat Lady |
| 2021 | Scenes from a Marriage | Miryam Levy |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self |
| 2018 | Star Wars Resistance | Aunt Z / Random Human (voice) |
| 2018 | Star Wars Resistance | Aunt Z (voice) |
| 2017 | Salvation | President Pauline Mackenzie |
| 2016 | Bull | Judge Garner |
| 2015 | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Naomi Bunch |
| 2015 | Flesh and Bone | Ivana |
| 2011 | Talking Dead | Self |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead | Deanna Monroe |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Lena |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty | Mrs. Varner |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme | |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Mrs. Elaine Brandau |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Danielle Melnick |
| 1998 | A Will of their Own | Mrs. Rubenstein |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Danielle Melnick |
| 1987 | Mariah | Deena Hertz |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Lynn Palmer |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Samantha Page |
| 1984 | Airwolf | Sarah Lebow |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Herself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1978 | Holocaust | Helena Slomová |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Susan Ridley |
| 1976 | Gibbsville |