Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

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.

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Law & Order

Law & Order

1990 • as Danielle Melnick

The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead

2010 • as Deanna Monroe

The View

The View

1997 • as Self

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 • as Danielle Melnick

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 • as Susan Ridley

The Good Wife

The Good Wife

2009 • as Lena

Filmography

2025

Westhampton
Westhampton
as Mrs. Lucas
Movie - Released: 6/7/2025
A Girl Like Him
A Girl Like Him
as Noona Grey
Movie - Released: 3/10/2025

2024

The Walking Dead: The Return
The Walking Dead: The Return
as Deanna Monroe (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 2/15/2024
Nobody Wants This
Nobody Wants This
as Bina Roklov
TV - Released: 9/26/2024

2023

Bleecker
Bleecker
as Linda
Movie - Released: 6/9/2023
Harlan Coben's Shelter
Harlan Coben's Shelter
as Bat Lady
TV - Released: 8/17/2023

2022

Come Find Me
Come Find Me
as Helena
Movie - Released: 12/2/2022
Armageddon Time
Armageddon Time
as Mickey Graff
Movie - Released: 10/28/2022

2021

Clifford the Big Red Dog
Clifford the Big Red Dog
as Mrs. Crullerman
Movie - Released: 11/10/2021
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
as Miryam Levy
TV - Released: 9/12/2021

2020

The Book of Ruth
The Book of Ruth
as Ruth
Movie - Released: 6/11/2020
Stars in the House
Stars in the House
as Self
TV - Released: 3/16/2020

2019

Remember Amnesia
Remember Amnesia
as Dr. Paula Smith
Movie - Released: 6/14/2019
Golda's Balcony
Golda's Balcony
as Golda Meir
Movie - Released: 1/24/2019
Love Type D
Love Type D
as Dr. Elsa Blomgren
Movie - Released: 6/21/2019

2018

Star Wars Resistance
Star Wars Resistance
as Aunt Z / Random Human (voice)
TV - Released: 10/7/2018
Star Wars Resistance
Star Wars Resistance
as Aunt Z (voice)
TV - Released: 10/7/2018

2017

Angelica
Angelica
as Nora
Movie - Released: 11/17/2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/16/2017
Salvation
Salvation
as President Pauline Mackenzie
TV - Released: 7/12/2017

2016

Baked in Brooklyn
Baked in Brooklyn
as David's Mom
Movie - Released: 10/14/2016
Bull
Bull
as Judge Garner
TV - Released: 9/20/2016

2015

She's Funny That Way
She's Funny That Way
as Miriam Pendergast
Movie - Released: 4/22/2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
as Naomi Bunch
TV - Released: 10/12/2015
Flesh and Bone
Flesh and Bone
as Ivana
TV - Released: 11/8/2015

2014

A Little Game
A Little Game
as Blackstone Head of School
Movie - Released: 4/26/2014

2013

The Hyperglot
The Hyperglot
as Elaine
Movie - Released: 4/5/2013

2012

Beautiful People
Beautiful People
as Lynch
Movie - Released: 5/1/2012

2011

Talking Dead
Talking Dead
as Self
TV - Released: 10/16/2011

2010

Heterosexuals
Heterosexuals
as Remy
Movie - Released: 4/20/2010
A Buddy Story
A Buddy Story
as Buddy's Mom
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans
Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
as Deanna Monroe
TV - Released: 10/31/2010

2009

Movie
Acts of Mercy
as Nurse Ruth Baker
Movie - Released: 6/14/2009
The Good Wife
The Good Wife
as Lena
TV - Released: 9/22/2009

2008

Movie
A House Divided
as Rebecca Meir
Movie - Released: 1/1/2008
Eavesdrop
Eavesdrop
as Susie
Movie - Released: 8/1/2008

2007

Love Life
Love Life
as Hannah
Movie - Released: 11/8/2007
Love Comes Lately
Love Comes Lately
as Ethel
Movie - Released: 9/9/2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/16/2007

2006

Just My Luck
Just My Luck
as Madame Z
Movie - Released: 5/12/2006
Lady in the Water
Lady in the Water
as Mrs. Bubchik
Movie - Released: 7/20/2006
O Jerusalem
O Jerusalem
as Golda Meir
Movie - Released: 10/17/2006
Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty
as Mrs. Varner
TV - Released: 9/28/2006

2005

Alchemy
Alchemy
as Senior Editor
Movie - Released: 4/25/2005
Movie
Life on the Ledge
as Mother
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005

2004

The Tollbooth
The Tollbooth
as Ruthie Cohen
Movie - Released: 10/22/2004

2003

TV
Queens Supreme
TV - Released: 1/10/2003

2002

New World Order
New World Order
as Sponge-Brush Woman
Movie - Released: 1/13/2002
Kissing Jessica Stein
Kissing Jessica Stein
as Judy Stein
Movie - Released: 3/13/2002

2001

Friends and Family
Friends and Family
as Alma Jennings
Movie - Released: 6/17/2001
The Believer
The Believer
as Woman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah
Movie - Released: 8/23/2001
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
as Mrs. Elaine Brandau
TV - Released: 9/24/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Danielle Melnick
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

Happy Accidents
Happy Accidents
as Lillian Weaver
Movie - Released: 1/25/2000
Wonderland
Wonderland
as Hermine
TV - Released: 3/30/2000

1999

A Walk on the Moon
A Walk on the Moon
as Lillian Kantrowitz
Movie - Released: 1/29/1999
The Corruptor
The Corruptor
as U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler
Movie - Released: 3/12/1999

1998

Montana
Montana
as Greta
Movie - Released: 1/16/1998
A Will of their Own
A Will of their Own
as Mrs. Rubenstein
TV - Released: 10/18/1998

1997

Hudson River Blues
Hudson River Blues
Movie - Released: 12/12/1997
The View
The View
as Self
TV - Released: 8/11/1997

1995

Movie
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
as Eleanor
Movie - Released: 2/28/1995
Aaron’s Magic Village
Aaron’s Magic Village
as Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/11/1995
Comfortably Numb
Comfortably Numb
as Victoria Stevens
Movie - Released: 1/1/1995

1992

Citizen Cohn
Citizen Cohn
as Iva Schlesinger
Movie - Released: 8/22/1992

1991

A Day in October
A Day in October
as Emma Kublitz
Movie - Released: 9/6/1991

1990

All That Glitters
All That Glitters
as Mrs. Carr
Movie - Released: 1/25/1990
Law & Order
Law & Order
as Danielle Melnick
TV - Released: 9/13/1990

1988

The Blue Iguana
The Blue Iguana
as Detective Vera
Movie - Released: 4/22/1988

1987

TV
Mariah
as Deena Hertz
TV - Released: 4/1/1987

1986

L.A. Law
L.A. Law
as Lynn Palmer
TV - Released: 9/15/1986

1985

Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
as Marilyn
Movie - Released: 5/22/1985
Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet
as Older Jane (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/10/1985
The Equalizer
The Equalizer
as Samantha Page
TV - Released: 9/18/1985

1984

Airwolf
Airwolf
as Sarah Lebow
TV - Released: 1/22/1984

1983

Daniel
Daniel
as Linda Mindish
Movie - Released: 8/26/1983
Reading Rainbow
Reading Rainbow
as Herself - Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 6/6/1983

1981

Cheaper to Keep Her
Cheaper to Keep Her
as K. D. Locke
Movie - Released: 1/1/1981

1980

The Women's Room
The Women's Room
as Iso
Movie - Released: 9/14/1980
The Idolmaker
The Idolmaker
as Brenda Roberts
Movie - Released: 11/14/1980

1979

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
as Florence
Movie - Released: 1/30/1979
Beggarman, Thief
Beggarman, Thief
as Monika Wolner
Movie - Released: 11/26/1979

1978

Terror Out of the Sky
Terror Out of the Sky
as Jeannie Devereux
Movie - Released: 12/26/1978
Nunzio
Nunzio
as Michelle
Movie - Released: 5/10/1978
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Sandy
Movie - Released: 5/23/1978
Holocaust
Holocaust
as Helena Slomová
TV - Released: 4/16/1978

1977

The Amazing Howard Hughes
The Amazing Howard Hughes
as Katharine Hepburn
Movie - Released: 4/13/1977
The World of Darkness
The World of Darkness
as Clara Sanford
Movie - Released: 4/17/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Susan Ridley
TV - Released: 9/24/1977

1976

Gibbsville
Gibbsville
TV - Released: 11/11/1976

1973

Scream, Pretty Peggy
Scream, Pretty Peggy
as Agnes Thornton
Movie - Released: 11/24/1973

Unknown

Movie
Start Without Me
as Roz
Movie
Movie
Tuner
as Marla
Movie
Dirty Rhetoric
Dirty Rhetoric
as Bea
Movie