Person
Jayne Houdyshell
Acting · Born 1953-09-25 · Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Biography
Jayne Houdyshell is an American stage and screen actress.
Known for
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Ruth Linden
Law & Order
Forewoman
Blue Bloods
Roseanne Galecki
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Ruth Pear
Elementary
Carla
Evil
Judge Sara Carl Shire
Third Watch
Jane
Only Murders in the Building
Bunny Folger
The Good Fight
Renee
Quantico
The Widow
Filmography
- 2025Springsteen: Deliver Me from NowhereViv
- 2022CausewaySharon
- 2022One Killer QuestionSelf
- 2021The HumansDeirdre
- 2021Only Murders in the BuildingBunny Folger
- 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensHelen
- 2019Little WomenHannah
- 2019EvilJudge Sara Carl Shire
- 2019The ChaperoneSister Delores
- 2017DownsizingPaul's Mother
- 2017The Good FightRenee
- 2016The TickBlack Market Bob
- 2015QuanticoThe Widow
- 2014Lucky StiffHarry's Landlady
- 2014Romeo and JulietNurse
- 2012ElementaryCarla
- 2010Morning GloryStage Manager
- 2010Blue BloodsRoseanne Galecki
- 2010Running WildeGertie Stellvertretter
- 2010The Bounty HunterLandlady
- 2009Everybody's FineAlice
- 2009Loving LeahMrs. Finkelman
- 2006Things That Hang from TreesPam Dupont
- 2006ConvictionRoberta Palski
- 2005RoadPostal clerk
- 2004Garden StateMrs. Lubin
- 2004King of the CornerLouise
- 2002Maid in ManhattanCarmen
- 2002Changing LanesMiss Tetley
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRuth Pear
- 1999Third WatchJane
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRuth Linden
- 1990Law & OrderForewoman
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