Person
Tovah Feldshuh
Acting · Born 1948-12-27 · 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
Law & Order
Danielle Melnick
The Walking Dead
Deanna Monroe
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Danielle Melnick
The Good Wife
Lena
The Love Boat
Susan Ridley
The View
Self
Crossing Jordan
Elaine Brandau
Bull
Judge Garner
Talking Dead
Self
Airwolf
Sarah Lebow
Filmography
- 2026WesthamptonMrs. Lucas
- 2026TunerMarla Horowitz
- 2026M.I.A.Lena
- 2026Lay Lefty DownAunt Eudora
- 2026TOVAHSelf
- 2025A Girl Like HimNoona Grey
- 2025MalkaMalka
- 2024Nobody Wants ThisBina Roklov
- 2024We Should EatDiane
- 2024The Walking Dead: The ReturnDeanna Monroe (archive footage)
- 2023Harlan Coben's ShelterBat Lady
- 2023BleeckerLinda
- 2022Come Find MeHelena
- 2022Armageddon TimeMickey Graff
- 2021Clifford the Big Red DogMrs. Crullerman
- 2021Scenes from a MarriageMiryam Levy
- 2020The Book of RuthRuth
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2019Love Type DDr. Elsa Blomgren
- 2019Remember AmnesiaDr. Paula Smith
- 2019Golda's BalconyGolda Meir
- 2018Star Wars ResistanceAunt Z / Random Human (voice)
- 2017AngelicaNora
- 2017SalvationPresident Pauline Mackenzie
- 2016Baked in BrooklynDavid's Mom
- 2016BullJudge Garner
- 2015Flesh and BoneIvana
- 2015Crazy Ex-GirlfriendNaomi Bunch
- 2015She's Funny That WayMiriam Pendergast
- 2014A Little GameBlackstone Head of School
- 2013The HyperglotElaine
- 2011Talking DeadSelf
- 2010The Walking DeadDeanna Monroe
- 2010HeterosexualsRemy
- 2010A Buddy StoryBuddy's Mom
- 2010Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the PartisansNarrator
- 2009The Good WifeLena
- 2009Acts of MercyNurse Ruth Baker
- 2008EavesdropSusie
- 2008A House DividedRebecca Meir
- 2007Love LifeHannah
- 2007Love Comes LatelyEthel
- 2007Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish WomenSelf
- 2006O JerusalemGolda Meir
- 2006Ugly BettyMrs. Varner
- 2006Lady in the WaterMrs. Bubchik
- 2006Just My LuckMadame Z
- 2005AlchemySenior Editor
- 2005Life on the LedgeMother
- 2004The TollboothRuthie Cohen
- 2003Queens Supreme
- 2002The End of the BarMrs. Garner
- 2002Kissing Jessica SteinJudy Stein
- 2002New World OrderSponge-Brush Woman
- 2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentDanielle Melnick
- 2001Crossing JordanElaine Brandau
- 2001The BelieverWoman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah
- 2001Friends and FamilyAlma Jennings
- 2000Happy AccidentsLillian
- 1999The CorruptorU.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler
- 1999A Walk on the MoonLillian Kantrowitz
- 1998A Will of their OwnMrs. Rubenstein
- 1998MontanaGreta
- 1997Hudson River Blues
- 1997The ViewSelf
- 1995The Real ShlemielZlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)
- 1995Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow StoryEleanor Alter (Uncredited)
- 1995Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow StoryEleanor Alter (uncredited)
- 1995Comfortably NumbVictoria Stevens
- 1992Citizen CohnIva Schlesinger
- 1991A Day in OctoberEmma Kublitz
- 1991Saying Kaddish
- 1990Law & OrderDanielle Melnick
- 1990All That GlittersMrs. Carr
- 1988The Blue IguanaDetective Vera
- 1987MariahDeena Hertz
- 1986L.A. LawLynn Palmer
- 1985Silver BulletOlder Jane (voice)
- 1985The EqualizerSamantha Page
- 1985Brewster's MillionsMarilyn
- 1984AirwolfSarah Lebow
- 1983DanielLinda Mindish
- 1983Reading RainbowSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 1981Cheaper to Keep HerK. D. Locke
- 1980The IdolmakerBrenda Roberts
- 1980The Women's RoomIso
- 1979Beggarman, ThiefMonika Wolner
- 1979Beggarman, ThiefMonika Wolner
- 1979The Triangle Factory Fire ScandalFlorence
- 1978Terror Out of the SkyJeannie Devereux
- 1978A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtSandy
- 1978NunzioMichelle
- 1978HolocaustHelena Slomová
- 1977The Love BoatSusan Ridley
- 1977World of DarknessClara Sanford
- 1977The Amazing Howard HughesKatharine Hepburn
- 1977The Amazing Howard HughesKatharine Hepburn
- 1976Gibbsville
- 1973Scream, Pretty PeggyAgnes Thornton
- 1972The Bob Newhart ShowVeronica Kidd
- —Start Without MeRoz
- —Broadway: The Next GenerationSelf
- —Dirty RhetoricBea
- —The Upside of UnrequitedGrandma Betty
- —Not Dead YetPaulette
- —C-SideMrs. Klein
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