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Tovah Feldshuh

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Tovah Feldshuh

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

Dec 27, 1948 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

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

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