Tovah Feldshuh

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

The Walking Dead Not in library

The Walking Dead

2010

Just My Luck Not in library

Just My Luck

2006

Clifford the Big Red Dog Not in library

Clifford the Big Red Dog

2021

Lady in the Water Not in library

Lady in the Water

2006

She's Funny That Way Not in library

She's Funny That Way

2015

Law & Order Not in library

Law & Order

1990

Silver Bullet Not in library

Silver Bullet

1985

The Believer Not in library

The Believer

2001

The Good Wife Not in library

The Good Wife

2009

Brewster's Millions Not in library

Brewster's Millions

1985

Acting

2026 Tuner as Marla In Library
2026 TOVAH as Self
2025 Westhampton as Mrs. Lucas
2025 A Girl Like Him as Noona Grey
2025 Malka as Malka
2024 The Walking Dead: The Return as Deanna Monroe (archive footage)
2024 We Should Eat as Diane
2024 Nobody Wants This as Bina Roklov (9 episodes)
2023 Bleecker as Linda
2023 Harlan Coben's Shelter as Bat Lady (7 episodes)
2022 Come Find Me as Helena
2022 Armageddon Time as Mickey Graff
2021 Clifford the Big Red Dog as Mrs. Crullerman
2021 Scenes from a Marriage as Miryam Levy (1 episode)
2020 The Book of Ruth as Ruth
2020 Stars in the House as Self (1 episode)
2019 Remember Amnesia as Dr. Paula Smith
2019 Golda's Balcony as Golda Meir
2019 Love Type D as Dr. Elsa Blomgren
2018 Star Wars Resistance as Aunt Z / Random Human (voice) (4 episodes)
2018 Star Wars Resistance as Aunt Z (voice) (8 episodes)
2017 Angelica as Nora
2017 Salvation as President Pauline Mackenzie (1 episode)
2016 Baked in Brooklyn as David's Mom
2016 Bull as Judge Garner (1 episode)
2015 She's Funny That Way as Miriam Pendergast
2015 Crazy Ex-Girlfriend as Naomi Bunch (5 episodes)
2015 Flesh and Bone as Ivana (8 episodes)
2014 A Little Game as Blackstone Head of School
2013 The Hyperglot as Elaine
2011 Talking Dead as Self (1 episode)
2010 Heterosexuals as Remy
2010 A Buddy Story as Buddy's Mom
2010 Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans as Narrator
2010 The Walking Dead as Deanna Monroe (11 episodes)
2009 Acts of Mercy as Nurse Ruth Baker
2009 The Good Wife as Lena (1 episode)
2008 A House Divided as Rebecca Meir
2008 Eavesdrop as Susie
2007 Love Life as Hannah
2007 Love Comes Lately as Ethel
2007 Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women as Self
2006 Just My Luck as Madame Z
2006 Lady in the Water as Mrs. Bubchik
2006 O Jerusalem as Golda Meir
2006 Ugly Betty as Mrs. Varner (1 episode)
2005 Alchemy as Senior Editor
2005 Life on the Ledge as Mother
2004 The Tollbooth as Ruthie Cohen
2003 Queens Supreme
2002 New World Order as Sponge-Brush Woman
2002 Kissing Jessica Stein as Judy Stein
2002 The End of the Bar as Mrs. Garner
2001 Friends and Family as Alma Jennings
2001 The Believer as Woman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah
2001 Crossing Jordan as Elaine Brandau (3 episodes)
2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Danielle Melnick (1 episode)
2000 Happy Accidents as Lillian Weaver
1999 A Walk on the Moon as Lillian Kantrowitz
1999 The Corruptor as U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler
1998 Montana as Greta
1998 A Will of their Own as Mrs. Rubenstein (2 episodes)
1997 Hudson River Blues
1997 The View as Self (1 episode)
1995 Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story as Eleanor Alter (Uncredited)
1995 Die Schelme von Schelm as Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)
1995 Comfortably Numb as Victoria Stevens
1992 Citizen Cohn as Iva Schlesinger
1991 A Day in October as Emma Kublitz
1991 Saying Kaddish
1990 All That Glitters as Mrs. Carr
1990 Law & Order as Danielle Melnick (13 episodes)
1988 The Blue Iguana as Detective Vera
1987 Mariah as Deena Hertz (7 episodes)
1986 L.A. Law as Lynn Palmer (2 episodes)
1985 Brewster's Millions as Marilyn
1985 Silver Bullet as Older Jane (voice)
1985 The Equalizer as Samantha Page (1 episode)
1984 Airwolf as Sarah Lebow (1 episode)
1983 Daniel as Linda Mindish
1983 Reading Rainbow as Self - Narrator (voice) (1 episode)
1981 Cheaper to Keep Her as K. D. Locke
1980 The Women's Room as Iso
1980 The Idolmaker as Brenda Roberts
1979 The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal as Florence
1979 Beggarman, Thief as Monika Wolner
1979 Beggarman, Thief as Monika Wolner (2 episodes)
1978 Terror Out of the Sky as Jeannie Devereux
1978 Nunzio as Michelle
1978 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Sandy
1978 Holocaust as Helena Slomová (4 episodes)
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes as Katharine Hepburn
1977 World of Darkness as Clara Sanford
1977 The Love Boat as Susan Ridley (1 episode)
1977 The Amazing Howard Hughes as Katharine Hepburn (2 episodes)
1976 Gibbsville
1973 Scream, Pretty Peggy as Agnes Thornton
Start Without Me as Roz
Broadway: The Next Generation as Self
Dirty Rhetoric as Bea
The Upside of Unrequited as Grandma Betty
Not Dead Yet as Paulette
C-Side as Mrs. Klein

Production

2025 A Girl Like Him Executive Producer