Tovah Feldshuh
- Highest Rated: The Idolmaker (1980)
- Lowest Rated: The Blue Iguana (1988)
- Birthday: Dec 27, 1952
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
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After attending Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Michigan, Tovah Feldshuh studied acting with Uta Hagen and Jacques LeCoq. Feldshuh made her professional debut at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Cyrano de Bergerac; it was in this selfsame play that she made her Broadway bow in 1973. The following year, she was honored with the Theatre World Award for her starring appearance in Yentl. She later worked with the American Shakespeare Festival, starred in such Broadway productions as Sarava (1978) and Lend Me a Tenor (1989), and toured in her own one-woman show. Feldshuh inaugurated her film career in 1973 on a less-than-prestigious note with Scream, Pretty Peggy. Though the quality of her films improved over the next 20 years, she is held in higher esteem for her TV appearances. Feldshuh has been seen as Katharine Hepburn in the made-for-TV biopic The Amazing Howard Hughes (1977) and as Helena Slomova in the blockbuster miniseries Holocaust (1978); she also appeared as a regular on the ABC daytimer Ryan's Hope and as prison psychiatrist Dr. Deena Hertz in the prime-time weekly Mariah (1987). In addition to her acting accomplishments, Tovah Feldshuh has been active in numerous Jewish civic and charitable causes; for these and other selfless efforts, she has been honored with the Israeli Government Friendship Award and the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.
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Highest Rated Movies
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The Idolmaker
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Happy Accidents
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Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
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Year |
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| Remember Amnesia | Dr. Paula Smith | — | 2019 | |
| 70% | Angelica | Nora | — | 2017 |
| Hugs and Knishes: A Celebration of Our Jewish Foods and Traditions | Actor | — | 2016 | |
| Baked in Brooklyn | David's Mom | — | 2016 | |
| 44% | She's Funny That Way | Miriam Pendergast | — | 2015 |
| 20% | Club Life | Ester Dadon | — | 2015 |
| 40% | A Little Game | Blackstone Head of School | — | 2014 |
| Falling Star | Leah | — | 2014 | |
| Triangle: Remembering The Fire | Actor | — | 2011 | |
| Ten Stories Tall | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| A Buddy Story | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| Acts of Mercy | Actor | — | 2009 | |
| 71% | Love Comes Lately | Ethel | — | 2008 |
| Eavesdrop | Actor | — | 2008 | |
| Liebesleben (Love Life) | Actor | — | 2007 | |
| 35% | O Jerusalem | Golda Meir | $0.3M | 2007 |
| 25% | Lady in the Water | Mrs. Bubchik | $42.3M | 2006 |
| 14% | Just My Luck | Madame Z | $17.3M | 2006 |
| 13% | The Tollbooth | Ruthie Cohen | — | 2006 |
| Alchemy | Margaret | — | 2005 | |
| The Journey to Golda's Balcony | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| The End of the Bar | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| 83% | Kissing Jessica Stein | Judy Stein | $7M | 2002 |
| Noon Blue Apples | Actor | — | 2002 | |
| 72% | Happy Accidents | Lillian | — | 2001 |
| 44% | Friends and Family | Alma Jennings | — | 2001 |
| 72% | A Walk on the Moon | Lilian | — | 1999 |
| Alexander Calder | Narrator | — | 1998 | |
| A Will of Their Own | Mrs. Rubenstein | — | 1998 | |
| Montana | Greta | — | 1998 | |
| 48% | The Corruptor | U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler | — | 1998 |
| Die Schelme von Schelm (Aaron's Magic Village) | Actor | — | 1997 | |
| Citizen Cohn | Iva Schlesinger | — | 1992 | |
| A Day in October | Emma | — | 1991 | |
| Dosvedanya Means Goodbye | Actor | — | 1991 | |
| 0% | The Blue Iguana | Detective Vera Quinn | — | 1988 |
| 47% | Stephen King's 'Silver Bullet' | Older Jane | — | 1985 |
| 36% | Brewster's Millions | Marilyn | — | 1985 |
| 43% | Daniel | Linda Mindish | — | 1983 |
| 89% | The Idolmaker | Brenda Roberts | — | 1980 |
| Cheaper to Keep Her | K. D. Locke | — | 1980 | |
| The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal | Actor | — | 1979 | |
| Terror Out of the Sky (The Revenge of the Savage Bees) | Jeannie Devereux | — | 1978 | |
| The Amazing Howard Hughes | Katharine Hepburn | — | 1977 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
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Elena of Avalor
2016
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Voice |
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| 44% |
Salvation
2017-2018
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President Mackenzie President Pauline Mackenzie |
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| 98% |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
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Naomi Rebecca's Mom |
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Blue Bloods
2010
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Sylvia Hayden |
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| 61% |
Flesh and Bone
2015
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Ivana |
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Talking Dead
2011
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Guest |
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| 81% |
The Walking Dead
2010
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Deanna |
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| 93% |
Covert Affairs
2010-2014
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Rivka Singer |
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| 96% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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Lena |
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| 97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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Mrs. Varner |
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Law & Order
1990-2010
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Danielle Melnick |
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Crossing Jordan
2001-2007
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Elaine Brandau |
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Airwolf
1984-1987
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Sarah |
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The Bob Newhart Show
1972-1978
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Veronica "Ronnie" Kidd |
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QUOTES FROM Tovah Feldshuh CHARACTERS
- Judy Stein
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And you came home after the first day of rehearsal and said to me, "Mommy, I'm not gonna do it. I quit." And I said, "Jessie, my love, why?" And you said, "Because my co-star isn't good enough. And if my co-star isn't good enough, then the play won't be good enough. And I don't want to be part of any play that isn't good enough." And I thought to myself, oy. This child will suffer.
- Judy Stein
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And you came home after the first day of rehearsal and said to me, 'Mommy, I'm not gonna do it. I quit.' And I said, 'Jessie, my love, why?' And you said, 'Because my co-star isn't good enough. And if my co-star isn't good enough, then the play won't be good enough. And I don't want to be part of any play that isn't good enough.' And I thought to myself, oy. This child will suffer.
- Lilian Kantrowitz
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You think you're the only one who's dream didn't come true?