Tovah Feldshuh
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New York, New York, USA
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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88%
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84%
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72%
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72%
Filmography
MOVIES
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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| No Score Yet | Hugs and Knishes: A Celebration of Our Jewish Foods and Traditions |
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— | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | Baked in Brooklyn |
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— | 2016 |
| 40% | She's Funny That Way |
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— | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | Club Life |
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— | 2015 |
| 40% | A Little Game |
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— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Falling Star |
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— | 2014 |
| No Score Yet | Triangle: Remembering The Fire |
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— | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Ten Stories Tall |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | A Buddy Story |
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— | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Acts of Mercy |
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— | 2009 |
| 71% | Love Comes Lately |
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— | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Eavesdrop |
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— | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Liebesleben (Love Life) |
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— | 2007 |
| 35% | O Jerusalem |
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$0.2M | 2007 |
| 24% | Lady in the Water |
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$42.3M | 2006 |
| 14% | Just My Luck |
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$17.3M | 2006 |
| 13% | The Tollbooth |
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— | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Alchemy |
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— | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | The Journey to Golda's Balcony |
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— | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | The End of the Bar |
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— | 2002 |
| 84% | Kissing Jessica Stein |
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$7M | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | Noon Blue Apples |
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— | 2002 |
| 72% | Happy Accidents |
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— | 2001 |
| 44% | Friends and Family |
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— | 2001 |
| 72% | A Walk on the Moon |
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— | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Alexander Calder |
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— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | A Will of Their Own |
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— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Montana |
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— | 1998 |
| 49% | The Corruptor |
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— | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Die Schelme von Schelm (Aaron's Magic Village) |
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— | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Citizen Cohn |
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— | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | A Day in October |
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— | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Dosvedanya Means Goodbye |
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— | 1991 |
| 0% | The Blue Iguana |
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— | 1988 |
| 47% | Stephen King's 'Silver Bullet' |
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— | 1985 |
| 36% | Brewster's Millions |
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— | 1985 |
| 43% | Daniel |
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— | 1983 |
| 88% | The Idolmaker |
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— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | Cheaper to Keep Her |
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— | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal |
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— | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | Terror Out of the Sky (The Revenge of the Savage Bees) |
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— | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | The Amazing Howard Hughes |
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— | 1977 |
TV
| RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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| 56% |
Salvation
2017
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| No Score Yet |
Blue Bloods
2010
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| 98% |
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2015
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| 61% |
Flesh and Bone
2015
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| No Score Yet |
Talking Dead
2011
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| 83% |
The Walking Dead
2010
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| 91% |
Covert Affairs
2010-2014
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| 98% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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| No Score Yet |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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| No Score Yet |
Law & Order
1990-2010
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Quotes from Tovah Feldshuh's Characters
| Judy Stein: | 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: | 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: | You think you're the only one who's dream didn't come true? |