Terri Sue "Tovah" Feldshuh (born December 27, 1948) 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
Westhampton
Mrs. Lucas
2025
A Girl Like Him
Noona Grey
2025
Nobody Wants This
Bina Roklov · (6 episodes)
2024
The Walking Dead: The Return
Deanna Monroe (archive footage)
2024
Harlan Coben's Shelter
Bat Lady · (7 episodes)
2023
Bleecker
Linda
2023
Come Find Me
Helena
2022
Armageddon Time
Mickey Graff
2022
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Mrs. Crullerman
2021
Scenes from a Marriage
Miryam Levy · (1 episode)
2021
The Book of Ruth
Ruth
2020
Stars in the House
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Love Type D
Dr. Elsa Blomgren
2019
Remember Amnesia
Dr. Paula Smith
2019
Golda's Balcony
Golda Meir
2019
Star Wars Resistance
Aunt Z / Random Human (voice) · (4 episodes)
2018
Star Wars Resistance
Aunt Z (voice) · (8 episodes)
2018
Angelica
Nora
2017
Broadway: The Next Generation
Self
2017
Salvation
President Pauline Mackenzie · (1 episode)
2017
Baked in Brooklyn
David's Mom
2016
Bull
Judge Garner · (1 episode)
2016
Flesh and Bone
Ivana · (8 episodes)
2015
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Naomi Bunch · (5 episodes)
2015
She's Funny That Way
Miriam Pendergast
2015
A Little Game
Blackstone Head of School
2014
The Hyperglot
Elaine
2013
Beautiful People
Lynch
2012
Talking Dead
Self · (1 episode)
2011
The Walking Dead
Deanna Monroe · (11 episodes)
2010
Heterosexuals
Remy
2010
A Buddy Story
Buddy's Mom
2010
Everyday the Impossible: Jewish Women in the Partisans
Narrator
2010
The Good Wife
Lena · (1 episode)
2009
Acts of Mercy
Nurse Ruth Baker
2009
Eavesdrop
Susie
2008
A House Divided
Rebecca Meir
2008
Love Life
Hannah
2007
Love Comes Lately
Ethel
2007
Making Trouble: Three Generations of Funny Jewish Women
Self
2007
O Jerusalem
Golda Meir
2006
Ugly Betty
Mrs. Varner · (1 episode)
2006
Lady in the Water
Mrs. Bubchik
2006
Just My Luck
Madame Z
2006
Alchemy
Senior Editor
2005
Life on the Ledge
Mother
2005
The Tollbooth
Ruthie Cohen
2004
Queens Supreme
(1 episode)
2003
The End of the Bar
Mrs. Garner
2002
Kissing Jessica Stein
Judy Stein
2002
New World Order
Sponge-Brush Woman
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Danielle Melnick · (1 episode)
2001
Crossing Jordan
Mrs. Elaine Brandau · (3 episodes)
2001
The Believer
Woman in Shul at Rosh Hashannah
2001
Friends and Family
Alma Jennings
2001
Happy Accidents
Lillian Weaver
2000
The Corruptor
U.S. Attorney Margaret Wheeler
1999
A Walk on the Moon
Lillian Kantrowitz
1999
A Will of their Own
Mrs. Rubenstein · (2 episodes)
1998
Montana
Greta
1998
Hudson River Blues
1997
The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997
Aaron’s Magic Village
Zlateh the Goat / Aunt Sarah / The Matchmaker (voice)
1995
Comfortably Numb
Victoria Stevens
1995
Citizen Cohn
Iva Schlesinger
1992
Start Without Me
Roz
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
Eleanor
1995
A Day in October
Emma Kublitz
1991
Law & Order
Danielle Melnick · (13 episodes)
1990
All That Glitters
Mrs. Carr
1990
The Blue Iguana
Detective Vera
1988
L.A. Law
Lynn Palmer · (2 episodes)
1986
Silver Bullet
Older Jane (voice)
1985
Brewster's Millions
Marilyn
1985
Airwolf
Sarah Lebow · (1 episode)
1984
Daniel
Linda Mindish
1983
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1983
Cheaper to Keep Her
K. D. Locke
1981
The Idolmaker
Brenda Roberts
1980
The Women's Room
Iso
1980
Beggarman, Thief
Monika Wolner
1979
The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal
Florence
1979
Terror Out of the Sky
Jeannie Devereux
1978
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Sandy
1978
Nunzio
Michelle
1978
The World of Darkness
Clara Sanford
1977
The Amazing Howard Hughes
Katharine Hepburn
1977
Scream, Pretty Peggy
Agnes Thornton
1973
Tuner
Marla
Dirty Rhetoric
Bea
We Should Eat
Diane
Mariah
Deena Hertz · (7 episodes)
1987
The Equalizer
Samantha Page · (1 episode)
1985
Holocaust
Helena Slomová · (4 episodes)
1978
The Love Boat
Susan Ridley · (1 episode)
1977
Gibbsville
(1 episode)
1976