Doris Belack, Judge on TV’s ‘Law & Order,’ Dies at 85 (she was a diehard liberal)

[joeybee12]

Also, I recall her from One Life to Live...RIP

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/arts/television/doris-belack-judge-on-tvs-law-order-dies-at-85.html?_r=1&hpw

Doris Belack, a veteran stage, television and screen actress best known for her roles as a no-nonsense judge on “Law & Order” and as the peeved soap opera producer in “Tootsie,” died on Tuesday in New York. She was 85.

Her death, which was confirmed by a family friend, Jason Watkins, came four months after the death of her husband, Philip Rose, the influential Broadway producer of “A Raisin in the Sun” and “Purlie Victorious,” both considered breakthroughs for racial equality in American theater. The couple were married for 65 years.

Ms. Belack played many roles on Broadway, and worked steadily in television beginning in the early 1960s. She had parts in “The Patty Duke Show,” “The Defenders,” “Barney Miller,” “Family Ties” and “The Cosby Show,” and a recurring role in the soap opera “One Life to Live” from 1968 to 1977. She appeared as Judge Margaret Barry on “Law & Order” in the 1990s.

As the tough-minded TV producer in the 1982 film “Tootsie” (who unwittingly casts a disguised Dustin Hoffman in a woman’s role in a soap opera), Ms. Belack was praised for the comic lightness with which she reinforced the film’s feminist themes.

[ceile]

1. 85?

Never would have guessed. Good actress.

[uponit7771]

2. good for her

[tblue]

4. good for her she died? nt

[tblue]

3. I never watched that show, but I remember her from Tootsie.

Sad sad sad sad sad. She was very special, wasn't she?

[Fire Walk With Me]

5. I remember her. Wow, what a career and marriage! RIP...