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Doris Belack (1926–2011)

Actress

A New York native, Doris Belack began her acting career as an audio reader and lent her voice to the 1955 album "Poetry of the Negro" with Sidney Poitier. She later was active in television; she was best known for her roles as Anna Wolek on the television soap opera One Life to Live and Judge Margaret Barry on television crime and court drama Law & Order... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 85) in New York, New York, USA
Still of Doris Belack and Peggy Wood in One Life to Live
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2008 Grand Theft Auto IV (Video Game)
Maureen McReary (voice)
 
2007 Arranged
Elona
 
2006 Delirious
Les's mother
 
2005 True Crime: New York City (Video Game)
 
2005 Prime
Blanche
 
2003 Sex and the City (TV series)
Lenore
– Hop, Skip, and a Week (2003) … Lenore
 
2002 The Lovers (video short)
 
2002 Everwood (TV series)
Ruth Hoffman
– Is There a Doctor in the House? (2002) … Ruth Hoffman
– Turf Wars (2002) … Ruth Hoffman
 
1990-2001 Law & Order (TV series)
Judge Margaret Barry
– School Daze (2001) … Judge Margaret Barry
– Venom (1998) … Judge Margaret Barry
– Denial (1997) … Judge Margaret Barry
– Girlfriends (1996) … Judge Margaret Barry
– Wannabe (1995) … Judge Margaret Barry
See all 10 episodes »
 
2000-2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Judge Margaret Barry
– Pique (2001) … Judge Margaret Barry
– Closure: Part 2 (2000) … Judge Margaret Barry
 
2000 Madigan Men (TV series)
Usher
– Pilot (2000) … Usher
 
2000 Now and Again (TV series)
General Roskin
– There Are No Words (2000) … General Roskin
 
2000 Fail Safe (TV movie)
Mrs. Johnson
 
1999 Doug's 1st Movie
Mayor Tippi Dink (voice)
 
1999 New York Undercover (TV series)
Judge
– Catharsis (1999) … Judge (as Doris Belak)
 
1998 Cosby (TV series)
Judge Venezia
– Judgment Day (1998) … Judge Venezia
 
1998 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Elaine
– Elijah (1998) … Elaine
 
1998 The Odd Couple II
Blanche Madison Povitch
 
1998 Krippendorf's Tribe
President Porter
 
1998 Dellaventura (TV series)
Maddy
– Made in America (1998) … Maddy
 
1997 Prince Street (TV series)
– Pilot (1997)
 
1997 What's Your Sign?
 
1996 Public Morals (TV series)
Gabriella Biondi
– The Orange Cover … Gabriella Biondi
– The Purple Cover … Gabriella Biondi
 
1996 Disney's Doug (TV series)
Mayor Tippi Dink
 
1995 Ellen (TV series)
Cora
– She Ain't Friendly, She's My Mother (1995) … Cora
 
1991-1995 Sisters (TV series)
Naomi Margolis / Shirley Nuesbaum
– Word of Honor (1995) … Shirley Nuesbaum
– The Kindness of Stranglers (1991) … Naomi Margolis
 
1995 Chicago Hope (TV series)
Mrs. Taubler
– Heartbreak (1995) … Mrs. Taubler
 
1994 Picket Fences (TV series)
Justice Ginsburg
– May It Please the Court (1994) … Justice Ginsburg
 
1991-1994 Doug (TV series)
Tippi Dink / Mrs. Wingo
– Doug's Math Problem/Doug's Big Feat (1994) … Tippi Dink (voice)
– Doug's Great Beet War/Doug's Magic Act (1993) … Tippi Dink (voice)
– Doug Can't Dig It/Doug Didn't Do It (1991) … Tippi Dink (voice)
– Doug Can't Dance/Doug Gets Busted (1991) … Mrs. Wingo (voice) / Tippi Dink (voice)
– Doug Bags a Neematoad (1991) … Tippi Dink (voice)
 
1994 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Dr. Roberts
 
1993 Family Album (TV series)
Lillian Lerner
– Will You Still Feed Me? (1993) … Lillian Lerner
– Salon, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehn, Goodbye (1993) … Lillian Lerner
– Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall All You Gotta Do Is Call... (1993) … Lillian Lerner
– Guardian Angel (1993) … Lillian Lerner
– Sibling Revelry (1993) … Lillian Lerner
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1993 Lifestories: Families in Crisis (TV series)
Judge Ruth Cohen
– Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story (1993) … Judge Ruth Cohen
 
1992 Laurie Hill (TV series)
Beverly Fielder
– Sick and Tired (1992) … Beverly Fielder
– Grasshopper (1992) … Beverly Fielder
– Crush (1992) … Beverly Fielder
– Woman on the Verge (1992) … Beverly Fielder
– Pilot (1992) … Beverly Fielder
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1992 Mathnet (TV series)
Broadway Annie Rose
– The Case of the Smart Dummy (1992) … Broadway Annie Rose
 
1991 What About Bob?
Dr. Catherine Tomsky
 
1991 Absolute Strangers (TV movie)
Fran
 
1990 Opportunity Knocks
Mona
 
1989 She-Devil
Paula
 
1989 Anything But Love (TV series)
Dorothy Gold
– Dorothy Dearest (1989) … Dorothy Gold
 
1989 The Luckiest Man in the World
Mrs. Posner
 
1988 Baby Boom (TV series)
Lois Elkman
– Saturday (1988) … Lois Elkman
 
1988 Splash, Too (TV movie)
Mrs. Needler
 
1988 Hostage (TV movie)
Edna
 
1987 *batteries not included
Mrs. Thompson
 
1987 The Equalizer (TV series)
Dorian
– High Performance (1987) … Dorian
 
1987 Almost Partners (TV movie)
Anna McCue
 
1986 Mary (TV series)
Norma Tucker
– Little Jo (1986) … Norma Tucker
 
1986 Mr. Belvedere (TV series)
Customer #2
– The Will (1986) … Customer #2
 
1985 The Golden Girls (TV series)
Gloria
– The Custody Battle (1985) … Gloria
 
1985 Hometown (TV series)
Alice Bender
– Mary's Yen (1985) … Alice Bender
 
1985 Scarecrow and Mrs. King (TV series)
Mrs. Courtney
– Vigilante Mothers (1985) … Mrs. Courtney
 
1985 Off the Rack (TV series)
– Here Comes the Bribe (1985)
 
1985 Fast Forward
Mrs. Gilroy
 
1984-1985 Remington Steele (TV series)
Myrtle / Rose
– Steele in the Family (1985) … Myrtle
– Hounded Steele (1984) … Rose
 
1985 The Hearst and Davies Affair (TV movie)
Louella Parsons
 
1985 Cagney & Lacey (TV series)
Mrs. Harkins
– American Dream (1985) … Mrs. Harkins
 
1984 The Cosby Show (TV series)
Saleswoman
– Father's Day (1984) … Saleswoman
 
1984 Family Ties (TV series)
Mrs. Willis
– Fabric Smarts (1984) … Mrs. Willis
 
1984 Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV series)
Nancy Frost
– The Wedding (1984) … Nancy Frost (uncredited)
 
1983 Sessions (TV movie)
 
1983 The Cradle Will Fall (TV movie)
Edna Burns (as Doris Belak)
 
1982 Tootsie
Rita
 
1982 Baker's Dozen (TV series)
Captain Florence Baker
– Sauce for the Goose (1982) … Captain Florence Baker
– I Was Told You Were a Racetrack (1982) … Captain Florence Baker
– What a Difference a Cop Makes (1982) … Captain Florence Baker
– Dear John (1982) … Captain Florence Baker
– A Class by Himself (1982) … Captain Florence Baker
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1982 Hanky Panky
Building Manager
 
1981 We're Fighting Back (TV movie)
Doctor
 
1980 The Doctors (TV series)
Dr. Claudia Howard
 
1980 The Black Marble
Harried Woman
 
1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (TV movie)
Olive (as Dorris Belack)
 
1978 The Last Tenant (TV movie)
Housekeeper
 
1977 Looking Up
Libby Levine
 
1975 Barney Miller (TV series)
Bernice Fish
– Fish (1975) … Bernice Fish
 
1969 One Life to Live (TV series)
Anna Wolek
– Episode dated 11 July 1969 (1969) … Anna Wolek
 
1966-1967 Another World (TV series)
Madge Murray
 
1966-1982 The Edge of Night (TV series)
Carol
– Episode dated 15 April 1966 (1966) … Carol
 
1965 For the People (TV series)
The Policewoman
– Any Benevolent Purpose (1965) … The Policewoman
 
1964-1965 The Patty Duke Show (TV series)
Miss Grey
– Don't Monkey with Mendel (1965) … Miss Grey
– Patty, the People's Voice (1964) … Miss Grey
 
1963 East Side/West Side (TV series)
Nurse
– Who Do You Kill? (1963) … Nurse
 
1951-1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Chicago Operator
– Long Distance (1953) … Chicago Operator
– Long Distance (1951) … Chicago Operator
 
1951 Treasury Men in Action (TV series)
– The Case of the White Cargo (1951)
 
1947 The Borden Show (TV series)
Maria
– Twelfth Night (1947) … Maria
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV movie)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2012 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2004 Daytime's Greatest Weddings (video documentary)
Anna Wolek Craig
 

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The Cemetery Club (1990). Written by Ivan Menchell. Incidental music by Robert Dennis [final Broadway credit]. Directed by Pamela Berlin. Brooks Atkinson Theatre: 15 May 1990- 1 Jul 1990 (56 performances + 10 previews that began on 5 May 1990). Cast: Doris Belack (as "Doris") [final Broadway role]... See more »

Alternate Names:

Dorris Belack | Doris Belak
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She and her husband are interred at New Mount Carmel Cemetery in Glendale, New York, in a joint burial plot. See more »

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