Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersIndependent Spirit AwardsWomen's History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Roberta Bassin

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Producer
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Roberta Bassin
"Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie! Roberta Bassin, as "Judy Johnson" goes from concerned mother to schizophrenic "Jesus Johnson" protecting her child. True Historic Trial. Directed by Mick Jackson, Produced by Oliver Stone!
Play demo reel0:17
"Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
14 Videos
99+ Photos
Roberta E. Bassin is known for her compelling portrayals of array of interesting characters in film, TV and stage including film classic "Barfly", Emmy and Golden Globe Best Movie for Television Winner Oliver Stone's "Indictment: The McMartin Trial" and Clint Eastwood's "J. Edgar." A few of her many performances in Television include: Shameless, How to Get Away With Murder, Ray Donovan, Major Crimes, Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy, E.R., Crossing Jordan, American Dreams, Gideon's Crossing,The Pretender.

One of her greatest joys as an actress/writer, has been performing her one woman show, "Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words." She now has authored a companion book "Amelia Earhart, Me and Our Friends: Journaling the Journey...The Amelia Earhart Self Help Book."

Roberta Bassin is a graduate of UCLA and holds a California Lifetime Teaching Credential. She is an artist of water color and oils. A dancer since the age of five, ballet and jazz dance continue to be a part of her physical life: As does music, having studied and performed on the violin, as a singer, and taken up the piano as an adult. A wife having married her prom date at nineteen, Roberta is the proud mother of a son and daughter both graduates of UCLA.
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • Unlock contact info on IMDbPro
  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 1 nomination

Photos103

Actors Bob Odenkirk, Roberta Bassin on film set of "Seven Weeks In."
On the red carpet, Roberta E. Bassin presenter at the Love International Film Festival
Actress Roberta Bassin & Norman Lear “TV Honors” at Neue House, Hollywood Ca.
Roberta E. Bassin, presenter, Interviewed at the Love Internatonal Film Festival at the Skirball
Producer/Director Gregori J. Martin and Actress Roberta E. Bassin at Emmy Nominations Celebration for The Bay
Roberta Bassin and Joel Weiss Presenting Awards at The International Film Festival, Beverly Hills, Saban Theatre
Film: "Seven Weeks In" - Roberta Bassin as Dr. Jane Camden
Film: The Rideshare Killer-Tuesday Knight, Roberta Bassin
Filming:"Rideshare Killer" Tuesday Knight & Roberta Bassin
Roberta Bassin in Award Winning "Alien Raiders" Warner Bros. Prod. Ben Rock DIr.
"Alien Raiders" Warner Bros. Prod. Dir. Ben Rock, Casting John Jackson
TV Academy Emmy Nominees Presentation September 2021, first post Covid "under the stars" vaccination required, in person party! L to R actors: Roberta Bassin, Gerald Webb, Peter Kwong, Meredith Thomas

Known for

Barfly (1987)
Barfly
7.1
  • Lilly
  • 1987
Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
7.6
TV Movie
  • Judy Johnson
  • 1995
Leonardo DiCaprio in J. Edgar (2011)
J. Edgar
6.5
  • Roosevelt's Secretary(as Roberta E. Bassin)
  • 2011
William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
Shameless
8.6
TV Series
  • Mrs. Winston

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • Angels
    • Joyce Hawks
    • TV Series
  • The Anarchists' Convention
    • Norma Rae
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Life Upside Down (2023)
    Life Upside Down
    • Dr. Jane Camden
    • 2023
  • Roberta Bassin in Laughter Talks Ask Roberta E. Welcome 2023 (2023)
    Laughter Talks Ask Roberta E. Welcome 2023
    • Roberta E.
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Laughter Talks (2021)
    Laughter Talks
    • Roberta E.
    • Ask Roberta E.
    • Ask Roberta E. Amelia Earhart
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Eric Roberts, Tuesday Knight, Victoria De Mare, and Croix Provence in The Rideshare Killer (2022)
    The Rideshare Killer
    • Bonnie Altimari
    • 2022
  • That Quarantine Life (2020)
    That Quarantine Life
    • Ms. Joy
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Box Office (2020)
    Box Office
    • Roberta LeRoux
    • TV Movie
    • 2020
  • Vince Deadrick Jr., Donna Russo, Peggy Lane, and Craig Hutchison in Donna on the Go (2017)
    Donna on the Go
    • Joy Lane
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • The Petal Pushers (2019)
    The Petal Pushers
    • Selma
    • 2019
  • Viola Davis in How to Get Away with Murder (2014)
    How to Get Away with Murder
    • Jury Foreperson
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
    Shameless
    • Mrs. Winston
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Shut Eye (2016)
    Shut Eye
    • Aunt Betsy (as Roberta E. Bassin)
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • The New Empress (2016)
    The New Empress
    • Rachel Parks
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Bella Thorne, Alex Neustaedter, and Kian Lawley in Shovel Buddies (2016)
    Shovel Buddies
    • Mrs. Kravitz
    • 2016
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
    • Dot (as Roberta E. Bassin)
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Mary McDonnell, G.W. Bailey, Michael Paul Chan, Raymond Cruz, Tony Denison, Robert Gossett, Jon Tenney, Phillip P. Keene, and Kearran Giovanni in Major Crimes (2012)
    Major Crimes
    • Lynn Reed
    • Woman (as Roberta E. Bassin)
    • TV Series
    • 2015

Writer

  • Roberta Bassin in Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words (2018)
    Amelia Earhart: In Her Own Words
    • written by
    • TV Special
    • 2018

Producer

  • Eric Roberts, Tuesday Knight, Victoria De Mare, and Croix Provence in The Rideshare Killer (2022)
    The Rideshare Killer
    • associate producer
    • 2022
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos14

Recent Scenes from TV & Film Roles
Demo Reel 2:10
Recent Scenes from TV & Film Roles
Alien Raiders: Warner Bros. Production
Demo Reel 2:58
Alien Raiders: Warner Bros. Production
Film: The Rideshare KIller Role type: Well Healed Mother
Demo Reel 1:11
Film: The Rideshare KIller Role type: Well Healed Mother
"Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
Demo Reel 0:17
"Indictment: The McMartin Trial" Emmy & Golden Globe Best TV Movie
Film "Petal Pushers" as the dutiful employee, Selma.
Demo Reel 1:31
Film "Petal Pushers" as the dutiful employee, Selma.
Iconic Film "Barfly" as Lilly opposit Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway
Demo Reel 0:59
Iconic Film "Barfly" as Lilly opposit Mickey Rourke & Faye Dunaway
As Sister Magdeline Making Christmas Wishes Come True.
Demo Reel 1:50
As Sister Magdeline Making Christmas Wishes Come True.
Criminal Minds as Caring Southern devout church worker.
Demo Reel 0:29
Criminal Minds as Caring Southern devout church worker.
"Shameless" Recurring as Career Teacher, Mrs. Winston.
Demo Reel 1:05
"Shameless" Recurring as Career Teacher, Mrs. Winston.
Liev Schreiber & Roberta Bassin In "Ray Donovan"
Demo Reel 0:49
Liev Schreiber & Roberta Bassin In "Ray Donovan"
Classic Scenes from Film & TV (Demo Reel)
Demo Reel 2:28
Classic Scenes from Film & TV (Demo Reel)
Feature Film, lead opposite Kate Walsh, Steve Weber
Demo Reel 1:18
Feature Film, lead opposite Kate Walsh, Steve Weber

Personal details

Edit
  • Official site
    • actorsaccess.com - photos/resume/video clips
  • Alternative names
    • Robert E. Bassin
  • Height
    • 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
  • Other works
    Sundays - role of Joyce - performed at The Geffen Playhouse
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 5 Interviews
    • 24 Articles
    • 7 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

Self-verified on IMDbPro

  • Gender / Gender identity
    • Female

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Author of one book: Amelia Earhart, Me & Our Friends: Journaling the Journey: The Amelia Earhart Self Help Book (Import Publishing, 27 January 2016); ISBN-10: 1523738561/ISBN-13: 978-1523738564.

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.