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Jayne Houdyshell

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Jayne Houdyshell
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home.
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Causeway (2022)
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In addition to her other achievements, she must surely be noted for her work in the series "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" in her part as Judge Ruth Linden. Over several appearances as a judge in the New York Family Court she certainly conveyed lawyer-like rigidity and judgmental firmness, but combined that with an underlying motherly understanding exactly appropriate to Family Court.
BornSeptember 25, 1953
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BornSeptember 25, 1953
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    • 8 nominations

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Jayne Houdyshell at an event for The 70th Annual Tony Awards (2016)
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Known for

Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building (2021)
Only Murders in the Building
8.1
TV Series
  • Bunny Folger
Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, and Steven Yeun in The Humans (2021)
The Humans
6.2
  • Deirdre
  • 2021
Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
Little Women
7.8
  • Hannah
  • 2019
Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway (2022)
Causeway
6.6
  • Sharon
  • 2022

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Actress

  • The Accidental Wolf (2018)
    The Accidental Wolf
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2020–2022
  • Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway (2022)
    Causeway
    • Sharon
    • 2022
  • Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building (2021)
    Only Murders in the Building
    • Bunny Folger
    • TV Series
    • 2021–2022
  • Richard Jenkins, June Squibb, Amy Schumer, Beanie Feldstein, and Steven Yeun in The Humans (2021)
    The Humans
    • Deirdre
    • 2021
  • Quarantine, I Love You (2020)
    Quarantine, I Love You
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Katja Herbers and Mike Colter in Evil (2019)
    Evil
    • Judge Sara Carl Shire
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
    Little Women
    • Hannah
    • 2019
  • Peter Serafinowicz in The Tick (2016)
    The Tick
    • Black Market Bob
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson in The Chaperone (2018)
    The Chaperone
    • Sister Delores
    • 2018
  • Priyanka Chopra Jonas in Quantico (2015)
    Quantico
    • The Widow
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Christine Baranski and Audra McDonald in The Good Fight (2017)
    The Good Fight
    • Renée
    • Renée Rampling
    • TV Series
    • 2017–2018
  • Mariska Hargitay in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
    • Judge Ruth Linden
    • Ruth Linden
    • TV Series
    • 2002–2017
  • Matt Damon in Downsizing (2017)
    Downsizing
    • Paul's Mother
    • 2017
  • Jon Glaser in Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter (2015)
    Neon Joe, Werewolf Hunter
    • Jane Cotton
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Anna Friel in American Odyssey (2015)
    American Odyssey
    • Rose Offer
    • TV Series
    • 2015

Soundtrack

  • Lucky Stiff (2014)
    Lucky Stiff
    • performer: "Mr. Witherspoon Got a Telegram ", "Harry's Nightmare"
    • 2014

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Official Trailer
Trailer 1:44
Official Trailer
Lucky Stiff
Trailer 2:22
Lucky Stiff
Romeo and Juliet (2013)
Trailer 1:01
Romeo and Juliet (2013)
King of the Corner
Trailer 2:28
King of the Corner
Road
Trailer 2:06
Road

Personal details

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  • Born
    • September 25, 1953
    • Topeka, Kansas, USA
  • Spouse
    • Steve ShafferDecember 1974 - 1980 (divorced)
  • Parents
      Galen 'Buzz' Houdyshell
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    • Sibling(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Played "Nurse" in "Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella", a musical by Bill Rauch and Tracy Young, adapted from "Medea" by Euripides as translated by Paul Roche, music and lyrics by Shishir Kurup, "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare and "Cinderella" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (University Theater, New Haven, Connecticut, USA).
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    Won 2016 Tony Award for her performance in "The Humans.".

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